I just got a sample set from LA Shaving Soap. I tried the bay rum version it was not a good experience. Super difficult to lather not very slick and I am wondering if I am not doing something right.
dunno.so what is the lathering secret?
so what is the lathering secret?
Had my first shave today with my tin of LASS Topanga Fougere. Aside from the (now replaced) packaging, the soap itself lathered just fine.
The scent was a mellow fern-y, versus a sharp, citrus fern as in MdC and English Fern. Also the scent did drift quite a bit during the shave.
Overall, a decent shave soap. And reading the ingredients is enlightening, it's pretty unique in listing out the various essential oils and that only essential oils are used.
So, there are higher cost ingredients, which results in higher finished product cost. Perhaps my main gripe was in the flat pancake-like tin that was nearly impossible to pry open, which apparently was replaced a bit ago by a more conventional screw top jar, wise move. I actually ended up transferring mine to a spare jar as well. Anyway, this will be a nice addition to my fougere collection but certainly will not replace MdC or EF (at least the few pucks that i've stashed away).