I'd been reading up on Musgo Real and its cousins with their lanolin ingredient and realize that some folks can't or don't want to use lanolin and I was wondering if shea butter was anywhere near as effective as far as post-shave feel. I use creams and soaps with shea but have been reluctant to spend money on lanolin products that I may only get to use once or twice. Can shea butter cut the mustard?
How Would You Rate Shea Butter vs. Lanolin as a Face Conditioner?
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Shea works very well. Many of the French shaving soaps use it. Argan oil works. Mango butter works, too. There's a lot of alternatives if you don't tolerate lanolin.
Try Lavanda for a great cream with lanolin that isn’t too expensive.
Stirling is tallow based with both lanolin and shea butter. Very reasonably priced and available in sample sizes. I don’t know how available it is where you are but I highly recommend it.
Edit: I realized there is a duplicate post in the soaps section. This answer would be more relevant there
Edit: I realized there is a duplicate post in the soaps section. This answer would be more relevant there
Not really relevant to your question, but is it weird that "cut the mustard" and "pass muster" mean essentially the same thing?
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HaHa. Having been a career sailor, I'm actually much more familiar with "pass muster", but I didn't know if everyone else was, particularly across the pond.is it weird that "cut the mustard" and "pass muster" mean essentially the same thing?
I prefer vegetable. Just me. I've used lanolin products and found them to be neither superior nor inferior to shea. I just prefer shea.
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King, I think I'm in that camp also. At different times I've have lanolin products in my cart, only to discard them right before I check out. By the way, welcome aboard.
Thanks, frenKing, I think I'm in that camp also. At different times I've have lanolin products in my cart, only to discard them right before I check out. By the way, welcome aboard.
