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[โ€“] PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sunday, January 7, 2024: Fire!


As a Christmas gift, my mother-in-law gave me Barbury's shaving soap. They promise:

Shaving soap is essential to a traditional shave. Simply wet Barburys Shaving Soap and use the brush to build a luxurious lather. Use the brush to apply the lather to your face and then start shaving. Thanks to the soap's unique alum and shea butter formula, irritated skin post-shave will be a thing of the past.

Well, I had some trouble getting the lather working (I ended up with a foamy proto-lathery foam), although I tried for a rather long time. Maybe I'll give it another try with a synthetic, and maybe also with a DE - it probably simply does not provide lather that is protective enough for a straight shave. Anyways, my face is irritated and burning, and I wouldn't recommend it.

Have a good night!

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[โ€“] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a nice bath soap.

[โ€“] PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe. And to be fair, their instructions are honest:

Simply wet Barburys Shaving Soap and use the brush to build a luxurious lather.

Nowhere do they specify that you should use the brush on their shaving soap, so I totally could wet this soap, and use Stirling. ๐Ÿค” I may get away telling my mother in law that I used the shaving soap following their instructions, and got great lather.