My video review

The company

So, I decided to start with an artisan soap company. Many of you may have heard of Barrister & Mann. It’s a company that’s owned by a guy named Will, who is a law student. As a medical student, I know that it could be very tough balancing work and professional school at the same time. He is based out of Boston, and makes these soaps with all natural ingredients. His main ingredient is tallow, which most soap enthusiasts will agree produces some pretty solid lather. I own all of his current scents, and I have to say that his Winter Spice scent is one of the best I have used thus far (I haven’t used them all yet). There are many things that I like about his company. First, the fact that he does seasonal scents is brilliant! I believe he started in March 2013, and since then he has come out with Ferox (spring), Solstice (summer), Nocturne (Fall), Dickens & Winter Spice (Winter). He also has some new scents on the way, and he takes suggestions from customers.Second, he has great customer service and is a vendor as well as a user of a lot of the same products we use and I respect that. Here is a link to his website. With that said, on to the soap.

The Soap

Lather Quality – 10/10: The reason I give this soap a 10 is because it is one of the EASIEST lathers to whip up by far. It also produces a bunch of “yogurty” lather the second your brush hits your bowl/face. The lather is dense and thick and you can hardly see any air bubbles in it. It is the closest you can get to yogurt in my opinion. I have to say in terms of lather, Barrister & Mann is one of the BEST.

Scent – 10/10: The scent is a cinamon sweet scent that smells like a dessert that I’ve tried before but can’t exactly point out. It’s really hard to describe scent, but I have to say, this one is one that you’ll be sniffing throughout the day. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked into my bathroom and took a sniff of this thing.

Price – 4/5: A puck of this soap is about 3.75 oz and costs $10, so that puts it at $2.67 per ounce. Some may consider that pricey, compared to mass produced soaps, but I say it’s well worth the money and it falls in the price range of many other quality shaving artisan products.

Slickness – 9/10: My razor glides on my face with no tug at all. It doesn’t even feel like I’m shaving. This lather is SUPER protective and it’s almost hard to nick yourself. The only reason I don’t give this category a 10 is because I have 2 other products that I feel are a little more slicker, but I will get to those in other reviews.

Post-shave feel – 10/10: This is where Barrister & Mann really wins. I can’t stop touching my face throughout the day. It is so DAMN soft! I think that’s mostly because of the lanolin and tallow, but Will does something magical to these soaps. It makes your face feel like sex. I couldn’t believe it when I first shaved with this stuff. Absolutely amazing post-shave feeling!

Overall – 9.6/10: I’m not being generous with this rating. I have an entire excel sheet on my computer of everything I’ve used and this is by far one of the BEST I have ever put on my face. I had lather sitting around when I started writing this review and it’s still laying there strong! It is definitely in my top 5 Soaps.

Ingredients: Potassium Stearate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Tallowate, Sodium Tallowate, Aqua, Glycerin, Citrus sinesis (Sweet Orange) Oil, Fragrance, Potassium Ricinoleate, Sodium Ricinoleate, Coconut Milk, Potassium Kokum Butterate, Sodium Kokum Butterate, Unrefined Shea Butter, Potassium Cocoate, Sodium Cocoate, Lanolin, Allantoin, Silk Protein, Tocopherol Acetate.