Queen Charlotte Cream-1st Impression
- Craig_From_Cincy
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Queen Charlotte Cream-1st Impression
I had my first shave with QCS cream tonight, I used the Basilica from a sample container I bought from their website this week. The cream whipped up a thin and very bubbly lather. Adding more water and/or more product didn't help. I would bet there's a large amount of stearic acid in the cream judging by the foamy lather. I was able to complete a first WTG pass, but I didn't want to risk going close with this lather as I'm taking the Wife out tonight. I dumped it and used Trumper Sandalwood for the rest of my shave. This cream had a wonderful scent and merits more experimentation on my part.
Cheers,
Craig
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Just had my first shave this morning with QCS Rose Otto soap - a sample. Squished it down into a bowl, put some water on top of the soap and soaked my brush while I washed. Wrung out the brush, dumped the water, and loaded brush easily. By contrast with your experience Craig, the lather was rich and cushioning. Two and a half passes. Face feel was very nice. Was surprised that developing the lather was as easy as it was. Have a sample of Basilica along with some others. Had thought about using each sample as a miniature shaving stick; still may. Don't want to completely deplete each of the five samples one at a time, then forget what the first one smelled like.
Stearic acid generally won't make something foamy, but creamy. Foamy is usually a product of coconut and/or palm kernel oil in the formulation, or sometimes castor oil.
I had great experiences with Queen Charlotte hard soaps, which I can't use due to lanolin in the formulation, and subpar experiences with their creams, though I could never figure out why, as many guys get on really well with them.
I had great experiences with Queen Charlotte hard soaps, which I can't use due to lanolin in the formulation, and subpar experiences with their creams, though I could never figure out why, as many guys get on really well with them.
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Tim
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Tim
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- Craig_From_Cincy
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- Craig_From_Cincy
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Here's a video from QCS about how to lather the shave creams in their sample containers:
http://youtu.be/3JhuOU_Zz6o
I'm going to try this in the morning with their Fougere cream.
http://youtu.be/3JhuOU_Zz6o
I'm going to try this in the morning with their Fougere cream.
Cheers,
Craig
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And......?Craig_From_Cincy wrote:Here's a video from QCS about how to lather the shave creams in their sample containers:
http://youtu.be/3JhuOU_Zz6o
I'm going to try this in the morning with their Fougere cream.
- Craig_From_Cincy
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I've worked and worked with the QCS creams and thus far I've just produced so-so lather. I've treated them like creams, like croaps and like soaps, but I still get lather that's somewhat bubbly and foamy. I've been a bit underwhelmed by the scents too. Maybe its our very hard water here in Cincinnati, but I'm moving on to the very exciting Italian croaps that I received through the kindness of fellow SMF members John Parker and Brothers.
Cheers,
Craig
Craig
Re: Queen Charlotte Cream-1st Impression
The Vostok cream and soap smell pure menthol and peppermint oil. Just sniffing it can make you feel cool.
JEFF
Re: Queen Charlotte Cream-1st Impression
Jeff, what was your impression of the lathering properties of the QCS soap? This is still a product I've not yet tried.
Gary
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