My first full shaving cream shave!

[Gryffindor]

I've been using Stirling Soaps thus far in my shave journey almost exclusively. I took a slight Barrister & Mann detour, and have tried Arko. I have a tub of TOBS Sandalwood cream. As much as I like sandalwood scents, I do not like the scent of TOBS by itself. Mixed with Stirling soap it's OK.

Enter Proraso.

I got in a tube of Proraso Red and White this week, and I tried the Red tonight. Oh man. I'm used to having to work a little bit with lathering soap with hard water. The Proraso was a change of pace! It whipped up super easy. The consistency was a little bit better than I had been getting with soaps, but not by a ton.

The shave itself was done with a Blue Tip paired with a Feather for two days of mild growth. Cushion from the lather was really good, residual slickness was a little less than Stirling. That could also be attributed to needing a touch more water, though. No dragging, no clogging, etc. It was one of my better shaves, and I really enjoy the scent of the Red.

Overall, my first full shave with a shaving cream has been marked in my book as a success!

 

[ajkel64]

Congratulations on the Shave Todd, thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[Adam18]

Sounds like an awesome experience. Bravo Todd !

 

[Gryffindor]

Congratulations on the Shave Todd, thanks for sharing your experience.

Sounds like an awesome experience. Bravo Todd !

Than you, guys!

I solved the residual slickness issue tonight. I went with a mix of Stirling Vanilla Sandalwood and the Proraso Red. I was also pretty liberal with the water.

I really like this mix!

 

[RB3812]

I've been using Stirling Soaps thus far in my shave journey almost exclusively. I took a slight Barrister & Mann detour, and have tried Arko. I have a tub of TOBS Sandalwood cream. As much as I like sandalwood scents, I do not like the scent of TOBS by itself. Mixed with Stirling soap it's OK.

Enter Proraso.

I got in a tube of Proraso Red and White this week, and I tried the Red tonight. Oh man. I'm used to having to work a little bit with lathering soap with hard water. The Proraso was a change of pace! It whipped up super easy. The consistency was a little bit better than I had been getting with soaps, but not by a ton.

The shave itself was done with a Blue Tip paired with a Feather for two days of mild growth. Cushion from the lather was really good, residual slickness was a little less than Stirling. That could also be attributed to needing a touch more water, though. No dragging, no clogging, etc. It was one of my better shaves, and I really enjoy the scent of the Red.

Overall, my first full shave with a shaving cream has been marked in my book as a success!

FWIW, in my opinion, the Proraso Red Creme is THE closest to the original Old Spice scent that I've ever found! I finally gave up on the Proraso soap after they changed formulas, but I still like the creme in the tube A LOT!!!! It
is always in my travel kit because the tube take up less room than a tub of any of the soaps, and I love the smell
and the shave I get. I feel that it provides plenty of cushion and slickness, but I don't have hard water to contend with. As far as the harder soaps, I've moved on to Stirling (several scents), but I'll always have the Proraso creme on hand....!

 

[niels]

Hi Todd, thanks for the post and great to hear you had such a great shave.

I've only tried the Proraso White puck so far. I liked the scent, the menthol cooling of the skin and it had great cushioning. It might even have been a bit too cushioned (don't know if anyone else had that experience?).
I also experienced the lack of slickness (water is also very hard here). I tend to use quite wet lathers, especially on subsequent passes, adding water each pass to trade cushioning for slickness; for me, this means I get closer without irritation. With Proraso I only got so far unfortunately due to lack of lubrication.

So I find it very cool to hear that you solved it by mixing soaps: An interesting concept! I hadn't thought of that, so thanks for sharing that idea I suppose with creams, you can even add all kinds of custom ingredients as well. Food for thought!

 

[John Rose]

I've only tried the Proraso White puck so far. I liked the scent, the menthol cooling of the skin and it had great cushioning. It might even have been a bit too cushioned (don't know if anyone else had that experience?).
I also experienced the lack of slickness (water is also very hard here). I tend to use quite wet lathers, especially on subsequent passes, adding water each pass to trade cushioning for slickness; for me, this means I get closer without irritation. With Proraso I only got so far unfortunately due to lack of lubrication.

So I find it very cool to hear that you solved it by mixing soaps: An interesting concept! I hadn't thought of that, so thanks for sharing that idea I suppose with creams, you can even add all kinds of custom ingredients as well. Food for thought!

Proraso White croap plus Gillette "Pure" cream is an excellent pairing.
I do not like the scent of Proraso White by itself at all, but the (meh) scent of Pure moderates it somehow to a far more interesting scent, and improves the slickness.
I call it my "Casper Blend", because of the mostly white tub and tube.

 

[niels]

@John Rose Cool idea and excellent name for it!