My favourite and I have 40 sticks ... 
@49p/stick.
@49p/stick.palmolive Shave Stick
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My favourite and I have 40 sticks ...
do you have any idea how jealous I am?!
Got mine for £0.25p each, ASDANow it's only 45p here in the UK! The price just keeps dropping. Does anyone know of a seller here where they pay us to use it?!!
(best value soap in the world?)
Here is UK website that sells them. Shipping seems to be very reasonable. I don't know if these are tallow based or not, I have been thinking about ordering them but wanted to know if anyone tried this website or not. Did anyone try this website?
http://www.westons.com/cgi/sh000247...Catalogue_Palmolive_2854.html#aPAL18F#aPAL18F
Thanks
I don't think those are the tallow sticks- they dont have the GUT 2,2 label on them.
I got a Euro stick as a PIF (thanks Luc!) and they're brilliant. For face lathering I just wet my face and the stick and go to work. My stubble is rough enough to get a good deposit without soaking!
I also tried the "fist bowl" method and was well pleased. Wrap your thumb and forefinger around the exposed end of the soap so that it sits just below the edge of your fingers and scrub away with the brush. Quick, easy and it needs no extra equipment.
I did a test yesterday morning: left side Euro, right side Aussie. I should post a proper comparison, but apart from being a little more work, the non-tallow Aussie soap works exactly the same. It's a little harder, a little darker and very slightly translucent, as you'd expect a vegetable oil based soap to be.
I also tried the "fist bowl" method and was well pleased. Wrap your thumb and forefinger around the exposed end of the soap so that it sits just below the edge of your fingers and scrub away with the brush. Quick, easy and it needs no extra equipment.
I did a test yesterday morning: left side Euro, right side Aussie. I should post a proper comparison, but apart from being a little more work, the non-tallow Aussie soap works exactly the same. It's a little harder, a little darker and very slightly translucent, as you'd expect a vegetable oil based soap to be.
Actually if I remember correctly Luc has made a pictoral tutorial featuring Aussie palmolive and which mentions Euro-palmolive as being easier to lather. I concur with this opinion. Luc piffed me an aussie palmolive (thanks Luc) and you can get a very decent lather out of it but it is much more fussy about soap to water ratio than the palmolive.
Finally, just to be clear the 0.95 Palmolive I get in Munich is obviously the "2.2 gut" one. Munich is a pretty expensive town so next time I am in some small town in former East-germany I will see what I can get it for.
A mere 0.69p at Tesco here in the UK. Great to use and have as a fall back I recon.
I've got several shave sticks that I use as sticks, and have pretty well settled on Arko as my economy travel solution. As for Palmolive, I grated it into a mug. It works excellently, and is a good value, but is not my favorite smell, sort of a spicy detergent aroma. Probably won't buy any more after I use it up, and use up the other unopened stick that I bought. These things probably last a long time, though.
There's a soap for everybody, and this one might be the soap for you.
There's a soap for everybody, and this one might be the soap for you.
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Talk about inflation! Tesco's had it yesterday for 49p
I enjoying scouring the shops for the cheapest Palmolive/Erasmic I can find. It really makes no difference, they're all cheap, but finding it for 25p was really a wetshaving triumph of sorts
I picked up a Palmolive stick, amazing performance and pleasant scent, all for a few dollars, win win in my book. It will be my go to travel soad for sure.
Got mine for £0.25p each, ASDA
(best value soap in the world?)
With tallow? As in GUT 2,2 label on them?
@25p each ...
If so need to remind self to go to ASDA to stock up ...
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I think I"ll give a try grating a couple of sticks into a small bowl and give it a whirl.
Although I had such an easy prep experience with the stick and lathering on my face that I may just keep going with that in the end after I've tried.
My first year of shaving was primarily VDH Deluxe, which I am a fan of. However the past few months I've been playing with a lot of new soaps, Tabac. Mamabear's and Cella in the small red bowl and like them all.
They're all great, but I'm finding that I'm doing more shaving at the gym, so am looking at portable, somewhat disposable (if I end up leaving stuff there). I've melted some VDH into an empty shave stick container and like it very much. The Palmolive stick just popped with lather instantly that I think I may be in love.
Does anyone know an online source where I can pick up a stick or two of Arko before I buy the dozen pack on Amazon>
Check with Bullgoose, or Shave A Buck, on the Arko stick. They both carry it.
Clayton
Valbora is, of course, among your favorite?
Marco loves Valobra, the Crema di Sapone Purissima Menthol, and especially the Sapone per barba stick. He won't let on, but I think he loves it even more than Cella! You know I'm only kidding, Marco.
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Can't beat the price vs. performance ratio, and for those on a budget it's fantastic. 
On a par with Trumper's, performance-wise.
However, I find the scent rather cheap and artificial. Personally, I'd rather spend a little more and get a nicer scent. I'm in this for the luxury, not to save pennies!
John
On a par with Trumper's, performance-wise.However, I find the scent rather cheap and artificial. Personally, I'd rather spend a little more and get a nicer scent. I'm in this for the luxury, not to save pennies!
John
I just ordered 10 so we shall see how it goes.
Este Verde -
Did you ever get your palmolive from the vendor above? were those tallow based? Thanks for your response
