Arko Shaving Cream Soap Stick (6 Pieces) by EVYAP

Seriously... why would you use anything else? Genuine question. Provides an incredibly rich lather that lasts and does an outstanding job of promoting a comfortable and effective baseline for a BBS shave. Others have complained about the scent... it is lemony... get over it. I have been wet shaving for almost 50 years... all but two with a DE safety razor (the two, I stupidly experimented with these ridiculously expensive, not anywhere near as good multi blade razors). You simply cannot go wrong with this product. It lathers extremely well, it lasts a long time on the face, it doesn't dry out the skin, it provides a superb cushion for the blade and... on top of all this... it is ridiculously cheap! Other than snob value, why on earth would you pay 30 plus dollars for a boutique shaving soap that MIGHT, at BEST, provide the same as Arko....????

I have been wet shaving since probably 2012, I purchased one stick back then and was not to happy with the scent. I had many other "artisan" soaps to use, so I gave this to a friend who did not mind the scent, he really liked the performance and the price of this soap. Last month I decided to give this another try, I was not offput by the scent so used it once, now I use it daily! While the scent is strong when first opened it has mellowed out after two weeks. I like that this is a somewhat thirsty soap, meaning use lots of water to make your lather. I find that I get a very smooth and cushiony lather that does not dry out like Williams Mug can, just a smooth comfortable shave. The price is excellent for the performance of this soap, and the scent while strong at first does not stick around after rinsing face after my shave. Go ahead and try this soap.

Possibly the best buy in all of cosmetics. Gives a very generous lather, decent slickness, not much in the way of skin moisturizing, lasts forever. May be as much as 100 shaves in a single stick. The drawback, besides the lack of skin conditioning, is the smell. At first I liked it, my wife liked the smell. Then after a while unfortunately I turned on it, or it turned on me, so I don't use it anymore. It's a very polarizing love it or hate it scent that is extremely hard to describe. There's such a thing as "Chinese Laundry Soap", that's coming close I think.

I have tried a dozens and dozens of shave soaps over the years. Some of them work really well, some of them not so much. Most of them dry my skin out as it is more sensitive than my last five girlfriends combined. The Arko lather's up really well, doesn't dry out my skin, and smells great. I don't even concern myself with trying out new ones anymore. I just buy a sleeve of this stuff every couple years. I cut myself much less when I'm using this too which leads me to believe that it is slicker than the other soaps that I have used. I even got my dad into shaving the old school way, and bought him a bunch of this. He loves it as well

Arko shaving sticks provide great performance (cushion, slickness and glide) at a superb value. These are great for home use or travel. Highly recommended!

Ever since Williams shave soap went out if business I have been searching for another basic shave soap that didn’t cost a bundle and this is it. I think it’s actually better than William was and gives a nice thick lather. It’s designed to rub onto your wet face like applying a deodorant stick then lather-up with your shave brush, but I tried cutting the stick in half, putting it into my shave cup to use the same as traditional discs and it worked great. If you are a shave soap user who is tired of paying way too much for all the fancy scented soaps out there give this a try.

This is a very fine product sure I use all the other soaps and creams and it doesn’t stink like a few says Slickness and lathers up quickly Definitely gonna keep using this product

Works as expected. The scent is kind of a mix of lemon, rice-paper, and ??? I can see where people get the "urinal cake" description, but it's not overpowering and doesn't last all day. It's slicker than I imagined it would be, and based on just a few usages looks like it's going to last a long time. I plan on using this as my 'travel soap' so we'll see how that goes. It's a solid so not subject to the US TSA's ounce limit, and being a solid is more suited to face-lathering so I won't need a bowl with it.