Item Description
Maybe I'm totally missing the point of this product, but I think it's terrible. I picked up a 2 oz. bottle from the C-W one-day sale on a whim... sadly, I don't think they could pay me to use this stuff anymore.
The scent is average. The almond is what I'd describe as "sharp": not sweet, not overwhelming, but nutty and oily. You can almost smell the long-chain hydrocarbons in this. If you've ever taken a big whiff of cooking oil, that the context in which you get the almond...
...and that's exactly how it feels on your face. Oily. Majorly oily. Downright greasy. Its really like spilling (cold) cooking oil on your skin -- gross feeling and impossible to get off. As for lubrication, I can't really tell -- I've used it 3 times, with Taylors Almond, Trumper Almond, and Harris Almond, and got good-but-not-amazing shaves. About what I've had every other time I've used those respective creams. I don't really think the pre-shave adds anything besides a really greasy feeling.
Moisturizing? Hardly. Unless you consider oily to equal moist. This stuff seemed to make me dry out pretty fast, even after using creams that usually leave my face pretty happy in the moisture department.
Verdict: Not a fan. Not at all. Now 'scuse me while I fry up this almond-crusted tilapia.
Vitals:
Price: $9
Size: 2oz
Ingredients: Castor oil, Olive oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Chamomile Oil, Rosemary Oil, Sage Oil, BHA, Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Benzaldehyde (Parfum)
"Does not contain animal ingredients, not tested on animals."
"Made in USA"
The scent is average. The almond is what I'd describe as "sharp": not sweet, not overwhelming, but nutty and oily. You can almost smell the long-chain hydrocarbons in this. If you've ever taken a big whiff of cooking oil, that the context in which you get the almond...
...and that's exactly how it feels on your face. Oily. Majorly oily. Downright greasy. Its really like spilling (cold) cooking oil on your skin -- gross feeling and impossible to get off. As for lubrication, I can't really tell -- I've used it 3 times, with Taylors Almond, Trumper Almond, and Harris Almond, and got good-but-not-amazing shaves. About what I've had every other time I've used those respective creams. I don't really think the pre-shave adds anything besides a really greasy feeling.
Moisturizing? Hardly. Unless you consider oily to equal moist. This stuff seemed to make me dry out pretty fast, even after using creams that usually leave my face pretty happy in the moisture department.
Verdict: Not a fan. Not at all. Now 'scuse me while I fry up this almond-crusted tilapia.
Vitals:
Price: $9
Size: 2oz
Ingredients: Castor oil, Olive oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Chamomile Oil, Rosemary Oil, Sage Oil, BHA, Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Benzaldehyde (Parfum)
"Does not contain animal ingredients, not tested on animals."
"Made in USA"
