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Can anyone explain the difference between shaving cream and shaving soap? For the soap, do you just use your brush to lather and then spread over your beard or do you use it as if it were regular face soap? I should be getting my merkur safety razor today, have some GF Trumper shaving cream to use with it but it's crazy expensive. Is soap better?

[/ QUOTE ]well a tube should last you 4+ months, you only use an almond sized qty at a time; making it less expensive. as for the soap, best is to make lather in a bowl with you badger brush and then apply lather on your face. building lather on your face is doable but really messy. I personally stick with cream; leather is a bit thicker with cream vs soap.