Tallow & Steel *OFFICIAL* Review

Ryan suggested adding far more water than I had previously. He suggested adding water almost to the point the lather breaks down. Then continue to work the lather until it reconstitutes. The end result was wonderful. Thick, slick lather. Top notch.

I find that the harder artisan soaps are easier to load the brush. You can really "load it like you hate it". The softer ones like L&L or B&M Reserve require an adjustment of technique to load the brush properly (a little more initial water, less pressure). Once figured out, they yield amazing lathers though. Another downside is that you'll blow through that soft soap a lot faster too.

While I, too, have found that some of the soft soaps require a light touch for loading the brush, I’ve noticed with some, that after a couple of uses, the soap seems to develop a slightly harder and more dense surface. (Or perhaps the smoothened surface just makes it so that the soap can take a little more pressure from the brush.)

I’ve also been tracking soap usage by weight for months, now, and it’s actually surprising how similar it is between hard and soft soaps. There have been several times when I’ve loaded a soft soap quite vigorously, fully expecting to make a 2 or even 3 gram dent in the tub (which would be a lot by my standards). Then I go back to weigh the soap after it has dried, and what — 1 measly gram?!

Ryan suggested adding far more water than I had previously. He suggested adding water almost to the point the lather breaks down. Then continue to work the lather until it reconstitutes. The end result was wonderful. Thick, slick lather. Top notch.

Will have to try this. I’ve brought a couple of other soaps back from the brink, when the brush initially had a little more water in it than I thought. With a good soap, it’s amazing what an extra minute or two of lathering can do to the consistency.

Nice review!! I love this soap


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I love their soaps! All natural with essential oils and no synthetic fragrances.

I love their soaps! All natural with essential oils and no synthetic fragrances.

Honestly, what is the benefit of that? As long as it doesn't irritate your skin (which natural essential oils can do) it's not dangerous to use. To me it seems like it's just a marketing ploy to tack on another $10 to every soap they sell. Just my opinion though...

Honestly, what is the benefit of that? As long as it doesn't irritate your skin (which natural essential oils can do) it's not dangerous to use. To me it seems like it's just a marketing ploy to tack on another $10 to every soap they sell. Just my opinion though...

1. Essential oils smell better. EO’s contain lots of different compounds - they are more complex, have more depth, and are more natural smelling. A scent like Boreal could never be created with synthetics.

2. Often less irritating on the skin.

3. Many people like the idea that their product is scented with oils actually distilled from nature - not created in a lab. You may not care, but we do.

And yes our products are more expensive because of it. For example, we pay $70 / oz for wild Rose oil from Morocco, and $200 / oz for million-year-old fossilized Amber oil from the Himalayas. Synthetic Rose oil can be found for $2 / oz and synthetic amber for $1 / oz. Our profit margins are probably equal to most artisans.

Cheers

Late to the party but T+S has been one of my favorite artisans since I've tried it. I have almost every soap released by T+S just a few I don't quite like cause you can't like them all and 1 that my skin didn't quite like much.

Across the board I enjoy almost all the scents a lot and find them very unique not a whole lot out there similar to them and Ryan goes to great lengths to have very unique scents.

Performance whether it be the previous formula or the new formula or if there are any other formulas after this they work really well for me and hit every mark I'm looking for in a soap. The type of lather density, slickness, protection and post shave are all up there for me as a top 3 soap.

As for the pricing yeah it's up there but in Canada most shaving soaps and aftershave is marked up so I'm paying roughly the same price as most other artisans or a few dollars more. I usually wait for sales from vendors or Ryan directly.

Honestly, what is the benefit of that? As long as it doesn't irritate your skin (which natural essential oils can do) it's not dangerous to use. To me it seems like it's just a marketing ploy to tack on another $10 to every soap they sell. Just my opinion though...

1. Essential oils smell better. EO’s contain lots of different compounds - they are more complex, have more depth, and are more natural smelling. A scent like Boreal could never be created with synthetics.

2. Often less irritating on the skin.

3. Many people like the idea that their product is scented with oils actually distilled from nature - not created in a lab. You may not care, but we do.

And yes our products are more expensive because of it. For example, we pay $70 / oz for wild Rose oil from Morocco, and $200 / oz for million-year-old fossilized Amber oil from the Himalayas. Synthetic Rose oil can be found for $2 / oz and synthetic amber for $1 / oz.  Our profit margins are probably equal to most artisans.

Cheers

A little reality:


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/style/...fume_.html

Interesting and eye opening read.