Nancy Boy Sweetgrass bath bars

Post by **drmoss_ca** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:19 pm

I was sent one of these monster sized bars as a freebie with several tubs of cream I had ordered and recently got around to unwrapping it. It is lovely soap - it smells predominantly of lemon, and has that same creamy note to it that the AOS shaving soaps have, making the whole thing a lot like AOS Lemon soap. It makes an awful lot of thick lather very easily (I even tried shaving with it - but the lather thins out quickly when sitting on your face).
Knowing that shampoos are essentially the same as dishwashing detergent with somewhat different scents added, I have always favoured using soap for washing my hair. I know, it sounds odd, but works very well indeed if you get the right soap. Too drying leaves the hair squeaky as you rinse, and then the scalp compensates with extra oil production, but the opposite is no better as the hair doesn't get properly clean. This stuff is just right for my head.
Needless to say, I have 20 bars on the way.

Chris

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:21 pm

Chris you only ordered 20? I would have ordered 40.

Post by **Sam** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:15 pm

Chris, will you do us the favor of comparing this soap with other bath soaps you have used? Now that Floris Rose Geranium never goes on sale, and that Claus Porto is vegetable based, I am in a search mode again. The Claus Porto bar I have, while it lathers profusely, has a lack of the creaminess that the Floris soap had. It is, therefore, almost exactly like the Pre de Provence soaps I have used. Yet the PdP soaps are available locally, are smaller and easier to grip, and better priced. I had tried some Taylors hand soaps and they did not excite me either. I do have the ability to get Asquith and Somerset at TJ Maxx, though sometimes the scents are not all that desireable.

Your observation on using bar soap as shampoo is spot on, and for baby-fine hair, even more reason why you have to be careful.

Sam

rustyblade · Post by **rustyblade** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:21 pm

Good quality soap but I find the lemongrass scent begins to bother me after a while and I struggle to finish it. I prefer their signature scent.

Baloosh · Post by **Baloosh** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:31 am

Interesting. How does one go about even getting adequate lather from a bar soap and applying it as a shampoo? Seems like it would be a lot of work.

jlmwrite · Post by **jlmwrite** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:14 pm

The sweetgrass is a wonderful scent, but I find the NB signature scent to be more intriguing and with all the same creamy lather. It also does a much better job of waking me when I've got rounds at 5am.

Just don't drop one of these enormous bars on your toes!

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:45 pm

Baloosh wrote:Interesting. How does one go about even getting adequate lather from a bar soap and applying it as a shampoo? Seems like it would be a lot of work.

Rub the bar of soap a few times on your wet hair. Simple as can be.

jrgroucho · Post by **jrgroucho** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:29 am

My two favorites are Sweetgrass and Tea Rose. A bar of it lasts for quite some time, too long sometimes, and I need to swap out scents.

P.S. When did Nancy Boy start shipping across the border again?

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Jeremy

AZwildcat · Post by **AZwildcat** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:21 pm

I love the Nancy Boy Signature Scent bath bar. I am currently using a Santa Maria Novella bar which I also like, but I don't think it competes in terms of value to the Nancy Boy soap. The NB soap lasts much longer than any other bar soap I have ever used. I'll agree with Dr. Moss that is has one of the creamiest lathers of any soap. I am debating whether to even try some Issy's Olive Oil soap b/c I don't know if it will be as moisturizing. Anyways, great soap that is highly recommended.

Post by **drmoss_ca** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:31 am

jrgroucho wrote: P.S. When did Nancy Boy start shipping across the border again?

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Jeremy

They don't. It took some special pleading with Eric to get this shipment.

Sam, My non-shaving soaps have boiled down to these: Floris for the face prior to shaving (Rose Geranium being the nicest, but all work equally well), Nancy Boy for washing hair (save one time per week where I use Selsun 2.5% shampoo to keep any tendency to dandruff away), and for the rest of me I use either Dalan Turkish olive oil soap or some of my hoard of Williams Mug Soap, which is a serviceable body soap.

Chris

drumana · Post by **drumana** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:19 pm

I find the Williams Mug to be a little too drying for a bath soap. Which is a shame because of the price and I love the scent.