For the past few days I have been on a shaving cream kick. Normally, I use soaps or make an Uberlather with a soap, cream, and glycerin. However, I have had some of these creams for a while and thought I would try them alone.
Today's choice was a tub of Acca Kappa 1869 Almond Shaving Cream - a cream I purchased more than a year ago. I have less than an inch left in the tube and thought I would try it alone today. Boy, am I glad I did.
First, the lather it produces is not the thickest lather. But then again I am not one of those folks who uses a ton of product to make a pile of lather I then wash down the sink.
Today my weapon of choice was a Muhle Synthetic 23mm Classic Shaving Brush. I wet the brush and swirled in around the tub for about 30 seconds (normally I take a small portion with a collar stay and put it in my scuttle. However, the cream needed some smoothing out from all the holes in it.) I then took the brush to my scuttle and made lather with it. The lather was not as luxurious as I get from a soap. But, without a doubt it produced one of the slickest lathers I have ever used. I first took the brush and rubbed the lather all over my face and neck and then gently massaged it with my fingers for a bit. I then washed all of the lather off with cool water and then reapplied the lather. The razor (a Gillette Red Tip loaded with a Personna Red blade for shave 3 with the same razor and blade) just glided over my face and neck. A BBS shave with my usual 4 pass shave.
This is one cream I will always have on hand - and it is available in the U.S.
Today's choice was a tub of Acca Kappa 1869 Almond Shaving Cream - a cream I purchased more than a year ago. I have less than an inch left in the tube and thought I would try it alone today. Boy, am I glad I did.
First, the lather it produces is not the thickest lather. But then again I am not one of those folks who uses a ton of product to make a pile of lather I then wash down the sink.
Today my weapon of choice was a Muhle Synthetic 23mm Classic Shaving Brush. I wet the brush and swirled in around the tub for about 30 seconds (normally I take a small portion with a collar stay and put it in my scuttle. However, the cream needed some smoothing out from all the holes in it.) I then took the brush to my scuttle and made lather with it. The lather was not as luxurious as I get from a soap. But, without a doubt it produced one of the slickest lathers I have ever used. I first took the brush and rubbed the lather all over my face and neck and then gently massaged it with my fingers for a bit. I then washed all of the lather off with cool water and then reapplied the lather. The razor (a Gillette Red Tip loaded with a Personna Red blade for shave 3 with the same razor and blade) just glided over my face and neck. A BBS shave with my usual 4 pass shave.This is one cream I will always have on hand - and it is available in the U.S.
