Anyone ever used this soap? I found it today in a shop and went ahead and bought it. It's inexpensive. The smell is great. It says it can be a shower or shave soap, so if it doesn't work well for shaving then I'll just move it to the shower.
Google says it's a "scrub" soap and not the best for shaving. Someone on amazon claims it contains those darn microbeads. I love the retro design though
I just tried a test lather with it. It was not the usual consistency of shaving soap. Very airy with the zillions of tiny bubbles. However, I'll give it a go tomorrow or Wednesday with a shave. It might be surprisingly good.....or not. But hey, what's the worst that could happen??
I have read several reviews of this product. I have yet to find one person who considers it a viable shave soap, rather than bath soap. At least a couple of folks have opined that the oil used is inappropriate to use with the salt base, for lather purposes. That said, best of luck.
I want to say I saw another sea salt soap review about 6 months ago. Although I think that one was Norwegian.
Thanks! I may just move it to the shower after reading your previous thread. There is no use in shaving with terrible, disappearing lather.
Update! I had a go with it this morning for a shave. @Darkbulb is right.....it ain't good. I thought the lather was going well at first. There was decent pastiness and what seemed to be passable lather. But it dried and dissipated quickly. I kept rehydrating and actually got a pretty good pass about the jaw. The neck was scary though. I kept at it but decided to stop after one pass with that lather. I switched to a different soap for clean-up and then stopped. I was worried about irritation. Too bad because it claims to be good for shaving. Thanks for everyone's comments and suggestions!
I LOVE the scent of this soap and it appears to give good lather at the beginning, but then, yes - it disaapears and you're left with nothing.
I can't figure out why they ever marketed it as a shave soap. I make a lot of sea salt bath soaps and they are wonderful as just that...bath/shower soap, but produce no where near the type of lather one needs for shaving. Sea salt soaps aren't really exfoliating either but produce a tighter, denser lather than the typical light and airy bubbles you see in a typical bath bar. They do make the skin feel wonderful...like after a swim in the ocean or a therapeutic salt bath soak. I love them for that and they are the only kind I make now for our own home use.
That's what I was thinking. Salt soaps are great but there's not a one that would be good for anything other than a bath/shower soap.