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When I first discovered Cobble Hill
Farm Apothecary, I had been looking for farm or homesteading blogs on the
internet. I came across their farm blog Life at Cobble Hill Farm. I read through a few of their posts and really
enjoyed Staci and how she wrote about her farm. She had me hooked from the
first word I read. Soon after, I discovered that she and her husband ran a small
soap business from their home. Staci had posted about a giveaway she was
hosting to share some of her products. I was intrigues and decided to enter. As
fate would have it, I won the giveaway and was privileged to try some of her
products. I was so excited when her package arrived containing a lip balm, her
seasonal soaps, and a body butter. There were a few other things, but I
honestly don’t remember what they were. After using the items I received, I was
hooked.
Since then her business has grown
into the Cobble Hill Farm Apothecary. One of my most recent purchases was some
of her shaving soap. I wanted to find an alternative for the clunky aerosol
cans of shaving cream. I remembered seeing a post of some of their new
products. One of them was a shave soap. I got on the website and looked it up.
The Shave Soap bars are $5.00 each, which is comparable to a can of shaving
cream. In the end, I purchased the
blackberry sage scent. I got it home and haven’t used anything else since. The
soap has a wonderful lather that works just as well as the canned stuff for
shaving your legs and underarms.
For about the first month, I used
the soap with the disposable razors I was purchasing at the store. I was tired
of throwing them away and decided to switch over to a safety razor. I also
bought a brush and a soap dish from amazon. Up to that point, I had been
storing the soap in an old Altoids tin and using it like regular soap to shave.
While it wasn’t a perfect solution, it was working. After purchasing the correct tools and using
the way it was supposed to be used, it worked even better.
The only hitch with the soap was
that the bar was too large for the bowl I had purchased, so I was having to cut
a chunk off the bar to use it. Again, not the perfect solution but it worked. I
know have a small mug that the bar fits into perfectly! If you want to have the
right tools from the get go, Staci sells handmade brushes and mugs on her
website as well. It makes for a perfect gift for that special guy in your life.
I have enjoyed using the shave soap
so much that I purchased another bar to give to Scooter to go with the shave
kit I bought him for his birthday last year. The other scents in her “collection”
are a bit manlier sounding in my opinion. He has been enjoying using her bar as
well. I believe I bought the Barbershop scent for him.
If you are interested in seeing the
shave soap and any of the other products Staci has for sale, you can find her
at the Cobble Hill Farm Apothecary.
Cheers,
Ms. B
