I got lazy...

[gstrand]

The wife and eldest were on a road trip last week to check out a college for him, and as I was home with the three other kids, I tried to take a shortcut... used regular Conk's Bay Rum soap and the brush, with a little paste after lathering... thinking it would be quicker than cloth, soap, balm and paste... and tried some of the son's Pinaud Bay Rum A/S...

The next day my neck looked like a three day old sunburn. Red and peeling like crazy. Seriously, my neck was flaking off like I'd been using an infrared razor.

Went back to a hydrolast based shave and methodically method-ed Saturday and apparently cut off all of the dying skin... and am back to normal.

Anyone else ever had a similar experience? I'm wondering if it was the soap or AS or both... I usually use a non-alcohol based after shave.

 

[msandoval858]

The wife and eldest were on a road trip last week to check out a college for him, and as I was home with the three other kids, I tried to take a shortcut... used regular Conk's Bay Rum soap and the brush, with a little paste after lathering... thinking it would be quicker than cloth, soap, balm and paste... and tried some of the son's Pinaud Bay Rum A/S...

The next day my neck looked like a three day old sunburn. Red and peeling like crazy. Seriously, my neck was flaking off like I'd been using an infrared razor.

Went back to a hydrolast based shave and methodically method-ed Saturday and apparently cut off all of the dying skin... and am back to normal.

Anyone else ever had a similar experience? I'm wondering if it was the soap or AS or both... I usually use a non-alcohol based after shave.

I use non Hydrolast stuff all the time. I'm all about variety. I don't think the Bay Rum soap was the source of your problem, that stuff is actually pretty good as far as cheap glycerin soaps go...

The Pinaud Bay Rum on the other hand is wicked evilness in a bottle. If you don't use alcohol based aftershaves often, that stuff will blow your head off. My guess is that's probably what got you.

 

[Zombasaur]

I can't use Conk's bay rum. I tried several times when I started wetshaving. Every time I put it on, by the middle of the 2nd pass my face was on fire. Finally got rid of it, as it was painful to use!

 

[gstrand]

You know... now that you mention it, it DID burn as lather... I guess that one is out... No worries there, though, as in spite of the skeptics and naysayers, the Hydrolast stuff works incredibly well for me.