Buyer's Guide

[spacon4]

Here are some lists of products that I have assembled based on reviews and preferences from B&B members. I've included their sizes (in oz or grams), their typical prices, and their price per ounce/gram. I've listed them in order from most expensive to least expensive. I've also tried to list particular scents that people have reviewed as favorable.



Let me know if there is anything I'm missing.

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Cleaning the Brush

1. Soak brush in a mixture of dishwashing soap and water for 5 minutes
2. Soak brush in a mixture of 9 parts water, 1 part white vinegar, and a dash of 100% pure glycerine, for 10 minutes

Shaving Creams

1. Cyril R. Salter 90g ($19.00) .21/g
a. Mint
b. Citrus
2. Castle Forbes 190g ($35.00) (www.knoxcigar.com) .18/g
a. Lavender
b. Lime
3. Men-U Shaving Creams 94g ($17) .18/g
4. eShave 113g ($20) .18/g
5. Crabtree & Evelyn 150g ($25.00) .17/g
a. Sweet Almond
6. Truefit & Hill 164g ($24.00) .15/g
a. 1805
b. West Indian Limes
c. Lavender
7. Geo F. Trumper 200g ($30.00) .15/g
8. Art of Shaving 150g ($22) .15/g
a. Lavender
9. D. R. Harris 75g ($13.50) .18/g, 150g ($22.50) .15/g
a. Lavender
10. Nancy Boy 170g ($16.00) .09/g, 43g ($5.00) .12/g
11. St. Charles Shave 113g ($11.00) .10/g
a. Oakmoss-Lavendula
12. Taylor of Old Bond Street 150g (13.50) .09/g
a. Rose
b. Avocado
c. Mr. Taylor
13. Vulfix Luxury Shaving Creams 180g ($16.00) .09/g
14. Provence Sante 193g ($18) .09/g
15. Caswell-Massey 57g ($6) .10/g, 227g ($16) .07/g
a. Greenbriar 227 g ($20) .09/g
16. Tom’s of Maine (Wholefoods) 102g ($5.00) .05/g

Shaving Soaps

1. Provence Sante (www.baudelairesoaps.com) 3.5oz ($10) 2.86/oz, with jar ($25)
2. www.qedusa.com 5oz in jar ($9.50) 2/oz
a. Rose
b. Special 218
3. www.bear-haven.com 4oz ($6-8) 2/oz
a. Hydrogen
b. Dragon’s Blood
4. honeybee spa soaps (ebay) 3.5oz ($3.29) .94/oz
5. www.saintcharlesshave.com puck ($5.49) with jar ($12.00)
a. Shamrock
6. www.piratescovesoapworks.com puck ($3.00)
7. Chelsea’s Soap Garden (ebay) puck ($3.50)

Aftershaves

1. Hydrolast Wet Shave Conditioner 2oz ($35) 17.5/oz
2. Cade Aftershave Balm (L’Occitane) 2.5oz ($28) 11/oz
3. Musgo Real 3.4 oz ($22) 6.5/oz
4. Pre de Provence After Shave Balm (www.beautyhabit.com) 2.5oz ($15.00) 6/oz
5. Mama Bear After Shave Milk-Lavender and Rose 4oz ($20) 5/oz
6. Olivia’s After Shave Balm (www.olivia-seife.de) 3.3oz ($15) 4.55/oz
7. Baxter’s of California 4oz ($15) 3.75/oz
8. Kiehl’s Soothing Face Crème 4.3oz ($14) 3.26/oz
9. Saint Charles Shave Lavender Aftershave Milk 3oz ($7.50) 2.5/oz
10. QED’s Da Vinci Water 9oz ($11.65) 1.29/oz
11. Jason 6-in-1 Beard and Skin Therapy 8oz ($6) .75/oz
12. Thayer’s Witch Hazel (WholeFoods) 11.5oz ($8.00) .70/oz



Face Soaps

1. Osea Ocean Skin Cleanser (www.oseaskin.com) 6oz ($36) 6/oz
2. Men-U Facial Wash (www.men-u.com) 3.3oz ($14) 4.25/oz
3. Nancy Boy Face Wash 6oz ($14) 2.3/oz
4. Avalon Organics Face Wash 7oz ($11) 1.57/oz
5. Baxter of California Face Wash 10oz ($12.50) 1.25/oz
6. Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser 16oz ($10) .63/oz
7. Desert Essence Thouroughly Clean Face Wash 32oz ($12) .38/oz

8. QED Face Soap


Hand Moisturizers

1. Weleda Skin Food 2.4 oz ($19) 7.91/oz
2. Avalon Moisturizing Lavender Cream 2oz ($15) 7.50/oz
3. L’Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream 5.2oz ($25) 4.81/oz
4. Jack Black’s Hand Healer 3oz ($14) 4.67/oz
5. Em’s Exotic Buttercream 4oz ($18) 4.5/oz
6. C.O. Bigelow Quince Hand Lotion 4oz ($15) 3.75/oz
7. Bath & Body Signature Collection 4oz ($12) 3/oz
8. Nancy Boy Sweet Grass 8oz ($15) 1.88/oz
9. Mama Bear Body Cream 4oz ($7) 1.75/oz
10. Abra Body Lotion 16oz ($18) 1.13/oz
11. Corn Huskers Hand Lotion 7oz ($4) .57/oz
12. Bag Balm 10oz ($7) .70/oz

13. The Apothecary Hand and Nails Lotion

Face Moisturizers

1. Nancy Boy Facial Moisurizer 2oz ($21) 10.5/oz
2. Em’s Exotic Buttercream 4oz ($18) 4.5/oz
3. Em’s Cucumber Lotion 4oz ($9) 2.25/oz
4. St. Charles Shave Whipped Buttercream




Razor: Merkur “Hefty Classic” Safety Razor (www.classicshaving.com) ($30)

Blade progression: Merkur, Israeli, Derby, Gilette, Feather (http://letterk.net/blades/) ($12.25)

Alum Bar: www.bear-haven.com 120g ($10)

Styptic Roller: www.vermontcountrystore.com ($8)



Conversion Table

1. 1oz = 28.35g
2. 1mL = .03oz

 

[Kyle]

1. Cyril R. Salter 90g ($19.00) .21/g

Cyril R. Salter 190g ($19.00) .10/g (figures based on info from QED)

Interesting info.

 

[ouch]

Blenheim Bouquet, at $40/150g = .27/g will keep away the riffraff.

 

[Woknblues]

nice post.

The Da Vinci water looks to be a no brainer. Taylors and Nancy boy's pricing makes me happy. We need to get your post and Kyle's post made a couple weeks ago together. I am still tempted to count out the shaves I get from a puck, but getting started seems so hard to do. Hasn't some poor soul done this yet?

 

[letterk]

This info would be perfect for the wiki. That way others would be able to enter information as well.

 

[jerry49red]

Shaving cream: Kiss My Face Moisture Shave

• At most organic/health food stores
• 11 fl oz., 325 ml at $5.95

Shaving soap: TABAC Original Shaving Soap in a Bowl

• At QEDUSA.com and Bigdiscount.com
• 4.4 oz, 125 g at $12.95-$15.00
• Refill pucks 4.4 oz.,125 g at $5.00 at QEDUSA.com (a super value!)

Aftershaves: TABAC Original

• 10.1 oz., $14.95 at Bigdiscount.com

~jerry