Creams you use sparingly, for when they're gone…

[Dog Whiskerer]

...they are gone!

I started a thread like this for soap. But I have creams too that I use sparingly because they are gone or hard to come by.

Art of Shaving Ocean Kelp,
Nivea Men Sensitive Shave Cream,
Kiss My Face,
and The Body Shop's Macca Root Shave Cream. I have their new formula, but am lucky enough to have one of the old left.

 

[EclipseRedRing]

I use this Old Spice cream rarely as it would be hard to find another. I think it is 1950s or 1960s and has turned a nutty brown colour and semi crystallised. It smells fabulous but is so hard to lather that I add a little to my Shulton Old Spice soap to make a really lovely lather.

 

[Contact_vs_Feedback]

e Body Shop's Macca Root Shave Cream. I have their new formula, but am lucky enough to have one of the old left.

By reviews I understand that old formula was great, is the new formula comparable or just the name is left in common between them?

 

[EclipseRedRing]

This Yardley soap had completely solidified and was impossible to squeeze out so I cut the tube open and transferred the contents to an Old Spice mug. The cream has now further dried and resembles a semi hard soap; it performs wonderfully. I use it sparingly although I am lucky to have another tube, also solidified.

 

[Dog Whiskerer]

By reviews I understand that old formula was great, is the new formula comparable or just the name is left in common between them?

They added aloe to the new formula. That's one difference. As for performance, it's good. Perhaps not as good as the original, but that is judged through the lens of nostalgia.

 

[Contact_vs_Feedback]

This Yardley soap had completely solidified and was impossible to squeeze out so I cut the tube open and transferred the contents to an Old Spice mug. The cream has now further dried and resembles a semi hard soap; it performs wonderfully. I use it sparingly although I am lucky to have another tube, also solidified.

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These can be truly called unobtaniums and they are actually nearing the category of Relics.

I would have never seen them if not for such posts.

 

[Dog Whiskerer]

...is the new formula comparable?

I just showered and shaved with the Maca Root & Aloe shaving cream. It's a first rate product.

 

[Contact_vs_Feedback]

I just showered and shaved with the Maca Root & Aloe shaving cream. It's a first rate product.

Thanks for this.

I asked because I get some discounts on the Maca Root shaving cream (new formula) from time to time.

I'll give it a shot next time it is on sale.

 

[pbrmhl]

Wm Neumann shaving creams—I hoarded a bunch of pump bottles of the stuff when I learned they were discontinuing them. Great stuff.

P.S. I just revisited the website for the first time in a couple of years. The shaving creams are back. No need to ration myself anymore!

 

[HiPowerRon]

Truefitt and Hill 1805!

 

[nemo]

Vintage Gillette, still has OK scent and consistency.

 

[Dools]

I have 1.5 large tubes of COB that I have been using sparingly.

 

[Dog Whiskerer]

What's COB?

 

[Dools]

C O Bigelow

 

[sliwolf]

I have 1.5 large tubes of COB that I have been using sparingly.

I have 7 large and 4 small tubes left . I dont reach for it that much anymore , I have way too many soaps !1

 

[Standuck]

Ingrams. Got 1 unopened tube left. Will be very sad when its gone.

 

[zoidberg]

Ingrams. Got 1 unopened tube left. Will be very sad when its gone.

English Ingram's will be back.

Ingram | Three Pears Brands

www.threepearsbrands.co.uk

Made by someone else, and reformulated but it will be back.

 

[Bengal Tiger]

KMF unscented and lavender are widely available in organic stores like whole foods. Their other scents are sometimes available online but are older since they stopped production.

Nivea is pricey online at sites like Amazon or Smallflower since not many vendors import it in bulk.

 

[Steve_in_CT]

I have about half of a tube of Crabree & Evelyn West Indian Lime shaving cream. It's in my travel kit, but even then I usually bring along something else as well. But I used it today, and I still find it to be one of the best creams I've used.

 

[malocchio]

ITALIAN NOXEMA ........... GREEK KOLYNOS