Susie's Handmade soaps (ebay vendor)

Discussion in 'Shave Soaps' started by Baloosh, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. Baloosh

    Baloosh Duder

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320101860783&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011


    Just tried Susie's Handmade Soap (first ebay link in the OP up top). Her Sandalwood soap is simply one word: SLICK.

    Easily the slickest shaving soap I've ever used. Think about it -- MamaBear's is awesome, SCS rocks, Honeybee Spa's soaps are wonderful... but I don't know if it's the added Shae butter (I requested the shae butter option) or what, but this 4th Sue's soap is the slickest so far.

    Size-wise, it's rather small -- I think probably a 2oz puck? Maybe a bit less? It's definitely not the size one would come to expect from HBS, SCS or MamaBear... but then again for $1.99, that's not surprising. I'm sure if Handmade Sue increased the size of her pucks to more closely mimic the size of the more established vendors here, the price would fall right into line.

    Got a GREAT shave. She has an interesting take on the Sandalwood scent. It's very light on scent... and more of a "soapy" kind of Sandalwood than any other soap I've tried. I fully admit I'm horrible at describing scents, but this soap is very understated in scent. I like it.

    Having only used it once, and having to try two more scents as well (Peppermint and Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin) I'll reserve a complete review until I've worked with them for a few more tries. But initial first impressions -- S.L.I.C.K. Handmade Sue is SICK with the SLICK. (And that's a good thing). :happy088

    I crossposted this to TOP in the other thread, but my ongoing reviews of her other two soaps will be posted here.
     
  2. TraderJoe

    TraderJoe Pink Floid

    Duder - thanks for the mini-review, thats very helpful.......that is helpful in getting me to spend more money :happy001 (and here I thought I was done buying stuff :rolleyes:)

    They're that slick huh? More slick than a TGQ?

    Anybody have a full ingredient listing on these puppies?
     
  3. qhsdoitall

    qhsdoitall Wilbur

    I need to try the bay rum as a reference point. A lot of the other scents are a little too "sweet" for me. I see there is a Bay Rum Soy candle too. :D The Patchouli is another option.

    Scents:
    Apple, Apple Jack & Peel, Bay Rum, Butterscotch, Citronella; Coconut; Cucumber Melon, Fuzzy Navel, Green Tea, Honey Almond; Honeysuckle; Jasmine, Lavender, Lemon, Lemongrass, Lilac, Orange, Orange Rose, Orange Sherbet, Patchouli, Peach, Peaches & Cream, Pearberry, Pearberry Musk, Peppermint, Pina Colada, Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin, Root Beer, Rose, Sage & Citrus, Sandalwood; Spearmint; Spiced Pear, Strawberries & Cream, Strawberry Margarita; Tea Tree
     
  4. sparky5693

    sparky5693 Administrator Staff Member

    Administrator
    I'll be able to tell ya soon :D
     
  5. Baloosh

    Baloosh Duder

    Yep. Before this, TGQ was the slickest soap I had. TGQ is definitely slick it its own right... no doubting that. But this latest Sue (Sue4) soap blew me away.

    From the back of her soaps (at least the ones I bought):

    Avacado Cucumber Glycerin
    Shae Butter
    Olive Oil
    Bentonite Clay
    Sunflower Oil
    Safflower Oil
    Palm Kernel Oil
    Essential Oil/Dye
     
  6. Baloosh

    Baloosh Duder

    Wokka wokka wokka

    Used the Peppermint this morning -- same results on the performance as yesterday. NICE and cooling (didn't even have to "Proraso" it up to make a superlather) and it's slick as all get out.
     
  7. TraderJoe

    TraderJoe Pink Floid

    Sweet!

    :: Just placed/paid for my order :happy088 :

    1x Bay Rum SS
    1x Patchouli SS
    1x Almond SS
    1x ONE POUND "Loaf" of unscented soap :happy001

    All with added butters and good stuff :happy088

    Can't wait :drool
     
  8. peacefrog

    peacefrog Jet Setter

    Dang! Jumping in with both feet, eh?

    I'm hoping my (small) order arrives today or tomorrow.
     
  9. peacefrog

    peacefrog Jet Setter

    I received my order for green tea and lavender yesterday. I ordered the soaps without the additional shea butter or goat's milk; I thought I would try the unadulterated version first. I used the green tea last night. Here are my initial impressions. The pucks are indeed small, but so is the price, so in terms of value, it's right in line with our other favorite independent soap makers. The pucks come with a little cardboard band around them telling you the scent and the ingredients (all good stuff). I found it slightly more difficult to generate lather compared with MB or HBS, but I still got plenty, just not the huge volume I normally create. The soap felt great on my skin. I would put the lubrication and protection in the middle of the road. It lubricated well, but not like MB. However, I'm going to do some experimenting because, given the slight difficulty I had generating lather, I'm wondering if I need to tweak the amount of water I used. I also wonder if the addition of shea butter or goat's milk would increase the lubrication, since Baloosh reported great lubrication with his shea butter soaps. The bottom line is the quality of shave, which was excellent. I got as close a shave as ever with less irritation than I've been getting lately. So, this one is definitely worth a try, and I'll be experimenting more with it because I think there's more potential there than I realized last night.
     
  10. Baloosh

    Baloosh Duder

    ltlsuz:

    How do you recommend we melt your soaps into our own containers?
     
  11. qhsdoitall

    qhsdoitall Wilbur

    We need the melting instructions in a "How To" section somewhere. It would be very helpful. There are a couple of other soap makers that this would be useful for too.
     
  12. ltlsuz

    ltlsuz Member

    try the microwave in short burst, like 10 sec. intervals, until you get what you want. Just make sure to stir to insure consistancy in the ingrediants.
     
  13. Will

    Will Nevermind

    Forgot to say

    I just placed a buy for Su-z! Cant wait :drool
     
  14. wa_bacchus

    wa_bacchus New Member

    Just placed an order for Butterscotch, Cucumber Melon, Lilac, Pearberry Musk, Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin, and Sage & Citrus...

    Don't know why, other than they're cheap... :o

    I just bought three shave sticks and a cologne from Mamabear that I KNOW I love...

    At least I've suckered several other guys at work into the downward spiral known as wetshaving, so I can always trade some off to them...
     
  15. moviemaniac

    moviemaniac Tool Time

    Got the Bay Rum and the Honey Almond SSs yesterday, will give one of 'em a try tomorra. Thanks, Susie! :D
     
  16. crackstar

    crackstar Israeli Ambassador to TSD

    Bay Rum, Klaus? sehr geschmackt!
     
  17. sparky5693

    sparky5693 Administrator Staff Member

    Administrator
    I believe it's the addition of clay that is helping the slickness.
     
  18. moviemaniac

    moviemaniac Tool Time

    ... and I've already used it today for the first time.
    Like Jason I requested the shea-butter-option but I can't second his findings on the soap being really slick. My experiences were quite different - I got some nice, dense, lubricating lather out of it but the DE tended to skip around on my face due to too less slickness.
    In the end I got a great shave - near-bbs with nicely moisturized skin. I'll experiment withe the water-soap ratio and report back here :cool:
     
  19. peacefrog

    peacefrog Jet Setter

    My second try with this soap was similar to my first. It's good, but I get better results, particularly with regard to lubrication, with other soaps.
     
  20. Baloosh

    Baloosh Duder

    Wow. If there was ever an example of YMMV, it's this thread.

    I've used each of the 3 soaps now (Sandalwood, Peppermint and Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin) and every time the lather was wondrously slick, and my face felt great afterwards. Very moisturized.

    But I guess that's why they have horse races, as they say...
     

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