Colleen's soaps are outstanding in every way. Give them a try. I'm primarily a soap man, but Colleen's creams are also fantastic. I think they blow the 3 Ts out of the water. by Mr. J Nichols    Bronxville, NY

Colleen,
I know you are on vacation this month, but I just wanted to send some good thoughts. I just tried my sample of the Provence Lavender cream and I must say I am delighted. The scent is simply unbelievable. I know I'm no expert on shaving products or anything, but I think that the Provence Lavender is the single most wonderful scent in any shaving product I have ever experienced. Kudos to you!! by Mr. B Butler   Copley, OH

I recently purchased one 3" round each of Colleen's "Leatherneck" and "Cavendish Black" shaving soaps. I haven't yet tried the "Cavendish Black", but the "Leatherneck" is wonderful.

"Leatherneck", as one of her girlfirends commented, "it smells like a MAN!" Now, I'm tall, athletic, hairy, and tattooed; nevertheless, if a woman is gonna feel that way about my shaving soap and, by extension, ME; well, whom am I to mess with the Forces of Nature?

The soap, itself, lathers easily. I placed my soap-round in the bottom of a 250g plastic container, just covered it with hot tap water, and waited while I'd also watered my shaving brush. Once I poured-off the water in the soap dish, I gave the soap 30 gentle swirls with only the tips of the bristles, and then proceeded to build-up a nice lather on my face.

Brothers, that's all you need to do. If the lather seems a bit thin, quickly pass your brush bristles under the tap water, shake off the excess, and go back to improving the lather on your face. I'm a patient guy, who enjoys watching the lather grow and take form, but I didn't have to wait more than two minutes until my beard felt e-x-p-a-n-d-e-d and there was enough lather present for Pass #1. Razor: late 1930s Schick Injector, Model "E3" with a brand-new teflon-coated Ted Pella blade.

Pass #1: WTG, and after a two-day hiatus, I felt a certain resistance, but no pain, nicks, or cuts; nothing "untoward". Adding some more hot tap water to my shaving brush, and then working the brush on my face, rejuvenated the lather and got me ready for Pass #2.

Pass #2: ATG; much smoother, this time. I went slowly and methodically; "deliberately" is my word-of-choice... carefully. I even shaved my upper lip ATG. Again, adding some more hot tap water to my shaving brush, and then working the brush on my face, rejuvenated the lather and got me ready for Pass #3.

Pass #3: ACG; this time, the razor danced over my face like Hans Brinker on his Silver Skates. I paid attention to my jawline on both sides, and particular care to my chin -- always a tough area to clean.

Afterward, I put on a light coat of lather and, feeling with my fingertips, identified some areas which I'd missed, or just not gotten completely shaved. Once finished, it was a hot rinse, then cold rinse, then Witch Hazel, and I felt like going outside, finding some young 18-year-old, and telling him to "drop down and gimme TEN, maggot!"

Gentlemen, my face was as BBS as I've ever gotten it, and I smelled good, too. Colleen's "Leatherneck" lathers well, maintains a thick lather, and lubricates better and longer than KY-Jelly. No skin irritation, no sensitivity, no redness... no razor burn!

I've shave twice more, since that first shave, and "Leatherneck" has moved into my #1 spot. My biggest concerns are what to do with the "Cavendish Black", what to do with the two soap cakes from "Em's Place" (which don't hold a candle to Colleen's products), and that tub 'o QEDman rose shaving cream on-order for mid-February. These should be my biggest worries...

I was in the US Army (Infantry), where we thought that Leathernecks smelled the way they did because of poor hygiene. Whatever; but Colleen's "Leatherneck" is the Real McCoy. If you've got enough hair left, it'll make you want to go to the barber and get it cut "high 'n tight". by Mr. J Horen    Palm Springs, FL

I've been using Colleen's soaps for quite some time. I was/am one of the testers. It is great stuff. I posted a revew in the Review Forum. I currrently have on hand Desert Ironwood, Orange Patchouli and Leatherneck. Colleen's soaps are uniquely scented, defintely masculine and usually spicy. She has also branched out into shaving creams. I have tried some of the samples and they were all great, but I find myself preferring soaps lately. --R Taylor, Salt Lake City, UT