Gel vs. Soap vs. Cream

[Captain Morgan]

Okay guys...this should be interesting. Perhaps this thread has already been posted a while back and is buried in the forum. I am preparing a speech paper (with visual aids) to discuss wet shaving but I am lacking some of the hard evidence that I need in order to write this paper effectively. What I am looking for is the reasoning behind using a soap and a brush versus using the canned gels that are being mass marketed. I changed because I was bored with shaving and have enjoyed the straight razor shaves that I had received from the barber. Wet shaving has brought enjoyment to a chore that I used to avoid for about a week,.

So, once again, why should you use soap/cream and a brush versus using a gel from (insert mass market name brand here)?

Anything that can be cited would also be of great help.

Thanks!

 

[Captain Morgan]

Seriously?? No takers??

 

[mdunn]

And while people are at it... im writing a paper on The implications on profitability and internationalisaion in the tire manufacturing industry of time compression diseconomies, path dependencies and causal ambiguity - so if anyone wants to save me some time and give me souce material so I dont actually have to put much work into this assignment myself that would be appreceated.

can someone just write it for me? no takers??

 

[Captain Morgan]

Ahhh...sarcasm....my favorite!

I actually have a few sources but I have yet to see a reason beyond personal preference to use soaps. I like the variety that I am afforded and the luxurious feel of warm lather and nice fragrances. What I am looking for is more of a "scientific" reason. If there is anyone that has already done the research and can postulate an answer beside, "Because I like it!," that would be great.

I am almost done with the paper anyhow. It is not so much that I have to get the answers right, it is a quest for the knowledge. Did you watch the video from the Today Show? I did. He threw everything into the trash but did not give a reason as to why you did not need all of those items. I can provide a few educated guesses but they are not much more beyond that.

 

[mdunn]

if you can find out the names of the chemicals that are in the gells and what they do, you might be able to compare that to data on the strength of wet hair. there should be data on that around

 

[Captain Morgan]

Thanks for the advice. Now that you mention it, I remember seeing something about the different chemicals in soap and such but dismissed it at the time because it was not relevant to the research that I was doing at that time (about a month ago). Guess I better see if there is a can of gel around the house still since it is too late to run off to the store!

 

[rafikz]

Gels >>>>>>>soaps and creams

 

[mdunn]

come to think of it - there are scaremongering hippie websies around that list chemicals in things and rant about how bad they are

 

[joelmole]

Gels >>>>>>>soaps and creams

You must really like gels!

 

[bearbear]

Canned goo just looks like shaving lather, it does little for hydrating, moisturizing and lubricating the area to be shaved. I've found my own sweat a better lubricant(for shaving you filthy people).

 

[rafikz]

You must really like gels!

Yup

Canned goo just looks like shaving lather, it does little for hydrating, moisturizing and lubricating the area to be shaved. I've found my own sweat a better lubricant(for shaving you filthy people).

Depends on the canned lubricant; some are great, some are amazing

Same thing with creams and soaps; some are good, some are god awful, some are overrated

 

[mars]

you aren't going to find any "scientific" data to answer this question. it doesn't exist. it's all personal preference.

 

[richmondesi]

Actually, scientific reasons are available for our preferences. However, we don't know what they are quantitatively because our preference is enough. I think that what you need to do is whip up lather with several types of products from canned goo to soaps and creams. Then you can run tests that measure slickness. Then you could develop a test for moisturizing characteristics as well as cushioning qualities as well. I for one would be really interested in knowing the test results

 

[SavantStrike]

Reading this thread makes me want to get a can of gel to play with. It's been so long, but that stuff was weird. It comes out all gunky and cold, and then expands on the face. It's not natural... It's weird... It's gel...

I don't want it because I think I'll like it either

 

[paul.c]

I think that the "Canned Goo" gets a bad rap, I am not defending it, I don't use it for anything other than fixing my hair when I forget to take my hair creme to work, but claiming that it provides no slickness and no hydration is a bit harsh. To claim that it is incapable of doing what it is designed to do is making a claim that cannot be backed up. There are as many shoddy soaps and creams as there are canned monsters. Nothing wrong with it, nothing extremely compelling either, the only thing that soaps and creams have are the nostalgia and slightly better ingredients, and that is just an opinion anyhow. The battle against canned goo is no different than the battle between soap and cream or tallow and glycerin for that matter. As humans it is easy to jump on the destructive, condemning, naysaying bandwagon without sufficient evidence.

Just my thoughts.