Shaving soap

This article is about traditional, solid shaving soaps. For soft shaving creams, see shaving cream.
A puck of shaving soap in a ceramic bowl

Shaving soap is a hard soap that is used to produce lather with a shaving brush. The lather it produces is used to coat the face during shaving, softening the hair in preparation for shaving.[1]

While shaving soap produces plenty of dense and long-lasting lather, its use in modern times is less widespread and has been overtaken by various types of shaving cream.[1]

  1. ^ a b Schoen 1978, p. 125-126.