Welcome....to “The Gentlemen’s Quarter” my name is Colleen Hurley, I am the Proprietress of TGQ and
the maker of your fine shaving soaps and creams. TGQ is a small home based business located in the Southern
Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, specializing in handcrafted bath soaps, shaving soaps and shaving creams,
using only the finest natural vegetable oils, essential oils, fragrance, herbs, teas and spice from around the world. Our
shaving cream uses a small amount of kosher tallow in addition to our selection of quality vegetable oils and butters. We
use no synthetic surfactants, chelators or artificial colors in any of our bath or shaving products.
In the Fall of 2005 I began sending out “test” samples of a shaving soap to men across America, Canada, the United
Kingdom and Europe. I thought it was the perfect shaving soap and knew I would instantly receive rave reviews, Oh
my....I can chuckle about it now, but was I ever wrong. I learned that a shaving soap for a woman is entirely different than
what is required for a man to have a close, comfortable shave without irritation. I am a perfectionist by nature, thus began
my “quest” for the perfect shaving soap because I knew it had to be out there....didn’t it ? I can only say that a year later
and after test rounds to numerous to count and endless batches being lost for the use of shaving; two products have come
to the forefront used and tested by “ Gentlemen from across the Globe” with a thumbs up.
Our Shaving soap is made from the finest quality base available on the market today. We took the time to test several
different bases over the course of the last year and while some proved themselves well, they still had the added SLES
(sodium laurel sulfate type) ingredients. Now I will say at this point I personally have nothing against surfactants, they’re
very useful in the industry today, but listening to men about what they wanted in a product that would be put to their face
each and every day I began to hear a