A old style classic shaving soap.
Ever since i started traditional wet shaving i've been intrigued by williams mug shaving soap..It's fragrance doesn't get top marks,which to my nose has a pleasant clean lemony scent, which some won't like,but it's a inexpensive soap, i don't expect a luxurious scent for what it costs, for me personally the fragrance of a shaving soap isn't really that important,it's shaving performance is, Williams, Arko, Derby, Palmolive arn't the best smelling soaps, i'll agree, but these in-expensive soaps provide a superb lather at a very reasonable price,which can match shaving soaps & creams 3 times the price these in-expensive old school classics have been around for a long time, which tells me, that they must be good,as people are still buying them, if not the makers of these soaps would no longer be producing them.
I basically treat it the same as i do with any hard shaving soap, the only difference slight difference is i bloom it in 'very hot water', for 10 minutes, after it's been bloomed,i apply the bloom water to my face then rub the puck directly into my stubble,'like a shave stick,'then vigorously build up a lather on my face,with my wet brush until i get the lather consistancy i like, adding water to the tips of the brush in between each pass. ..This soap is a thirsty one!, so i add more water than usual, than i would when mixing other soaps.
The lather is very foamy at first, but i've learnt not to stop at the foamy stage and Continue working with it and the result is a very nice reasonably slick lather, it does takes a little longer to get a good lather than it would with other soaps,i also add more water than i would , with it been a thirsty soap, one thing i do like about williams, is it's slickness,the lather thickness isn't a 'Full On' Santa Claus Beard' thickness, but it's slickness, performance and wonderful post shave feeling makes up for that.. 'As stated on the side of the box, 'it does not dry on your face,but leaves skin soft and smooth'.I recommend you give this classic soap a try out.A happy buyer.
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