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I’m a soap guy. But somehow an occasional cream seems to make its way into my den. I’ve liked a few; most notably Proraso Sandalwood, Palmolive menthol and Harris Arlington, and have bought them several times. Over the years most others were PIFfed to shave pals here in brick and mortar world, some to online cyber buds.
This evening I went to stash a fresh tube of P-Red in the bureau drawer and realized that somehow I seem to have amassed what is for me, a staggering number of shave creams. Five in total; one used only occasionally, four brand spanking new. But I’m a soap guy. How did this happen? I can’t have this…
So here’s a novel idea. Rather than sell, pif or toss them, I’m going to actually use them. I don’t know how long it will take. I know I don’t have the patience or attention span to do it exclusively. But I‘m going to make a concerted effort to use them frequently and then return to my favorite soaps for the long haul. I suspect this will be a months long experience, likely taking me well into 2027 or beyond. We shall see. I also reserve the right to throw in the occasional hard soap as a palette cleanser. I’ll try to limit myself to AoS unscented, Fine’s Snake Bite, and MWF, but no guarantees that something else won’t slip through unexpectedly.
One more self imposed semi-constraint on the experience is that I will try to use my boar brushes more often than badger (I can’t not use my badgers, I love my badgers). That should help reduce the elapsed overall cream consumption time to some degree.
opening pics…
The ASW tub of Aloe is actually a 50/50 blend of that and DRH Arlington. I’d say the tub is approximately slightly more than half full. All the other creams are new and unused. The Castle Forbes, George F. Trumper and P-Red(
) are all recent arrivals. I’m looking forward to the CF and GFT creams as they’re new for me, and hope to enjoy their scents. The jar of Baume.BE has been sitting in my drawer for somewhere close to a decade. I kind of forgot about it as it became buried and surrounded by my burgeoning soap collection. Only thing that remains is to decide which cream starts this fiasco!
This evening I went to stash a fresh tube of P-Red in the bureau drawer and realized that somehow I seem to have amassed what is for me, a staggering number of shave creams. Five in total; one used only occasionally, four brand spanking new. But I’m a soap guy. How did this happen? I can’t have this…
So here’s a novel idea. Rather than sell, pif or toss them, I’m going to actually use them. I don’t know how long it will take. I know I don’t have the patience or attention span to do it exclusively. But I‘m going to make a concerted effort to use them frequently and then return to my favorite soaps for the long haul. I suspect this will be a months long experience, likely taking me well into 2027 or beyond. We shall see. I also reserve the right to throw in the occasional hard soap as a palette cleanser. I’ll try to limit myself to AoS unscented, Fine’s Snake Bite, and MWF, but no guarantees that something else won’t slip through unexpectedly.
One more self imposed semi-constraint on the experience is that I will try to use my boar brushes more often than badger (I can’t not use my badgers, I love my badgers). That should help reduce the elapsed overall cream consumption time to some degree.
opening pics…
The ASW tub of Aloe is actually a 50/50 blend of that and DRH Arlington. I’d say the tub is approximately slightly more than half full. All the other creams are new and unused. The Castle Forbes, George F. Trumper and P-Red(
) are all recent arrivals. I’m looking forward to the CF and GFT creams as they’re new for me, and hope to enjoy their scents. The jar of Baume.BE has been sitting in my drawer for somewhere close to a decade. I kind of forgot about it as it became buried and surrounded by my burgeoning soap collection. Only thing that remains is to decide which cream starts this fiasco!
). Tbh and fwiw, as I’ve long stated, I just don’t see the point in scooping product into a bowl to create lather that will simply be painted on the face as a mere coating. Might as well just used canned glop. No offense intended to you who are (perhaps, misguided?) bowl latherers.