balm recommendations
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I am a balm kind of guy, I have all the Niveas, Musgo, Speick, Every Man Jack, and Queen Charlotte. Of all of these the Queen Charlotte is my favorite. I use very little, and it dries smooth, not oily or tacky. If you are looking for a drug store buy, the Every Man Jack is very good. It can get a little bit oily on the dome when the temps go up, but on my face it does a nice job.
I like and use the Nivea Sensitive balm. Mild scent, inexpensive, works very well and is pretty easy to find in pharmacies, big box stores and grocery stores.
Musgo Real balm. It's the bee's knees...
I second QCS. You can even get it unscented if you prefer. My face is in better shape than it's ever been since I started using it.
I used musgo today. That Nivea is nice though and about $5 at Walmart.
I like balms quite a bit and find QCS and RR has some of the best. QCS's come in small bottles but a little goes a long long ways and seems to last forever. I like RR because the scents are nice and they dry very quickly. Nivea's have the most medicated ingredients and work very nice to soothe the face after a rough shave or to use prior to bed time.
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The lime from QCS is a nice one. I think of it as a pretty true and genuine key lime scent. It is not a very long lasting scent at all - by the time I get to work I don't smell it anymore.
Being a new guy, I had seen the Tabac Balm recommended a few times and finally got my hands on some. It does a good job but I don't know if the alcohol in it would be a good fit for your climate. I had been using the Nivea Cooling Balm for years and before that and a Hilfiger balm that came with the cologne way before that and way before I knew anything about wet shaving. The Nivea is great, cheap, and available all over the place. The Hilfiger one was decent for scent alone and it must have done a decent healing job as at the time I was massacring my face with a Bic Beard Buster!
+5 for the QCS balms.
Gee Whiz -- very expensive -- $10 for 1 oz.
But a little dab 'l do ya. The stuff goes a long way. No objective measurements, but I think it will last longer than my GFT Skin Food (another great post shave treatment).
I enjoy using Neutrogena post shave lotion. Really light, clean scent that fades within the hour. Great results too.
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I like Burt's Bees aftershave balm, usually about $8 at CVS drugstores for the tube.
Proraso balm is very good indeed. I also like TFS/RR La Famiglia balms. They tingle somewhat for some reason, but leaves my skin smoother than basically any other product. It' also the least sticky balm I've used.
