Shaver Heaven - Samael NEW SCENT

[Brendan]

This new scent just released by Shaver Heaven seems right up my alley. Mahogany, Honey Suckle, Cedarwood and Camphor. Who is keen?

 

[todras]

Sounds like a very nice scent, I'd like to smell it to see how dominant the Cedarwood is though as a lot of soaps/creams with that scent have a tendency to be dominated by it at the expense of the other more nuanced notes.

That being said I recently obtained a few of @Anthony soaps and was thoroughly impressed particularly with his Vanilla Oak!

 

[Mark1966]

@Anthony makes great soaps - is this a V3 tallow @SydBJW ?

 

[Anthony]

Hi @Mark1966 It certainly is a V3. With all the new tallow I won't be putting the V3 in there as that's what it will be going forward.

Thanks for the support guys! Truly appreciate it [emoji4]

 

[Mark1966]

Hi @Mark1966 It certainly is a V3. With all the new tallow I won't be putting the V3 in there as that's what it will be going forward.

Thanks for the support guys! Truly appreciate it [emoji4]

Thanks, I can see it on your site here - http://shaverheaven.com.au/samael/

I notice that The scent is by no means "Over the top" or "Cloying" - sounds like a good thing to me

The price is cheaper than the others too - a BARGAIN for a quality soap !

 

[vanNek]

@Anthony is there a matching balm to come?


"No half measures......"

 

[Anthony]

@vanNek I can make up the balms to match if people are interested.
I typically don't make them up as they don't sell as much as the soaps, but happy to make some up if there is interest

 

[Korbz]

@vanNek I can make up the balms to match if people are interested.
I typically don't make them up as they don't sell as much as the soaps, but happy to make some up if there is interest

@Anthony Is it possible to do single bottles (labels not necessary) on request (of existing range like Vanilla Oak, Spiced Mahogany or Samael) or would you have to do a full run?

 

[todras]

@vanNek I can make up the balms to match if people are interested.
I typically don't make them up as they don't sell as much as the soaps, but happy to make some up if there is interest

I'd pay you up front and well to make me a few bottles of the 'Vanilla Oak' and 'Gone Grapefruit' in a post shave balm after experiencing the excellent results from the 'Summer Breeze' Balm I recently obtained from you.

 

[eggbert]

I don't know how much a full run consists of, but I imagine the ingredients wouldn't be the biggest cost factor as doing one or two bottles would take almost as much time as making a whole batch. So it wouldn't really be economically viable.

 

[Korbz]

I don't know how much a full run consists of, but I imagine the ingredients wouldn't be the biggest cost factor as doing one or two bottles would take almost as much time as making a whole batch. So it wouldn't really be economically viable.

Maybe I was being naive, but thought that he may have some unscented from a previous batch. That being said, I don't know if scent can be added to a finished product (definitely some ignorance on my part). I'm happy to gauge interest if I know what the hurdle rate is

 

[eggbert]

Maybe I was being naive, but thought that he may have some unscented from a previous batch. That being said, I don't know if scent can be added to a finished product (definitely some ignorance on my part). I'm happy to gauge interest if I know what the hurdle rate is

For all I know it could just be a case of adding the fragrances to the end balm as you suggest.
I hasn't actually considered leftover balm

 

[borked]

*sighs - unzips... wallet and pulls out the credit card*
@Anthony Vanilla Oak balm with a hint of menthol would be right up my alley.
Hint equates to less than Arctic Mango balm btw.
If that's possible, add it to my Samuel order

 

[Anthony]

Balms have been quite more painful to me than soap making believe it or not! I'm still tinkering with balms as we speak as I wanted to aim for something of a thinner consistency (thinking Natio for Men / Nivea / Myrsol Emulsion). But to no avail as of yet. The balms are quite hard when it comes to suiting a person's skin type, so much so, I thought of making at least 2 types, one for "oily" skin (as I have) and 1 for "dry" skin. Currently as they stand I find that they are highly concentrated, so much so that personally, I only use a few drops.

I have had some great feedback in regards to the balms, and I agree that the balms are sometimes so thick that trying to "squeeze" them out of the bottles is a bit of a pain (oversight on my part), so I may look at introducing "pumps" once I have exhausted all the bottles.

Balms are fairly easy for me to make on a "one bottle" at a time basis (which is what I do for testing), however, when I make them they are usually in batches of 7 or more.
The base for the balms are all the same and fragrance is added at the end, so I could very well make unscented balms and then fragrance them all seperatly once they are ready to go.

With soaps its a little different, as I make the base and then add the fragrance at which point the base is then thoroughly mixed to ensure even distribution of the scent. I have on occasion made "once off" soaps, in which I measure out base soap required and then mix in the fragrance by hand which is not my prefered method as the base tends to start harden which makes it a lot harder to work with.

I have also been looking into Aftershaves yet again, however, I have simplified the formulation to that of "Fine" in which the main ingredients are Water, Alcohol, Fragrance and Menthol (in the particular version I was working with). The concentration I have been working with is that of an EDT, but needless to say it gives quite the "bite" due to high alcohol content but have found that longevity is a lot better than my previous release which had way more ingredients in them. This also lead me on a search for glass bottles, as some of the feedback I got was that it would be good to see them in glass bottles with a dripolator. Unfortunately I was only able to find one local stockist of such bottles, so I may look at still using the plastic bottles (sorry guys) but providing the option of either drippolator or atomizer. I know after using the above aftershave tester that a drippolator would be much better as Menthol + eyes = much burning LOL...

 

[Reegs]

This also lead me on a search for glass bottles, as some of the feedback I got was that it would be good to see them in glass bottles with a dripolator. Unfortunately I was only able to find one local stockist of such bottles, so I may look at still using the plastic bottles (sorry guys) but providing the option of either drippolator or atomizer

I believe New Directions out of Sydney have a wide variety of glass bottles, either in amber or other colours and in a wide array of sizes. Hopefully this might help you @Anthony

 

[nathan1983]

just wondering if anybody has had a chance to try this soap yet? i know its early days but i thought there might be some eager beavers that got orders in last week.