Mama Bear / TSD soaps ???

[expatCanuck]

Can anyone advise how Mama Bear or TSD soaps compare to HBS, TGQ or QED soaps?

I'm mostly interested in texture/lather. I like HBS & TGQ; they're different, but both feel good to me, and I could elaborate reasons why I like both in my arsenal. I'm less a fan of QED soap - I don't care for the heightened slickness of the 'straight glycerin' soaps.

So, I'd welcome input from anyone who can provide a comparison between one (or more) from 'column A' and one (or more) from 'column B'.

Thanks.

[biomesh]

The Mama Bear soaps will be closer to QED than HBS or TGQ soaps.

[turkish]

The Mama bears lathered easier for me and overall gave a better shave than QED. Unfortunately, I'm not able to use the Honeybee soaps because they irritate my skin.

[Handy]

Well isn't the TSD soaps Mama Bear's recipe?

[burnwood]

I have TSD and Mama Bear soaps and love both of them.

[expatCanuck]

Well isn't the TSD soaps Mama Bear's recipe?

Izzat a statement or a question?

[Alacrity59]

I wish I could be in a spot to answer that exact question. I'm not. I'm 49 and I've used an amazingly short list of stuff. Williams, colgate, Noxema, Noxema Brushless (this was my favourite for a long time) . . . etc. I'm not sure how I found myself on Badger & Blade other than having a bit of time on my hand and being er bothered at paying $4 per blade for some new razor. . . . The second purchase I made related to shaving was 5 different Mama Bear Shaving Soaps. It is amost a year now . . . and I've had much joy from all of the ones I recived. I'm well down on the Green Irish Tweed type, and the Dioginese Club (I'm a big Mystery fan . . . and somehow this smells like I expect a shaving soap to smell). And here we are the 20th of Jan and I'm using . . . still Frankincense and Myrrh.

[Mama Bear]

Well isn't the TSD soaps Mama Bear's recipe?

Handy it is not. I never gave her the base information, just taught her what to do with the base. I am sure her soaps are excellent, but they are not the same as mine.

[thecoalition]

^^^^^^^
best soaps ever
i ordered about 7 almost a year ago and still have not finished any of them.
the closest one to be semi-not close yet- done is the spellbound forest. the girlfriend loves the smell as do i.

[jeasley]

OK .....there's about 100 different Mama Bear scents.
How does one choose???


Dragon's Blood sounds inviting.....well, so do many others.

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[FrankDaTank]

OK .....there's about 100 different Mama Bear scents.
How does one choose???


Dragon's Blood sounds inviting.....well, so do many others.

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I can vouch for the Tuscan Memories, Rosemary mint, and Trade Winds all being very nice scents! I love MB and TSD very much. TGQ and HBS dont get as much love. I prefer the TSD performance though. I believe the addition of clay really helps alot. Like I said....both are very good performers. TSD are all $7 which is nice and the tub is a plus b/c the lather stays inside....much neater.

[lamaman3]

MB's Rosemary Mint rivals proraso in terms of cooling!

[guitarslinger]

Depending on the scent, I experience irritation from MB, TGQ, and HBS. I've never tried TSD though.

That said, in order of performance preference, for me, MB is like a 10/10. TGQ is like a 9.75/10. HBS was like a 7/10. It didn't lather very easily, and it smelled "cheaper" than the other two brands. Shaved really well though.

Scent-wise, I LOVE the TGQ stuff. It's more complex and grown-up. Very sophisticated smelling to me. The Highlander is just great.

[Suzuki]

Here's a big thumbs up for TGQ.

Colleen has a great soap and is good with the scents as well - especially her all EO products.

She also sells trial sizes of all of her products for very reasonable prices.

[guitarslinger]

Here's a big thumbs up for TGQ.

Colleen has a great soap and is good with the scents as well - especially her all EO products.

She also sells trial sizes of all of her products for very reasonable prices.

I HATE the sizing of those mini pucks.

They suck in any container. They slide all over the place.

But, damn, they smell SOOOOOO Good.

[Suzuki]

I HATE the sizing of those mini pucks.

They suck in any container. They slide all over the place.

But, damn, they smell SOOOOOO Good.

You're using them wrong - I use mine like mini-shave sticks - just rub the puck on your mug and lather up - works great.

[guitarslinger]

You're using them wrong - I use mine like mini-shave sticks - just rub the puck on your mug and lather up - works great.

Yeah, I tried that too, but I still like a loaded brush. I don't enjoy shavesticking.

[biomesh]

The sample mini pucks fit well into the palm of your hand for easy loading of your brush and they won't move around on you.

[scoopster]

I HATE the sizing of those mini pucks.

They suck in any container. They slide all over the place.

But, damn, they smell SOOOOOO Good.

I just zap in the microwave (very carefully) to melt them onto the bottom of a small ziploc container and they do fine when charging up the brush.

[cstewart]

They fit pretty well in one of those Currier & Ives shaving mugs that are always up on ebay. There's just a little bit of wiggle room at the bottom.