# Men who use shaving brushes, what's your soap/cream? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286 "2013-10-26T04:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/1 "2013-10-26T04:41:08Z")
Just curious. I really like Taylor of Old Bond Street’s sandalwood, but I’m always open to suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/2 "2013-10-26T08:08:33Z")
Taylor of Old Bond Street is nice and luxurious with a good smell and a thick creamy lather. Proraso in the tube is also good. It is an Italian cream that has menthol and eucalyptus to make your face tingle a bit. It makes your face feel really clean, but like the Taylor, the scent is a bit strong for a few minutes. I can’t recall seeing either of these available locally. However, Bath and Body sells Proraso under the CO Bigelow brand for about $10 a tube. A really accessible cream is the Van der Hagen puck that they sell at Walmart, Target, and Walgreens for a mere 2 bucks or so. I keep it in its little cup so I don’t have to use a bowl with it. It doesn’t lather up as nice, but it has shea butter and aloe vera for a smooth shave and smooth skin. Compared to the other two, it has a very subtle but nice smell. If I recall correctly, the shaving websites give it decent marks. Buy all three and rotate them according to your mood! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/3 "2013-10-26T09:17:29Z")
I also like Tabac. I had a puck that lasted like three years but then a security guard at the airport said I couldn’t bring it in my carry on, this was in Kabul. I tried to explain that it wasn’t a liquid and that I specifically travel with it because it was allowed on carry on, but alas. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/4 "2013-10-26T13:37:27Z")
What’s that stuff I can buy for about a dollar at the discount store? Oh yeah, Williams. I suppose that is rather like admitting to have some Bud Light Lime in the fridge around beer aficionados. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/5 "2013-10-26T13:46:14Z")
[ClassicShaving.com](http://ClassicShaving.com) sandalwood. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/6 "2013-10-26T14:15:41Z")
Williams or Colgate, from the drugstore. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/7 "2013-10-26T17:28:41Z")
I used Williams or Colgate for years until the local stores stopped carrying it. Now I use Tabac and/or Kiss My Face. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/8 "2013-10-26T19:21:11Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Just curious. I really like Taylor of Old Bond Street’s sandalwood, but I’m always open to suggestions. When I used a brush, I just used Burma-Shave soap or whatever cheap soap they sell at the drug store. ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/9 "2013-10-27T02:00:14Z")
Burt’s Bees Bay Rum (but it is not always available). ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/10 "2013-10-27T05:33:26Z")
I use The Art of Shaving lemon “flavor.” It’s expensive ($20-30?) but I only shave ~twice a week so one jar lasts me the better part of a year. A tiny dab will lather my whole face and it smells like lemon cookies. Heck, it even _tastes_ good! ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/11 "2013-10-27T05:49:43Z")
I like the Proraso with the white label. It’s their sensitive skin product and it works much better for me than their green labeled stuff, which otherwise I really like the smell of. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/12 "2013-10-28T03:38:55Z")
There is only one … [Crabtree & Evelyn’s Sandalwood shaving soap in a wooden bowl](http://www.crabtree-evelyn.com/2170111/2170111,default,pd.html?cgid=for-him-shaving-creams-soaps#start=1). Just beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/13 "2013-10-28T03:57:12Z")
A puck of Van der Hagen soap from Walmart costs $1.52 and lasts months. It doesn’t like to lather in the mug so much but it does lather rather nicely on your skin when applied with even a boar bristle brush (the Van der Hagen set Walmart sells). A ten pack of Wilkinson double edge blades costs $1.76 and lasts a month or so. It’s not complicated. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/14 "2013-10-28T04:59:43Z")
Taylor of Old Bond Street Almond. I love it, but I might give their Avocado a try when this jar is finished. My brother and sister-in-law gave me a gift set of shave cream from [Nancy Boy](http://www.nancyboy.com/Shaving-c2.htm) (yes, I am secure enough in my masculinity to use a product called “Nancy Boy”). It’s pretty nice, but I like the Taylor of Old Bond Street better. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/15 "2013-10-28T06:01:27Z")
Yeah, Taylor is the one that I keep going back to. I like the almond, but I wasn’t a fan of some of the others. Sandalwood is nice because the scents lasts, but its not overpowering and the jars last a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/16 "2013-10-28T13:28:13Z")
I like Geo. F. Trumper shaving soap. Good foam, nice smell that doesn’t linger and clash with any aftershave or other fragrance you might choose. I like the Limes scented one, but they do sandalwood and other fragrances as well. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/17 "2013-10-28T13:34:12Z")
Taylor of Old Bond Street’s sandalwood for me. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/18 "2013-10-28T13:40:06Z")
Williams is all I’ve ever seen available. I’ll look for Taylor of Old Bond Street though. Maybe I’ll pull up next to some distinguished fellow in a Rolls Royce and ask him if he has any. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/19 "2013-10-29T06:13:56Z")
Amazon carries Taylor’s. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286/20 "2013-10-29T20:15:36Z")
> [@wheresmymind](#): > > I use The Art of Shaving lemon “flavor.” It’s expensive ($20-30?) but I only shave ~twice a week so one jar lasts me the better part of a year. A tiny dab will lather my whole face and it smells like lemon cookies. Heck, it even _tastes_ good! Second on this, and i use their standard oil which has a hint of black pepper to it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-use-shaving-brushes-whats-your-soap-cream/672286.md?page=2)