Ingredients That Cause You Irritation

[Wgg2017]

What ingredients do you steer clear of due to irritation?

Luckily for me it’s only a few scent components. Lime scents normally irritate my skin a little bit, particularly strong ones like Castle Forbes, but I use it anyway because it smells so good.

Cinnamon, clove, and pepper scents can also cause a bit of a burning sensation on my skin post-shave and so I avoid them as well.

Just curious what the most common irritants are among the B&B members.

 

[Alex Jr]

I wish I knew.

Something in MWF burns my skin. It’s clear when I rinse with cold water, even more noticeable during the aftershave application.

Ph thing, a specific ingredient, I really don’t know… but it seems to make my skin angry.

And arko. A little different sensation, tingling, mild burning, less than MWF, but it’s there.

 

[Zora]

Arko, the whole stick

 

[76vibrochamp]

Almond, but not all the time. Cella brick doesn't bother me at all. Cella jar and TFS red give me a bit of a tingle. ABC and RR160 turn me into Bozo the Clown.

 

[Earl_Grey]

Triethanolamine is a HUGE no-no for me, which eliminates all British creams I know of.

Sometimes almond oil also causes issues.

Something in MWF burns my skin.

The lanolin I‘d assume

 

[ZeelandsRoem]

I wish I knew.

Same.

I have 4x soaps from the same manufacturer, all 4 using the same base and ingredients and only flagrance differs. One soap is fine on my skin, despite having the strongest scent (by far). The other three which have mild scents are burning my skin.

Geo F. Trumper Spanish Leather skin food also burns my skin. That one is kind of horrible. The soap is absolutely fine though.

MWF does the same, to some extent.

Can't remember now other soaps that burn my skin. I usually just throw them away after one or two uses and forget about them.

The lanolin I‘d assume

I would have assumed the same, but I have many other soaps with lanolin and they are fine. Maybe it's the concentration, but without knowing more details it is difficult to say.

 

[pellidon]

Something in TOBS Sandalwood makes my skin dry and tight. No other TOBS product I've used does this. And heavy clove in some Bay Rum irritates me.

 

[Tomo]

Quite a few for me. Almond and oak moss are typical offenders. Certain woods too. Cedar and Sandalwood smell great but are unfortunately off limits for me.

 

[Alex Jr]

Triethanolamine is a HUGE no-no for me, which eliminates all British creams I know of.

Sometimes almond oil also causes issues.



The lanolin I‘d assume

I wish. I have other soaps with lanolin and no problem.

 

[Quaznoid]

Lilac Vegetal doesn’t cause physical irritation. But I get irritated being asked why I washed my face in a urinal.

 

[Dave himself]

The new formula Tabac makes my skin tingle, but I can still use it just not to many days in a row.

 

[Alex Jr]

Lilac Vegetal doesn’t cause physical irritation. But I get irritated being asked why I washed my face in a urinal.

“Yeah but you just have to push through that because it’s about to get sooo GOOOD”

- Chandler bing.

 

[Earl_Grey]

I would have assumed the same, but I have many other soaps with lanolin and they are fine. Maybe it's the concentration, but without knowing more details it is difficult to say.

I wish. I have other soaps with lanolin and no problem.

Lanolin isn’t lanolin. The difference in quality is vast as far as I know. So I wouldn’t rule it out. But naturally, could be something else.

 

[Jay21]

There's something in RazoRock What the Puck that is causing skin irritation for me. I'm guessing it's the lanolin.

 

[Tathlum]

Too much menthol gives me big red patches on face and burns.

 

[Alex Jr]

Lanolin isn’t lanolin. The difference in quality is vast as far as I know. So I wouldn’t rule it out. But naturally, could be something else.

Hmmm… interesting…

 

[Mojo88]

Art of Shaving sandalwood. I looked like a tomato and it burned. Old spice deodorant did a number on me also. I was stupid and tried it just before leaving on vacation. I thought about going to urgent care due to the irritation. Fortunately, it calmed down.

 

[Darth Scandalous]

I have a mild-moderate sensitivity to lanolin, although I used soaps with lanolin for over a year before I figured it out, blamed the post-shave discomfort on bad technique (which, some of it was). Some frags seem to bother my skin a little. Had a pretty strong reaction to Stirling Bergamot and Lavender beyond just the lanolin, over the course of a few shaves. Not sure which component it was because I've had other soaps with either bergamot or lavender that weren't a problem. Although I've read that there are different varieties of lavender used for EOs and some folks have reactions to one but not the other.

Dull blades are probably my other biggest irritant.

 

[thombrogan]

Some sandalwood and mahogany fragrance components for me. Old school MWF, Gentleman Jon’s, Ach Brito Mogno, and SW Samhain are all nose heaven/skin heck soaps for me.

 

[Mr5x5]

Lanolin