What is it about soaps that you prefer over creams?

**Kenno** · 08-19-2009, 06:48 AM

Just got myself some Proraso soap and Musgo cream. I found that I prefer the soap. For some reason my skin looked and felt better after and during the shave.

So what is it about soaps that you prefer over creams?

**professorchaos** · 08-19-2009, 07:29 AM

To not answer your question: I don't prefer soaps over creams. I like them both.

**SpyvSpy** · 08-19-2009, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

to not answer your question: I don't prefer soaps over creams. I like them both.

+1

**BlackDog** · 08-19-2009, 07:54 AM

+2

**mkevenson** · 08-19-2009, 08:00 AM

nothing

**BigRich** · 08-19-2009, 08:05 AM

+3

**dpm802** · 08-19-2009, 08:19 AM

Almost everytime I shave, I do so with SuperLather ... so I don't prefer one over the other, but see them as equal partners, like cream and sugar. Can't have one without the other.

**40_Caliber** · 08-19-2009, 08:24 AM

A puck of soap tends to last much longer than a tub of cream. It has a longer shelf life than cream and is easier to stockpile for the coming Shavepocalypse.

**RBE17** · 08-19-2009, 08:44 AM

The only cream I've tried is Proraso and I had difficulty lathering it. Probably mostly due to the fact that I don't think I was using enough product. I find I can really load the brush w/ soaps and get lots of lather. I don't seem to be making any kind of dent in any of my soaps, even w/ daily use.

**mretzloff** · 08-19-2009, 09:03 AM

Creams with strong scents irritate my skin. Soaps with strong scents do not irritate my skin. This is why I prefer soaps.

**English** · 08-19-2009, 10:50 AM

I find I get a better consitancy of lather with a soap than with a cream. But I only use the best soaps. In addition and as an added bonus, soaps are much better value for money.

**Storm** · 08-19-2009, 12:49 PM

Is there a T&H 1805 soap? Or just the cream? Can't find it..

**kingfisher** · 08-19-2009, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Storm

Is there a T&H 1805 soap? Or just the cream? Can't find it..

Cream only, unfortunately. The only soap they offer is "T&H Luxury" and it has just a light lavender scent.

I, too, have often wished there existed an 1805 soap.

**bythbook** · 08-19-2009, 01:02 PM

I like 'em both.

and I also like the soft soaps (hard creams?) like Cella, My Time Bath & Body, Proraso Aloe, etc.

**The National Razor** · 08-19-2009, 01:08 PM

Last longer, more types (glycerin, triple-milled, tallow, non-tallow), more old-fashioned--more fun!

**Leche** · 08-19-2009, 01:10 PM

I use both, but soaps outperform creams IMO. On top of that, tallow outperform glycerin. Cushy, slick, and my skin feels better. I get better moisture from tallow also.

**MoJoe** · 08-19-2009, 01:16 PM

Have both, like both and use both. This to me is all about variety and sometimes the creams accomplish what I want and sometimes it's the soaps. I guess I need both.

**FreezerBurns** · 08-19-2009, 02:25 PM

Of the creams I've tried (EJ SeaBuckthorn and a load of GFT samples), the lather just doesn't seem to be as slick and lubricating as the soaps to me. I also happen to enjoy loading my brush up on soap as opposed to scouping a dollop of cream into a bowl. I do keep that tub of EJ SeaBuckthorn cream around for variety and when the cream mood strikes.

**Captain Flint** · 08-19-2009, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

To not answer your question: I don't prefer soaps over creams. I like them both.

+1. Two different products with two different qualities. As some people have said in previous threads, you don't have to choose: you can like them both.

**BrewMaster** · 08-19-2009, 04:15 PM

I love face lathering with soaps. Face lathering with creams is ok, but there's something great about loading the brush with soap and enjoying adding water slowly to build up the lather.