When is enough soap, enough soap?

I have for a long time (since 2014) been trying to downsize my soap and cream collection.

In that time span I have used perhaps what equates to 12-15 full pots of soap and cream, while I have acquired in between 150-200 full pots of soap and cream

So I think I'm doing allright with downsizing my collection, don't you

I'm at a stage, where I soon can rotate a new cream/soap every day for a year, and not use the same one twice

I just want to try one from every well received artisan. I think I have enough soaps now to form an informed opinion about my next purchases.

Arko and Cella are very good btw... hehe.. I wouldn't mind having to stock those two.

When it takes you longer to pick out your soap than it does to actually shave, you probably have too much soap.

Love it - I invite everybody to add a "Jeff Foxworthy You Might be a Redneck" type statement for knowing when you probably have too much soap. You know "when your dog and your wallet are both on a chain, you might be a redneck."

Here's mine:

When you have more cosmetics than your wife, you probably have too much soap.

I recently culled my collection by a fair bit. I put my unwanted soaps in a bag, brought them to work, and had wet-shaving coworkers come by to sniff and pick out ones they wanted. They've almost all found new homes now. It feels good.

I don't think it's a particular number that keeps my collection from feeling like "too much," but rather knowing that each soap/cream I've kept is there for a good reason. If I'm just "take it or leave it" on something, it needs to go.

When it takes you longer to pick out your soap than it does to actually shave, you probably have too much soap.

I may have forgotten to mention that I'm guilty. That's one of the reasons I put myself on restraint for the entire year.

celestino your "one soap" comment made me LOL .

When it takes you longer to pick out your soap than it does to actually shave, you probably have too much soap.

Love it - I invite everybody to add a "Jeff Foxworthy You Might be a Redneck" type statement for knowing when you probably have too much soap. You know "when your dog and your wallet are both on a chain, you might be a redneck."

Here's mine:

When you have more cosmetics than your wife, you probably have too much soap.

What if you don't have a wife or gf?

When it takes you longer to pick out your soap than it does to actually shave, you probably have too much soap.

Love it - I invite everybody to add a "Jeff Foxworthy You Might be a Redneck" type statement for knowing when you probably have too much soap. You know "when your dog and your wallet are both on a chain, you might be a redneck."

Here's mine:

When you have more cosmetics than your wife, you probably have too much soap.

What if you don't have a wife or gf?

Doesn't have to be significant other related.

if I don't use something for a long time and I'm not interested in collecting said item, it's usually time to throw it up for sale. I did that a few years ago with basically every single puck of soap I owned and more recently with some razors. I have very hard water, and for me, it's just not worth the time trying to fiddle with a soap to make it 'right' when I know there's creams and softer soaps out there that work well for me with much less effort.

YMMV, of course!

if I don't use something for a long time and I'm not interested in collecting said item, it's usually time to throw it up for sale.  I did that a few years ago with basically every single puck of soap I owned and more recently with some razors.  I have very hard water, and for me, it's just not worth the time trying to fiddle with a soap to make it 'right' when I know there's creams and softer soaps out there that work well for me with much less effort.

YMMV, of course!

Andrew, do you want to send me a bottle of your water so that I can conduct another experiment?! I love the challenges with 'hard' water.