Edited to Add Shave Review at the Bottom
Hello all-
Just received my tub of Shaver Heaven Sweet Almond Milk. I placed an order through Katies Bubbles, very cool little postcard with a handwritten note was inside the box with my order. Not many places do that anymore that I am aware of-I will be ordering from them again! Anyway, just wanted to share my thoughts and opinions on this soap.
I am new to artisan soaps, so I have no base to compare this soap to. But soap came in a nice dark blue tub with ingridients clearly listed on the side label. 150ml of product in an over sized tub allows for easy lathering. Soap color was a light brown, which does not matter because it turns white when lathered. This is a slightly harder soap than Cella. I was still able to dent it with a finger, but not as easily as Cella.
Scent: Not to be captain obvious, but it was sweet and almondy, with a very subtle caramel scent. It smells like a cookie batter to my nose. I compared the scent to Cella, and it is slightly "sweeter" and as noted before carries a caramel scent, to me it is almost kind of spicy as well. It is definitely a stronger scent than Cella. When lathered the scent does have some staying power, and again since I have nothing else to compare it to, the scent stays unlike Cella which dissipates.
Lather: This was incredibly easy to lather. I bloomed the soap with hot tap water for about 2 mins while my brush was soaking. I used my Escali Pure Badger Brush (not the nicest of brushes I know, but it's what I have). After dumping th bloom water and letting the water drain out of the brush I went to loading. Maybe did 50 swirls on top of the soap. Once I felt it was adequately loaded I did a PALM lather (gonna shave with this tonight). It immediatly exploded into a nice thick, slick, cushiony lather. I simulated a three pass lather by rinsing my hand off inbetween passes and started over with lathering. Lather produced nice peaks each time, and was very slick. I had enough in the brush when I was finished with three latherings, that I probably could have easily another three latherings.
Scent Staying Power: Even after rinsing off, the scent is still there, even after an hour it washed off. So those of you who like a soap with scent staying power this may be for you.
I am excited to try this when I shave because I think its going to be an excellent soap. Once put the blade to my face, I'll do a shave review.
Overall First Impressions:
Slickness: 10/10
Scent: TBD on face, Palm 8/10
Cushion: 10/10
Lather: 10/10
Can't wait to try it tonight, it should be a good experience. Just thought I would give those who are a curious a little review.
Thanks.
Shave Review
Shaved tonight using this soap. So here are my thoughts on it:
Used my Mekur 34 HD, with a Feather Highstainless Blade along with a Semogue 830 boar brush. As noted above very easy to load and lather. I did a FACE lather this time, as I normally do. Again, explosion of nice thick lather as I begin to apply the soap to my face.
One thing that I did notice, is that the soap began to tingle and burn my face a little. Has this happened to anyone else that has used these soaps? It wasn't terrible, but toward the end it started to get a little uncomfortable. Maybe it is something in the soap, my TOBS Jermyn St. did the same thing when I first started using it.
I did a three pass shave, WTG, XTG, XTG. Very, very smooth and lots of protection. The real test for me is feedback from the alum block when I'm finished. I also used a Feather blade to deteremine the amount of protection, because for me Feathers can be a little harsh. Let me tell you, when I applied the alum block when I was finished, there was absolutley no burn or irritation feedback from the alum! My neck is prone to razor burn and irritation and this soap did wonders. This is probably one of the best shaves I've had yet, it was incredible.
Scent was very nice on the face. Not too strong, but it dissipate quickly either. Just right. I caught little hints of cinnamon in the soap from what I could tell. Very nice, pleasant scent. My wife really liked it too. It paired nicely with the Nivea sensitive after shave balm.
I really like this soap, but the burning has me wondering. I'm going to give it another try to see if it tames down over time. I'd definitely like to try other scents that are available.
Overall I'd rate this soap a 9.5/10. If it weren't for the slight burning sensation it would be a 10/10.
Hello all-
Just received my tub of Shaver Heaven Sweet Almond Milk. I placed an order through Katies Bubbles, very cool little postcard with a handwritten note was inside the box with my order. Not many places do that anymore that I am aware of-I will be ordering from them again! Anyway, just wanted to share my thoughts and opinions on this soap.
I am new to artisan soaps, so I have no base to compare this soap to. But soap came in a nice dark blue tub with ingridients clearly listed on the side label. 150ml of product in an over sized tub allows for easy lathering. Soap color was a light brown, which does not matter because it turns white when lathered. This is a slightly harder soap than Cella. I was still able to dent it with a finger, but not as easily as Cella.
Scent: Not to be captain obvious, but it was sweet and almondy, with a very subtle caramel scent. It smells like a cookie batter to my nose. I compared the scent to Cella, and it is slightly "sweeter" and as noted before carries a caramel scent, to me it is almost kind of spicy as well. It is definitely a stronger scent than Cella. When lathered the scent does have some staying power, and again since I have nothing else to compare it to, the scent stays unlike Cella which dissipates.
Lather: This was incredibly easy to lather. I bloomed the soap with hot tap water for about 2 mins while my brush was soaking. I used my Escali Pure Badger Brush (not the nicest of brushes I know, but it's what I have). After dumping th bloom water and letting the water drain out of the brush I went to loading. Maybe did 50 swirls on top of the soap. Once I felt it was adequately loaded I did a PALM lather (gonna shave with this tonight). It immediatly exploded into a nice thick, slick, cushiony lather. I simulated a three pass lather by rinsing my hand off inbetween passes and started over with lathering. Lather produced nice peaks each time, and was very slick. I had enough in the brush when I was finished with three latherings, that I probably could have easily another three latherings.
Scent Staying Power: Even after rinsing off, the scent is still there, even after an hour it washed off. So those of you who like a soap with scent staying power this may be for you.
I am excited to try this when I shave because I think its going to be an excellent soap. Once put the blade to my face, I'll do a shave review.
Overall First Impressions:
Slickness: 10/10
Scent: TBD on face, Palm 8/10
Cushion: 10/10
Lather: 10/10
Can't wait to try it tonight, it should be a good experience. Just thought I would give those who are a curious a little review.
Thanks.
Shave Review
Shaved tonight using this soap. So here are my thoughts on it:
Used my Mekur 34 HD, with a Feather Highstainless Blade along with a Semogue 830 boar brush. As noted above very easy to load and lather. I did a FACE lather this time, as I normally do. Again, explosion of nice thick lather as I begin to apply the soap to my face.
One thing that I did notice, is that the soap began to tingle and burn my face a little. Has this happened to anyone else that has used these soaps? It wasn't terrible, but toward the end it started to get a little uncomfortable. Maybe it is something in the soap, my TOBS Jermyn St. did the same thing when I first started using it.
I did a three pass shave, WTG, XTG, XTG. Very, very smooth and lots of protection. The real test for me is feedback from the alum block when I'm finished. I also used a Feather blade to deteremine the amount of protection, because for me Feathers can be a little harsh. Let me tell you, when I applied the alum block when I was finished, there was absolutley no burn or irritation feedback from the alum! My neck is prone to razor burn and irritation and this soap did wonders. This is probably one of the best shaves I've had yet, it was incredible.
Scent was very nice on the face. Not too strong, but it dissipate quickly either. Just right. I caught little hints of cinnamon in the soap from what I could tell. Very nice, pleasant scent. My wife really liked it too. It paired nicely with the Nivea sensitive after shave balm.
I really like this soap, but the burning has me wondering. I'm going to give it another try to see if it tames down over time. I'd definitely like to try other scents that are available.
Overall I'd rate this soap a 9.5/10. If it weren't for the slight burning sensation it would be a 10/10.
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