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Next up for the roadshow edition of my soap reviews is Mike’s Natural Soaps’ Bay Rum.
The lather is, well, absolutely luxurious. Use plenty of water (and I mean plenty!), and you’ll yield a thick lather with plenty of glide, which leaves your face feeling soft and wonderfully moisturized after the fact.
The scent was a nice and spicy bay rum. A fine blend of bay, cloves, etc, it’s definitely one of my favourites. Strength-wise, it’s almost spot on, the only issue being some slight fading near the end of each pass with the razor.
- 9/10 Scent Pleasantness
- 9/10 Scent Strength
- 10/10 Lather Quality
Definitely near the top of the list. 9/10. For bay rum soaps specifically, right now I can’t decide if I like this one more than Al’s Shaving Products Calypso, I’ll get around to doing a side-by-side comparison one of these days! Anyways, at this point I highly recommend trying a sample of everything that Mike’s Natural Soaps produces.
Gear used (Roadshow edition!):
- Brush: Wee Scott
- Razor: Bic Comfort Twin
- Scuttle: A empty tub that formerly contained the Body Shop’s Maca Root shaving cream.
Ingredients: Distilled water; saponified tallow and stearic acid; vegetable glycerin; saponified kokum butter, avocado oil, and shea butter; lanolin, essential oils; saponified coconut oil; kaolin clay, vitamin E.
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Hi, I’ve been reading your blog avidly the last few weeks. I just started with wet shaving and found your site through sharpologist.com. I ordered a sample of this soap and I was wondering if you can give me some pointers on how to get that luxurious lather you write about. Thanks
I find it’s best to bowl lather with this one. Load your brush quite thoroughly, and then keep adding water gradually as you build the lather in the bowl. You’re going to need a fair amount! You might be tempted to stop once it “looks” about right, but looks can be a bit deceiving here, at least until you have a bit more experience with it.