Cathedral of Pumpkins Shaving Soap

Coffee-laced pumpkin crusted with labdanum & dripping with beeswax

(I've long dreamed of revisiting my Smiling Jack blend from the early days of PBSW, & this year, I finally made that wish come true... Sometimes you have to wait for your own skill to catch up with your concepts.)

Flickering, flame-lit pumpkins tower overhead, suspended from the gilded rafters, stacked in alcoves, lined along every glittering balcony & pew, heating the air within the cathedral like a furnace. Coffee beans & glittering chunks of precious resins snap & smoke as candles gutter & send tiny rivers of molten wax splattering to the marble floor far below. Your hair shifts gently in the updraft, & your gaze follows it up, up, until you are dazzled by the flames & the smoke & the dizzying spectacle of it all. The heat begins to soften your skin like the beeswax that rains down on you, & you can feel the bones beneath begin to glow...

This listing is for a generous 4-ounce round of my luxurious glycerin soap, fortified with ultrafine bentonite clay for a smooth, comfortable shave. I use a hefty, round mold that sits handsomely in a shaving bowl, or you can lather up with your hands. The end result? Huge, stable lather, great slip & delicious scents to get you soft, smooth & ready for action. I hand cast in small batches with no SLS, propylene glycol, parabens, animal products or other funny stuff! Most of my fragrances are phthalate-free, too. My bars produce gorgeous, abundant lather & have unique scents that cling gently to your skin. You'll be left feeling clean & smelling fantastic.

I hand-wrap each bar in cellophane, with all ingredients clearly labeled for your peace of mind:

Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerin (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Sorbitan oleate (emulsifer), Oat Protein (conditioner), Fragrance Oil, Bentonite, Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Sea Salt

Since I work in small batches, you may notice slight variations in color from bar to bar. New to a good old fashioned wet shave? The guys at The Art of Manliness won't steer you wrong: http://artofmanliness.com/2008/01/04/how-to-shave-like-your-grandpa/