La Toja Manantiales

SRD · Post by **SRD** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:29 pm

Anyone tried this yet? Thoughts? Got to order a couple of soaps soon as I am starting to get low. Curious about this one. Don't know why as I typically stay pretty close to what I am use to.

Teiste · Post by **Teiste** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:16 pm

La Toja Manantiales is one of the best veggie based soaps that you can find on the market,with Martin de Candre and a couple frenchies more (ok, the Edwin Jagger/Trumper ones are good too).
Its totally made in Spain (the soap and container) while La Toja stick is made in Slovakia.This La Toja Manatiales has one of the original formulations of La Toja sticks while they were still made in Spain,and has more concentration of mineral salts than the stick.Also doesnt contains coconut acid like the actual formulation of the shaving stick,which its an ingredients that could be a cause of itchiness for some people.
For me perform much better than the actual stick and (again,this is my perception of it) its lather and skin care properties are close to those old tallow based shaving soaps like Yardley,Old Spice,Gibbs n53 and so on.

Flash G · Post by **Flash G** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:11 am

It burnt like hell.

river1 · Post by **river1** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:37 pm

Flash G wrote:It burnt like hell.

Ouch.....sounds like a good candidate for bst?

SmallTank · Post by **SmallTank** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:02 pm

How does this compare to La Toja Sensitive..also from Spain

Blue As A Jewel · Post by **Blue As A Jewel** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:50 pm

This is an excellent soap, a bit pricey but a great performer. The scent is a little on the cologne based side...

BullGoose · Post by **BullGoose** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:17 pm

Flash G wrote:It burnt like hell.

That was my experience as well. I used it once and promptly sold it on the B/S/T/

CMur12 · Post by **CMur12** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:43 pm

BullGoose wrote:
Flash G wrote:It burnt like hell.
That was my experience as well. I used it once and promptly sold it on the B/S/T/

I've read on the Iberian forums that some are sensitive to the mineral salts.

- Murray

BullGoose · Post by **BullGoose** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:47 pm

CMur12 wrote:
I've read on the Iberian forums that some are sensitive to the mineral salts.

- Murray

That makes sense. I must be one of the lucky few.

RonH · Post by **RonH** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:17 pm

This is a marvelous soap. I would rate it on par with MdC which is my #1.