Just tried my new tub of Oumo shaving soap and it's great

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The one that was being discussed here : https://paste-and-cut.com.au/community/threads/oumo-aliexpress-soap-range.7202/

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Picture from the original aliexpress listing. Comes in a plastic red tub similar to the one that Proraso red uses, it's too small to use properly so you will want to transfer it to a shaving bowl for regular use.

The scent is a subtle woody aroma...it's pretty nice, not overpowering and doesn't have the strong artificial smell that some cheap soaps have. It might be too subtle actually, when I was shaving, I couldn't really notice it. But the package I received had an expiry date in mid 2023 so it might have faded over time, try asking the seller for a longer expiry date if you want to try and get a stronger scent.

In terms of performance, it's great...doesn't take a lot of water to make a good lather and the shave was smooth. Best of all, i had no issues with dry or burning skin afterwards. For the price, it completely blows the competition out of the water...it was being sold for USD $9 last year but has gone up to $10 this year, and that's the price of a normal tub of Proraso red. I would say the quality is on par with Stirling soaps at the very least, but it's been a long time since I could get hold of Stirling soaps and I can't do a comparison here. It's definately better than Proraso red at the same price, and Aliexpress does free worldwide shipping so you won't get hit with the usual expensive shipping fees that most online retailers charge to ship to Australia.

I think that I will make this my standard soap from now on. Give it a try if you are interested.
 
It's not even the ingredients that are in it.. it is the ingredients that are missing that is the problem for me.

No 'Tallow' no go.

I love me some animal fat in my soap.

Also, not sure how I feel about buying something from Aliexpress and rubbing it on my face.
 
It's not even the ingredients that are in it.. it is the ingredients that are missing that is the problem for me.

No 'Tallow' no go.

I love me some animal fat in my soap.

Also, not sure how I feel about buying something from Aliexpress and rubbing it on my face.

Agree, though there are some good vegan soaps out there, give me tallow every time.
 
Agree, though there are some good vegan soaps out there, give me tallow every time.

I've been loving Tabac soap lately, the last puck was the vegan version.. I could tell it wasn't the same but it was still a very very good soap.

The vegan version is 8.5/10 where the tallow is 10/10.
 
I've been loving Tabac soap lately, the last puck was the vegan version.. I could tell it wasn't the same but it was still a very very good soap.

The vegan version is 8.5/10 where the tallow is 10/10.
Oooh, you pooor baby, you've completely run out of tallow Tabac, glad I've got HEAPS of TALLOW!!
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Oooh, you pooor baby, you've completely run out of tallow Tabac, glad I've got HEAPS of TALLOW!!
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is it just me or the pics you posted aren't working?

I didn't say I don't have any :)

I stocked up from B&B while they have them

After spending so much money on this bloody hobby, I've settled for

- Tabac as my shave soap
- Muhle Rocca as my Razor
- Muhle / Feather / Black Wilkies as my blades.
- Shaver Shop Badger brush that I bought as one of my first brushes 2+ years ago.
 
I'm no longer in the "tallow is best" camp.

Ever since I started making my own soap and refining the recipe, I'm getting the slickness and post shave at the same level as tallow based soaps I've used.

My soap is very buttery (cocoa and kokum make up over half the soap!). It provides a very rich and creamy lather, that too with just a 10 second load!

The post shave is so moisturizing that once my aftershave balm has done its job, I rinse it off!

Some lather porn:

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When all's said and done, from a soapmaker's point of view, it probably doesn't matter too much what fats you use for the main soapy part. Once you boil them up with a strong base (NaOH or KaOH) you're going to be left with a roughly similar product. Animal fats may (and often do) leave residues that MAY help to keep skin moist, but with the drawback that they sometimes don't smell too great.

It's worth noting that some veg fat based soaps are truly excellent: MdC comes to mind...
 
hey speedy have you tried the new tabac vegan soap? i havnt myself, partly due to the large stockpile of tabac I have but have been a bit curious about it
No. Sorry I haven’t tried the new Tabac reformulate version of non-tallow, same goes for the non-tallow version of Haslinger Schafmilch haven’t tried it.
 
Interesting, so the HCL is bad? At least it doesnt burn or irritate my skin and it creates a good lather. For the price of a Proraso red its pretty hard to beat i think, especially with the free shipping. Im open to alternatives though, but the shipping is really the killer for me since I live in Singapore these days. A puck of Tabac soap is about 2.5x the price for comparison.
 
Interesting, so the HCL is bad? At least it doesnt burn or irritate my skin and it creates a good lather. For the price of a Proraso red its pretty hard to beat i think, especially with the free shipping. Im open to alternatives though, but the shipping is really the killer for me since I live in Singapore these days. A puck of Tabac soap is about 2.5x the price for comparison.
HCl isn't necessarily "bad", it just takes a bit of thinking around their reasons for using it, especially at the top of the ingredients list. If you're happy with what you're using and don't feel the urge to spend $$$$ hoarding stockpiles of soap that you'll never use, then you're a wiser man than many of us.
 
When all's said and done, from a soapmaker's point of view, it probably doesn't matter too much what fats you use for the main soapy part. Once you boil them up with a strong base (NaOH or KaOH) you're going to be left with a roughly similar product. Animal fats may (and often do) leave residues that MAY help to keep skin moist, but with the drawback that they sometimes don't smell too great.

It's worth noting that some veg fat based soaps are truly excellent: MdC comes to mind...

OMG talk about YMMV!
I made an MdC clone and hated it!
It's the cheapest soap formulation possible.
And even though I added sweet almond oil to boost the oleic acid content, my skin felt like I had put my face inside a dehydrator!
 
OMG talk about YMMV!
I made an MdC clone and hated it!
It's the cheapest soap formulation possible.
And even though I added sweet almond oil to boost the oleic acid content, my skin felt like I had put my face inside a dehydrator!
Have you tried the real deal? I could send you a sample if you like.
 
Have you tried the real deal? I could send you a sample if you like.

Thanks so much for this offer!!

I've used the original MdC.
The one with the rosemary scent I think it was.
It was very drying for my skin so I thought to retain the backbone of the original recipe whilst bumping up the moisturizing factor, which didn't help.

Over a few days of use, my skin got worse and worse and eventually my shaves started to suffer.

It took 3 days of using my high butter soap to bring my skin back to good condition.
 
Thanks so much for this offer!!

I've used the original MdC.
The one with the rosemary scent I think it was.
It was very drying for my skin so I thought to retain the backbone of the original recipe whilst bumping up the moisturizing factor, which didn't help.

Over a few days of use, my skin got worse and worse and eventually my shaves started to suffer.

It took 3 days of using my high butter soap to bring my skin back to good condition.
You're welcome. I guess it all depends on what type of skin you have in the first place. Mine is just slightly on the oily side of dry, and I have no trouble with the MdC Original. I guess that might be why I typically get my best shaves from milled soaps, but I still like to play with buttery soaps from time to time (like today in fact) just for a bit of variety.
 
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