Summer Break Soaps Valedictorian

Summer Break Soap (https://summerbreaksoaps.com/) entered the artisan soap game on March 1, 2018. The husband (Kyle - u/rocketk455) and wife (April) team also offers bath soap and aftershave to accompany their shaving soap offering. The duo is committed to small batch handmade soaping and when they are not soaping, they both work professionally in education. On December 2, 2020 at 11:00AM CT, Summer Break will offer their latest creation, Valedictorian. While the soap base has remained unchanged, this release features a new aftershave formula. Aside from purchasing direct, Summer Break Soaps can also be purchased from Maggard Razors (http://www.maggardrazors.com/).

Valedictorian was developed as a warm, wearable scent. Scent notes include tobacco, vanilla, vetiver, ginger, orange zest, smoke, rosewood, mahogany, black pepper, and water lily. The fragrance is very balanced with tobacco playing the leading role. Beyond the soft, warm, slightly sweet tobacco note, discerning the other scent notes is not easy. They blend well together to support the fragrance as a classy and highly wearable accord. Mrs. Ruds enjoys this fragrance casually. While it falls short of date night approved, she likes it for all other occasions. Strength of scent is mid-strong off the container and remains mid-strong once lathered. Try That Soap (https://trythatsoap.com/) recommends Through the Fire Fine Craft - Play it Again, Sam as a similar scent profile.

Summer Break’s employs a tallow based which features the following ingredients (https://summerbreaksoaps.com/collecti.... The soap is in the middle of the firmness spectrum and is a quick and easy loading soap. It has a fairly narrow hydration range and when dialed in the lather shares a similar consistency to cool whip. Slickness is excellent in terms of primary slickness and in terms of residual slickness, this plays with the best. Post shave is excellent and what Summer Break Soaps are most known for. It hydrates the skin well and leaves a soft supple feeling after the rinse. The ShaveScore for Summer Breaks soap base is a 93. Similar performing soap bases are: Grooming Dept (Fortis).

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Soap - Summer Break Soaps Valedictorian (promotional gift)
Brush -​ Turn-N-Shave “Caldera” (purchased)
Razor - Blackland Razors Vector (purchased)
Post - Summer Break Soaps Valedictorian (promotional gift)

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