#1

Merchant
Charleston, South Carolina
Today marks my third year as Sapone Di Paolo.

To celebrate, I thought we’d say ARRIVEDERCI!!!

I was working on the next iteration of things and I’d come to the difficult realization that I DON’T SPEAK ITALIAN.  I have the Italian barber grandfather, I have the Italian name.  I don’t have the language.  Therefore, how can I expect any other non-speakers to decipher Italian?  

That led me to decide to revamp EVERYTHING.  

I started with the aftershave balm.  Wasn’t happy with it’s consistency.  Loved the oils in it.  New recipe with added Aloe, Allantoin and Chamomile extract and I am now beyond pleased!

Next, I wanted to answer all of my most asked requests.  Number one by a big margin was tallow soap.

New base has Tallow, Castor, Mango and Shea.  Also incorporated are the Apricot and Grapeseed oils from the balm as well as Allantoin for an exceptional post shave feel.

The other big request is for an alcohol splash.

I played around with several iterations, and settled on a very straightforward recipe.  Alcohol, Water, Sodium Lactate, Allantoin.  Simple and effective.


Lastly, I had to come up with a new name.

After much deliberation, I decided to now go by the name ELEVEN.

It is simply a reference to my hometown of Dubuque, Iowa.  The upper Mississippi river has a series of locks and dams.  Starting at Minneapolis (#1) down to St. Louis (#27).  I grew up at... ELEVEN!

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All of these changes will take place soon.  I’ll be giving out the first samples at the Top Of The Chain meet up on May 5.  The “official” debut will coincide with the Maggard meet up on June 2.


A very big thank you to Matsilainen and vtmax for testing!

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Eleven shaving
#2

Member
Des Moines, IA
Paolo.

Congrats on making changes. I wish you much success.

Totally off topic. Betty Jane chocolates in Dubuque, IA are excellent!

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#3

Member
Woodstock, VT
No thank you Paolo!  

The soap performs beautifully. It has wonderful lather, slickness and post shave. It sits easily amongst GroomingDept, Declaration Grooming and a couple others now. The ingredients Paolo mentions above should give an indication about its performance.

I have written in the past Paolo makes one of the finest balms available. It’s just getting that much better with the additions above. In fact, the only other balm I rank alongside his at the moment is the Naprodis Conditioner Charles Roberts called Hydrolast.

Go ELEVEN Happy2

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#4

Posting Freak
Paolo, Eleven sounds great and its one louder than Ten right? I'm looking forward to trying the new formulations.

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#5

Member
Virginia
(04-15-2018, 07:24 PM)Marko Wrote: Paolo, Eleven sounds great and its one louder than Ten right?  I'm looking forward to trying the new formulations.

turn it up to 11

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#6

Member
South Saint Louis, MO
That all sounds awesome. Congrats from down here at 27 Smile

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#7

Merchant
Charleston, South Carolina
(04-15-2018, 05:54 PM)MaxP Wrote: Paolo.

Congrats on making changes.  I wish you much success.

Totally off topic.  Betty Jane chocolates in Dubuque, IA are excellent!

Betty Jane is FANTASTIC!!!  I go there every time I visit family!


(04-15-2018, 07:24 PM)Marko Wrote: Paolo, Eleven sounds great and its one louder than Ten right?  I'm looking forward to trying the new formulations.

(04-15-2018, 07:50 PM)gregcss Wrote:
(04-15-2018, 07:24 PM)Marko Wrote: Paolo, Eleven sounds great and its one louder than Ten right?  I'm looking forward to trying the new formulations.

turn it up to 11

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#8

Posting Freak
Love it! Big Grin
#9

Member
Minneapolis-St. Paul
I'm looking forward to trying your new AS products. Great news and congrats on the anniversary!

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#10

Posting Freak
Canada
Congratulations, Paolo! Happy2

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