Is Nivea the best balm for the money?

[Shavetheman01]

I generally get the Nivea Sensitive from my local drugstores. The liquid aftershaves are drying and I feel like they can make irritation worst sometimes.

Would you recommend any good balms? I got the Nivea as a starting point

 

[cw62803]

Soap Commander and Stirling make great balms.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Nivea Sensitive is the best value for money that I've found, but I'm not very adventurous with the shopping side of things. When I've found something that works, I stop looking.

 

[Xopenex]

Soap Commander and Stirling make great balms. I'll second that! Baume.be makes a excellent balm.. stealth mode $$

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[Noodles]

Pacific Shaving for something affordable and often available locally.

 

[CanuckShaver]

Nivea Sensitive Balm is a great value for balms that is readily available for purchase. I performs as well as any balm I have tried.

 

[dezmil]

Nivea is great. Aqua Velva 5 in 1 Balm and Duke Cannon Ice Cold Balm are also good options for the price.

 

[prodigal_de_son]

I picked up some Duke Cannon locally and love it! It has a pretty decent price point and just the right amount of menthol. It doesn't dry my face at all. (YMMV, of course.)

 

[YKMV]

Try the Aqua Velva Sensitive 5-in-1 balm.. very nice and very effective against summertime sweat burns.

 

[UTVol]

The artisan soap shoppe balm is awesome! It's thinker and longer lasting on the face than the Nivea. I like the nivea and the wife loves there scent on the Nivea. The *** balm had a smidge of alcohol in it but overall very moisturizing, worth a shot for $10.

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[robphilldog]

Nivea Sensitive is the best value for money that I've found, but I'm not very adventurous with the shopping side of things. When I've found something that works, I stop looking.

Yes, for the money you can't go past Nivea AS Balm. I've tried quite a lot of other AS's but now I only buy other AS's for the novelty of their smells. Even so, I would say Nivea has the best or at least equal face feel and moisturizing as the others.

 

[Chan Eil Whiskers]

Just a moisturizer, but it's the best one for me. I've used it for years. Tried lots of others, but keep returning to this.

I usually buy it on Amazon.

My usual splash is followed by the Cremo. If I want an actual balm (moisturizer + aftershave) I mix the two in my palm for a second.

Happy shaves,

Jim

 

[robphilldog]

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Just a moisturizer, but it's the best one for me. I've used it for years. Tried lots of others, but keep returning to this.

I usually buy it on Amazon.

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My usual splash is followed by the Cremo. If I want an actual balm (moisturizer + aftershave) I mix the two in my palm for a second.

Happy shaves,

Jim

That's one I haven't tried

 

[pdieten]

Van Der Hagen sent me a bottle of their post shave soothing balm and I use it on the rare occasions I have a irritating shave. It's effective. Might be harder to find than Nivea.

 

[Adam18]

My three favorites .....

 

[Uncas]

Proraso crema liquida
Nivea sensitive
La Toja balsamo
In no particular order.

 

[Carson West]

Nivea is a great value.

Tabac makes an excellent balm I like to pair with their soap. It's pricey, but very little goes a long way.

 

[kluber]

Nivea is ok but personally prefer Stirling.

 

[86-foxtrot]

I have been using these two aftershaves together for the past couple of years.

A splash of this immediately post-shave (I'm a junkie for menthol)

followed by Neutrogena Post shave lotion/balm.

I just did a Google search on Neutrogena and it seems they are discontinuing the Razor Defense line. It's a shame. It worked wonderfully for me. I have enough to last me about a year and will have to experiment with new products going forward.

 

[preidy]

Very available at local Walgreens and other stores, a good value and it works as designed. I also like the fact that it has very minimal scent so it doesn't impact my after shave selection of the day.