Shea Moisture Shave?

I picked up a tub of Shea Butter & African Black Soap at a local big box store. I tried one test lather and thought it was horrible. Does anyone use this stuff on a regular basis, and if so how? Unless something changes it will either live under the sink, or in the trash.

Stay away from that rubissh.Tried twice and it was horrible....

I've seen this soap and wondered about it as well. Ordinarily I would council someone not to base a decision on one very negative or one very positive opinion (especially on the internet) but when it comes to making a lather from a soap, if Teiste says it's rubbish, I'm afraid it's rubbish.

I sure thought it was rubbish, but wanted to make sure I was not missing something. I guess I could PIF it, but that would not work if it is that horrible. I would not want to ruin someone's day with this stuff.

It's probably not worth the postage, but why not pass it around? Maybe others can take a whack at it. I'll pass, I don't need the challenge or the frustration.

Alternate post....

So then there is a shave soap worse than Williams?

I love challenges. I'll look for it. What big box store has it?

I am new to the internet but all the bashing of Williams makes me chuckle. It is a good, hard, slick soap. Guess practice makes perfect. If you were shaving in the late 70's and 80's it was one of the very few soaps available on most drug store shelves. I still use it and still get great shaves from it. My favorite way is to use a Vulfix 660 and just hold the puck in my hand and lather the brush that way.

Wal-Mart of course.

I got some from Target.

It's a non-lathering shave cream, even though it says to use a brush with it. I used it once, got an okay shave, but didn't like the smell. VDH, which I got the next day, was much better.

(03-24-2012, 03:46 PM)Songwind Wrote: I got some from Target.

It's a non-lathering shave cream, even though it says to use a brush with it. I used it once, got an okay shave, but didn't like the smell. VDH, which I got the next day, was much better.

Yes, I love VDH. I have some Razorock in the mail that I know will be great, but VDH is less than $2 and works great.

For me Williams or VdH are MUCH BETTER than this "cream/soap".Enough said for me.

That said, the $10 brush is a great starter brush that I have given to two friends who have no complaints. The soap looked suspect, so I never pursued it. I don't remember what put me off of it, but it was a gut reaction.

I walk into most retailers ( I will NEVER step foot in a Woe-Mart) and men's products are treated like orphans.
Mass retailers have largely abandoned us and real men patronise BULLGOOSE and peers. Don't be a girly man
and NEVER DO THAT AGAIN

target has it also. the face soap/scrub and elixir after shave actually work really well.

the soap works well if you don't lather or perhaps use it with a super lather. i was able to whip up a small lather, but it wasn't worth the effort. I just wanted to show it could be done..

A tub of lard would be easier to lather than their "shaving cream"