Soap irritation

[sev-8]

Only Stirling's Hot Apple Cider. Like the scent and it's long lasting, but the cinnamon leaves my face tingling

 

[junipertar]

I've had it happen with two soaps so far: TOBS Royal Forest and Stirling Spice. Strangely I'm fine with TOBS Sandalwood, Rose, Eton and St James.

Must be a particular fragrance oil in those two. Makes me a little nervous to try the other heavily scented American soaps though. Shame as the performance of the Stirling was superb.

+1 with Stirling Spice. Shame for a Stirling fan like me

 

[brandaves]

It's Mama Bears for me. I think its the essential oils/fragrence oils in high glycerine soaps for me. I've found that a quick zap in the microwave (8 seconds for a full puck) burns some of it off. Mostly though I just avoid high glycerine soaps. It's too bad really, as I really enjoy Mama Bears soaps.

 

[sphetnik]

There are some soaps that burned my face, namely Cella, P&B, OSP and Stirling. Surprisingly I got on very well with A&E and Oleo which have strong smells and use mixtures of natural and synthetic oils.

 

[Deleted member 1881]

Only Stirling's Hot Apple Cider. Like the scent and it's long lasting, but the cinnamon leaves my face tingling

I hate Cinnamon in soaps.

 

[Deleted member 476]

I just have trouble with Menthol or maybe its just Proraso green. Either ways, no worries eliminating both

 

[GSVwetshave]

Almost all soaps containing sandalwood give me an allergic reaction (red face, burning). Starting with red Proraso and up to the MdC fougere...

 

[SpeedyPC]

Almost all soaps containing sandalwood give me an allergic reaction (red face, burning). Starting with red Proraso and up to the MdC fougere...

Any shaving soap or cream has cinnamon can give you red face, burning feel and irritation

 

[GSVwetshave]

Any shaving soap or cream has cinnamon can give you red face, burning feel and irritation

Thanks for the information!
But I often use Small Batch shave tonic (it contains cinnamon) and have not noticed such problems yet. I'll try it again tomorrow to check

 

[Deleted member 1881]

Cinnamon in a soap...

C'mon....

 

[Missoni]

Mitchell Wool Fat (I think it may be the lanolin).
Pre de Provence
Razorock (Stallion & Nomad)

 

[SpeedyPC]

Cinnamon in a soap...

C'mon....

I know it’s not bloody Christmas, now you know why Santa has red cheeks on his face and he won’t shave his white beard off.

 

[SPR]

Mitchell Wool Fat (I think it may be the lanolin).
Pre de Provence
Razorock (Stallion & Nomad)

Just shows how different we are ... I've super sensitive skin and Pre De Provence is one of my top 3

 

[TheChrisC]

The two that stand out to me are Stirling Sharp Dressed Man and A&E Spartacus. I'll always get the irritation as a burning on my moustache area. I've gotten that reaction from a few splashes too, which I put down to fragrance oils.

Actually, now that I think about it I did get some irritation with the Declaration Grooming Icarus soaps I used too.

 

[Wayne]

Hello all. Just had quite a bit of stinging and irritation from Ariana and Evans Cafe au lait..i suspect due to high fragrance content (shame as it smells fantastic).
Anyone else had a soap that really reacted badly with your skin?

Yeah, same one, I too love the scent but something in there is wrong.