TGQ Colleen's Bay Rum/Orange Spice

gssixgun · 07-07-2008, 06:07 PM

At the NC meet up I was lucky enough to score a matched set of TGQ soap and shave creme...

I have been using it for the last month and have decided that I have enough info now to do an actual review.
I won't bore you guys to much with mention of the scent as I really think that scent is a personal thing, but this one is not a straight Bay Rum scent so I find it at least necessary to point the differences out...
Try and Imagine a Bay Rum that somebody squeezed fresh Orange over and a dash of cinnamon... Also the scent can be complemented by a follow up with the SB Bay Rum Aftershave (Sensuous Beauty available on Amazon), enough on the scent...
I used the double boiler method and gently melted the soap into a heavy glass soap bowl, I never use a microwave on soaps....
I used all 5 lather methods on the soap and cream
1. Lather on the face with just the soap
2. Building a lather in a bowl with just soap
3. Building a lather in a bowl with just cream
4. Super lather
5. Uberlather
The strong points on this were #1, #4, and of course #5
This soap and creme lathers very well and give excellent glide and protection on the face...
I would give both a double thumbs up

dward · 09-18-2008, 01:49 PM

Glen, I just started using her Provence Lavender soap. This was my first hard soap so it took me a bit to figure out the mechanics of creating the lather. Once that was accomplished the lather itself was luxurious. It stayed wonderfully thick and moist on my face as I was shaving. Like you, I know that scent is a personal thing. My tastes run to the conservative and traditional. I just ordered sample sizes of the Leatherneck and Highlander scents, too, along with the Oak & Moss bath soap.

I have used the soaps from another very popular maker who has a large following here. Her soaps are also great, just not my taste in scent. I will use them up because I do like the lather. Maybe I will try another of her soaps in a scent that appeals to me.