shavefan
I’m not a fan
I think this is the briefest way to explain...
If you want a rich and stable lather
(MdL is a person...His initials).
Thank you sir. I don't watch shave videos, so a bit out of the loop...
I think this is the briefest way to explain...
If you want a rich and stable lather
(MdL is a person...His initials).
Besides, lather is overrated! A true master can shave without lather.
Did someone say they were sticking around to see the most expensive soap. It can be found at Italian Barber. It says proceeds go to charity. Even if I happen to win the lottery I still really can't say I would buy it. I do hope they sell it one day although I think I have seen it listed for at least two years.
Wait, P160 sold at $2.500? Who would have thought! That was one of the most used and cheap soaps, used by italian barbers in the 70s and 80s. It went out of production eventually (probably Proraso and Vitos killed it over time). The 2.500$ price can only be explained because now it's a museum relic, since the soap is impossible to find even in Italy. Also, that brick is known to go bad. I wouldn't bet $10 that it's still fine, let alone $2500.
Nope, not in over 2 years of using MdC. I view MdC as one of the easiest to lather soaps I've ever tried (I own Maca Root, wasn't impressed, gave it to my wife...) and one pretty much has to go out of their way IMO to mess up the lather of MdC. Of course, as always, YMMV.
With the YouTube shaving guys that do the videos I have to think about what their agenda is and adjust accordingly. What is it that they are after? Attention, free products, or maybe all of the above? Whatever it may be they do have something to gain.
Let's be honest here, I've tried just about everything out there, well over 600 soaps. I've done testing for several soap makers in the development of their new formulas and I can't even properly assess a soap from one shave so I'm confident that they can't either. What I'll do it take a week to ten days to set my face at a baseline by using an average soap that doesn't have exceptional post shave abilities. Something like Tabac for example. After this reset I'll begin testing the soap for about three weeks, noting how my skin changes with repeated use, comparing it to my favorite soaps with some side by side shaves and learning how to get the very best performance from it. Only after this testing am I able to confidently say how the soap compares to the very best stuff out there.
I completely gave up on the YouTube reviewers a long time ago. Often times every product they review is excellent because they got it for free and don't want to disappoint the maker who's giving them free stuff. Why would they as they won't continue to get more free stuff. Who doesn't like free stuff right? In addition, their rankings always leave me scratching my head wondering what they're thinking. I've seen several give high weight to a soaps performance based on the price of the soap and whether or not they liked the scent. Why would you do this? Think about it, if I bought a new Corvette would it perform better if I got a better deal on it. Would it be faster if it was blue and not red? It makes no sense to me at all. Performance is based on performance attributes like slickness, residual slickness and post shave. At this point they are paid shills in my opinion and I just don't believe what they say.
I'd much rather look to people that I trust. People that I know like the same things that I like in a soap. I've had much better luck in finding products that I'm truly happy with this way.
Anyway, just my thoughts and likely worth what you paid for them.
The acronym YMMV get's used a lot on B&B, for good reason.
I'm now retired, so I'm a cranky old toot! Income about 40% of what I thought it would be, so I voted "as cheap as possible." But in reality, I've always been generous toward others and cheap with myself. A lovely gentleman here on B&B gifted me 2 sticks of Arko not long ago, and I fell in love. I doubt I will buy anything but Arko, but I will be entering PIF's, lol, as my mother may have raised some homely children, but she didn't raise any dummies!
They have glycerine which helps glide and they have many emollients, that make the skin softer both during the shave and in the post shave. Just apply some on your face just before lathering (don't rinse it off) and lather over it. Creams that have "aqua" as first ingredient and glycerine within the first 4 ingredients, should do the trick.
Just avoid those that are very dense. You want "soft", runny creams.
The technical term is oil-in-water (think light runny moisturizers). The thick greasy heavy creams are called water-in-oil emulsification (think Nivea classic cream in navy blue tin). I tried the thick creams and they make things worse. But all the runny stuff, even post shave balms, all improve slickness if that's what you need added to your shaving.
Too technical for me, i am afraid Naughtilus! I leave the honour of such information to you. Yes, Nivea classic in the blue tin, is definitely the example of cream that you want to AVOID. That's too dense.
Sometimes there's nothing to read in the bathroom except the labels on shampoos and creams. Very educational.
I do that sometimes too! But i haven't arrived to the same scientific depths as you! I have figured out though, that "aqua" as first ingredient, is distilled water and in my case, having very hard water, this is very useful on its own account in building lather, despite being just...water! And i can't believe that ANY soap has more emollients than a dedicated hand cream! Of course, you don't have the priviledge of paying EUR 25 of the soap with the emollients, but i can live with that!
Nivea 'educated' me on their packaging to buy not one, but two creams. The thick for evenings and soft for mornings.