Just got an email from Cremo, they are reformulating their sandlewood tub shave cream.
Cremo is great for shaving in the shower if short on time.Now that I've started reusing Cremo, I found that there is one other advantage to having NO lather. I can actually see what I'm shaving. Since there is no thick lather hiding the skin, I'm not flying with my eyes closed.
This is the first time I've seen this expressed online. I used a shaving brush and lather in the beginning because... well... that's what I thought you were supposed to do. After using Cremo, it occurred to me that only the lather that touched my face actually served a purpose. The thick rich lather I worked so hard to perfect sat ABOVE my face, did nothing to assist my shave and was always rinsed down the drain. Once I stopped feeling guilty about not using lather (I actually believed non lather use was "cheating") I began practicing with Cremo in earnest. Today I get more use out of a single Cremo application than I did with 3 rich lather passes. I guess reading about other guys using Cremo kind of validates my experience.Now that I've started reusing Cremo, I found that there is one other advantage to having NO lather. I can actually see what I'm shaving. Since there is no thick lather hiding the skin, I'm not flying with my eyes closed.
This is the first time I've seen this expressed online. I used a shaving brush and lather in the beginning because... well... that's what I thought you were supposed to do. After using Cremo, it occurred to me that only the lather that touched my face actually served a purpose. The thick rich lather I worked so hard to perfect sat ABOVE my face, did nothing to assist my shave and was always rinsed down the drain. Once I stopped feeling guilty about not using lather (I actually believed non lather use was "cheating") I began practicing with Cremo in earnest. Today I get more use out of a single Cremo application than I did with 3 rich lather passes. I guess reading about other guys using Cremo kind of validates my experience.
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Your response made my day. As a former Ship's Serviceman, I often wonder how I passed inspection 'cause my shave back then (76-82) was NOTHING like it is today. In fact, I was introduced to shaving in boot camp. The only shaving instruction I ever received prior to these online shaving forums was from my Drill Instructor, who advised us to...I think a lot of us really fall into the wet shaving game for a multitude of reasons. I also did the old fashioned way because 1. That is how you were supposed to do it and 2. It made me feel a tad bit more manly (sad to say). There is a lot of Dogma floating around about wet shaving, but the funny part is that only like .5% of wet shavers actually believe thats how it should be done. Most people are super open to hybrid ways to shaving if that works for you. I have never met anyone on this forum that has shamed anyone for doing things differently then our grandfathers did. Like my favorite saying goes "different strokes for different folks"! Now I have one shave oil, Kiss my face shaving cream unscented for allergies, a couple of balms, and Cremo spf 15 moisturizer, and that is it, oh and I use Harrys carts. Sounds like Heresy in the Catholic Church, but it works for me and I can put on my Navy uniform with a smooth and not in pain face, and the rest of it be darned.
Now that I've started reusing Cremo, I found that there is one other advantage to having NO lather. I can actually see what I'm shaving. Since there is no thick lather hiding the skin, I'm not flying with my eyes closed.
Could never wrap my head around the concept of "cushion" while shaving. I usually think of cushion as padding placed between a hard substance and a body part to absorb shock to minimize pain. Something that has a bit of body and width to it. Foamy lather doesn't fit the bill, as far as I'm concerned. Practicing skimming the surface of the face to cut only hair is the best "cushion" I've found. The emphasis is placed on the shaver responsibly using the razor instead of the product protecting the shaver from the razor.I found tat Cremo was very slick but did not have cushion while shaving.