So I went on vacation and thought I would simplify my life. I saw this product at Walgreen's--King of Shaves (KOS from here on out) for sensitive skin--and saw FHM gave it an award and had seen this stuff praised on the net.
So I bring it and an electric Gillette Fusion and not the rest of my shaving gear.
KOS is a very tenacious gel. It has a tea scent which after a short novelty period to me is no longer very appealing. I really liked the first shave or two, it really stuck to the face and seemed kinda fun--but wait... At first, I shaved every day and did some post shave moisturizing with whatever I could find--maybe that didn't help that I was using unscented lotion.
By the end of the 9 day vacation, my face was screaming--I went to every other day shaving. My face was was dry, irritated and miserable. KOS just doesn't seem to really soften the beard or face--and I could feel that, it is just sticky and perhaps slippery. In the end, I hated it so much that somehwere in a dump in Upstate New York is a mostly full tube of KOS and also a Gilette Fusion (it may be an innocent victim but I was very unhappy).
Maybe this wasn't the fairest of test but frankly, the stuff performed so badly that I would suspect it would appeal to very few accustomed wet shavers.
Just for reference, I have experimented with a few products now, not nearly as many as some on this excellent forum, but I keep coming back to my heavy handle with Gillette Mach 3 Turbo blades, AOS Sandalwood cream (using the preshave if the mood strikes me), and aftershave balm.
MJB (aka Marc)
So I bring it and an electric Gillette Fusion and not the rest of my shaving gear.
KOS is a very tenacious gel. It has a tea scent which after a short novelty period to me is no longer very appealing. I really liked the first shave or two, it really stuck to the face and seemed kinda fun--but wait... At first, I shaved every day and did some post shave moisturizing with whatever I could find--maybe that didn't help that I was using unscented lotion.
By the end of the 9 day vacation, my face was screaming--I went to every other day shaving. My face was was dry, irritated and miserable. KOS just doesn't seem to really soften the beard or face--and I could feel that, it is just sticky and perhaps slippery. In the end, I hated it so much that somehwere in a dump in Upstate New York is a mostly full tube of KOS and also a Gilette Fusion (it may be an innocent victim but I was very unhappy).
Maybe this wasn't the fairest of test but frankly, the stuff performed so badly that I would suspect it would appeal to very few accustomed wet shavers.
Just for reference, I have experimented with a few products now, not nearly as many as some on this excellent forum, but I keep coming back to my heavy handle with Gillette Mach 3 Turbo blades, AOS Sandalwood cream (using the preshave if the mood strikes me), and aftershave balm.
MJB (aka Marc)
