How exactly does Barbasol compare to the Gillette Foamy Menthol? I hate to as such a question, but as I like a good menthol, maybe a can for at work is a good idea?
It just didn't seem right using the good stuff with goo----weird, I know
I guess I just associate canned foam with disposables and carts----and puck and brush with DE shaving
How exactly does Barbasol compare to the Gillette Foamy Menthol? I hate to as such a question, but as I like a good menthol, maybe a can for at work is a good idea?
If you look at the ingredients on the can it lists "propane" this is what is used as a propellant to get the cream from the can. I will not put propane on my face plain and simple.
I personally think the barbasol woks a lot better with my de. When I used a cartridge it seemed too thick and it clogged pretty bad and kind of just scrapped the cream off instead of shaving it.
Haha yeah if you go on their website all of the ads are with de's in the pics
Or Gillette, or any of the main brands. That's why I like barbasol. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and its still the same stuff decade after decade. And why? Because it works, and its still dirt cheap. Whereas Gillette wants to market the new pulsating 5 blade, 14 piece of plastic crap that's been marked up to extreme price levels instead of sticking with what worked for decades and decades.
I would think that because foam is made up of microscopic bubbles that propane would be the gas within those bubbles would it not?Well, you really can't put the propane on your face. At room temperature it is in a gaseous state, and will dissipate far faster than you can whip the lather on.
But this is not an endorsement of canned goo. I stopped shaving with goo sometime in the mid '80s. I didn't get back to DE blades until last year, but I was done with goo so long ago I don't even really remember what it was like. I hated it.
I used to use that stuff (about 20-25 years ago).Honestly it was a fantastic shave, and a lot quicker than making lather. It felt a lot more old school and manly too than spinning my brush around in 20$ fruity smelling French soap. Im sticking with this!
I would...mainly because I love warm lather applied with a warm brush. For me, that goes a long way towards comfort and performance.I personally think the barbasol woks a lot better with my de. When I used a cartridge it seemed too thick and it clogged pretty bad and kind of just scrapped the cream off instead of shaving it. With the de it feels great to me.
And i still am going to use my soaps and brush, i did today actually, im just saying i really don't notice a difference in terms of comfort or closeness. Although to be honest the barbasol is so thick it does seem to protect me better than a lot of soap I've tried