Product Overview

Shibusa 2 is the third of the tallow soaps, and the maker is direct about it: a shaving soap made with tallow, therefore of animal origin, part of its tallow-based soap collection.

The scent opens on what the maker calls a memory of almond, made without benzoic aldehyde, then moves through anise, peach and ylang ylang onto a herbaceous bed of vanilla and white musk. Seven ingredients in total, the shortest list of any soap here. Not suitable for vegans. 100 ml.

Key Features

• ✓ Tallow formula, which the maker states is of animal origin
• ✓ A memory of almond over anise, peach and ylang ylang, on vanilla and white musk
• ✓ A short ingredient list: water, stearic acid, coconut oil, tallow and the alkalis
• ✓ Loaded from the tub with a wet brush and built in a bowl or on the face
• ✓ Made in Italy by Barbieri Uniti
• ✓ 100 ml tub

What The Maker Publishes

Formula, ingredients and scent as published by Barbieri Uniti S.r.l., which produces The Goodfellas’ Smile.

Product Specifications

What This Soap Does

Tallow is the traditional base for shaving soap, and it is traditional because it works: rendered animal fat builds a dense, slick lather with a cushion that vegetable bases have spent decades trying to match.

The Goodfellas’ Smile makes most of its range on a vegetable formula and keeps a small tallow collection alongside it. This is one of the tallow ones, and the maker says so plainly rather than burying it. If that matters to you in either direction, it is settled before you order.

Who This Is Best For

How To Lather It

Wet the brush and shake off the excess, then roll it over the surface of the soap for 25 to 30 seconds, pressing gently. Build the lather in a bowl or straight on the face with circular movements, adding water a little at a time as the soap asks for it.

A tallow soap rewards patience: keep the brush moving and add water a little at a time rather than all at once.

Care and Storage

Let the surface dry before closing the tub, and keep it out of standing water. Kept dry, a tub of shaving soap lasts through a very large number of shaves.

Shipping and Returns

Ships fast from Montreal, Canada. Free shipping in Canada on orders $49+.

See our Shipping Policy and Return & Refund Policy for full details.

Frequently Asked Questions