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- Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:09 pm
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: What bath soap are you using right now?
- Replies: 582
- Views: 202366
Gordon, I have made this suggestion to you before. Try the Basis Sensitive Skin Bar. The ingredients are posted on drugstore.com. Tallow based, no fragrance, the best skin compatibility of anything I or my family have tried, shaves fairly well for a bath bar, and reasonably priced. This one has with...
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:04 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Is this the end of the SE blade?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9642
Gents, Discovering this post once again in a calmer moment, I have to retract my boycott Walmart recommendation and vote to let open market forces decide the issue. Thus, Walmart will only make a profit on the one item I would still purchase from them and that would be the Basis Sensitive Skin Bar. ...
- Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:20 pm
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: Question for the guys losing it up top
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15996
Jack, I don't maintain the number two but let it grow out until it kinda starts to need a brush consistently then I wack it again. I have never tried shaving my head because, for me, my face is enough. From a style viewpoint, I understand how you feel about baseball caps. My dermatologist was making...
- Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:49 pm
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: Question for the guys losing it up top
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15996
You will actually look like you have more hair with a shorter haircut with male pattern baldness - especially up top on bald spots with someone staring you in the eye. Longer hair lays flat and accentuates the hair loss visually while shorter hair stands up vertically making it look like you've got ...
- Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:58 am
- Forum: The Gentlemen's Parlor
- Topic: Comments on knives
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7919
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 4:42 pm
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: Fragrance Free Products
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4488
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:34 pm
- Forum: Safety Razors & Blades
- Topic: Is this the end of the SE blade?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9642
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:16 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: My Ultimate Minimalist Shave
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8272
Murray, It is evident to me in your posts and especially in your reply to Gordon that you really understand what I was trying to convey with this post. Thank you. My primary focus was a close and comfortable shave with readily available items - cost was not the primary issue. You also hit another na...
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:30 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: My Ultimate Minimalist Shave
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8272
Jack, The ingredients for all VDH products, Williams, and Basis Sensitive Skin bar soap are listed below. VDH soaps are detergent based products whereas Willams and Basis are both just plain soap. Also, two of the VDH products contain dyes which I avoided (except titanium dioxide) due to skin compat...
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:38 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: My Ultimate Minimalist Shave
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8272
- Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:22 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: My Ultimate Minimalist Shave
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8272
My Ultimate Minimalist Shave
My ultimate minimalist shave is the result of almost four years of continuous experimentation correlating shave and bath soap ingredients to skin compatibility and double edge razor shave closeness and comfort. A severe winter dry skin itch also motivated my ongoing soap comparisons. My preference i...
- Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:41 am
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: Skin Problem
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4422
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:17 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Shave stick
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8860
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:09 pm
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Good unscented tallow based soaps
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4637
Jack, Your comment comparing the Basis Sensitive Skin bar shave to Williams Mug Shaving Soap reflects my sentiments almost exactly. My experience is that the Basis shaves as good or better than the Williams for a lower cost per ounce with a little practice and it is more moisturizing than Williams. ...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:23 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Good unscented tallow based soaps
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4637
Jack, Thanks for giving it a try. I also lather Basis with a boar hair shaving brush (over the sink though) and I use enough soap (a fair amount actually) to completely cover my face with lather - no skin showing. Try using a bit more soap. My lather is typically not bubbly at all. I have been able ...
- Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:27 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Good unscented tallow based soaps
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4637
Basis Sensitive Skin Bar Ingredients are listed on www.drugstore.com. Tallow is the primary ingredient - no detergents, no dyes, and no fragrance. If you are into aromatherapy with bath/shower soaps this is not the product to use as it has very little scent. I find the Basis scent to be a large impr...
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:33 am
- Forum: Shaving Creams & Hard Soaps
- Topic: Shave stick
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8860
- Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:20 pm
- Forum: Colognes & Aftershaves
- Topic: In praise of Thayer's Aftershave
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2610
- Sun May 24, 2009 9:12 am
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: Basis Sensitive Vs. Yardley Soaps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3012
- Sat May 16, 2009 12:38 am
- Forum: Skin Care & Hair Care
- Topic: Basis Sensitive Vs. Yardley Soaps
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3012
The Basis Sensitive Skin bar for me ranks as one of my best discoveries since I started frequenting shave forums right up with Tabac Shave Soap and the Merkur Heavy Duty Classic Straight Bar Razor. The Basis Sensitive Skin bar also provides a very respectable shave and it doesn't dry your skin out e...