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  • PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social
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    10 months ago

    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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      • PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social
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        10 months ago

        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. 🤔 I may get away telling my mother in law that I used the shaving soap following their instructions, and got great lather.