Are there any grocery store bar soaps that cab be used well as shaving soap?

[dcobranchi]

Dove for a shower shave works well. Very slick but "thin."

[winston61]

No!

[rockviper]

YMMV

[Radium]

YMMV

This Ivory method works for me for shaving. I love using Ivory when I`m traveling and it keeps down so many extra things to bring with me. I use Ivory as a shampoo, bath soap, shaving soap and even for laundry and washing dishes when I`m camping. It`s the Swiss army knife of soap for me:)　

[Doc226]

Trader Joe's soaps are SLICK

[Mickey Oberman]

There have been many references to Williams shaving soap in this thread.

I use a Rolls Razor. I am new to brush shaving. I have tested 11 different soaps and creams and one gel.

My favourite and it ranks with what I consider the three best is R.P.Williams Shaving Cream.

It is made in Toronto. $13.00 CAN for a large 500 ml jar is reasonable.
A blob about the size of a small chick pea (garbanzo) will easily provide 4 passes.

It lathers easily. I find is easiy to control its moisture content. It does not vanish during the shave. It is unscented. And it works well to staunch the bleeding of an occasional nick. It cleans out of the brush easily as well.

Is this R.P. Williams the same as the Williams frequently referred to and lauded in this thread?

Mickey

[OzoneAz]

Treat your face well. Shaving soaps and body soaps have different ingredients. I believe shaving soaps are formulated to produce slickness, deliver moisture, and make a lubricating lather. Body soaps are designed to clean. Ultimately, it's your choice, but why not treat your face to products specifically designed to give a good shave?

+1 Agree.

If you are going to use a body bar, you would be waaaaayyyy better off using a .99 cent can of Barbasol

[Big Jim]

+1 Agree.

If you are going to use a body bar, you would be waaaaayyyy better off using a .99 cent can of Barbasol

I disagree.

Most any bar of soap works better than that. Some aerosols are better than that, but Barbasol is just horrid.

White Safegard with Aloe works reasonably well for shower shaving and works better than Barbaol in a pinch when shaving at the sink.

When I travel, the hotel soap from Hampton Inn actually works quite well and lathers very well with a brush. It's every bit as good as Williams (for whatever that's worth).

[michiganlover]

+1 Agree.

If you are going to use a body bar, you would be waaaaayyyy better off using a .99 cent can of Barbasol

+2

I think Barbasol gives a really nice shave. Its' a really boring shave, but I can get a Close Comfortable Shave with Barbasol with minimal effort.

Barbasol is way better than most other canned products costing vastly more than it's one dollar price tag.

[Zarba]

My father used Dial for 30+ years. He was cheap and said it was the only soap that didn't irritate his skin. So that's what I did for 30 years until I switched to a DE Razor. Now I use shave-specific soaps and they work much better.

I've always been a wet-shaver; but only the past 2 years have I been a DE shaver.

[maxman]

I used Yardley English Lavender bar soap that you can get at the dollar store.
Nice and slick, but the lather disappears too fast.
It's better for the shower.