My Wife just bought me 3 tubes of C O Bigalow shaving cream!

[james23p]

My wife(yea wife) went to Bath and Body works and in support of my transition to DE/Wet shaving bought me 3 tubes(my wife said you cant turn down buy two get one free ) Bigalow shaving cream. From what I have read this is rebranded Proraso so I am really looking foward to shaving in the AM! Since I started DE/Wet shaving just over two months ago I have been using puck soap,Williams, VDH Luxery and Deluxe which I like and works well in my Apathocary mug(I have a puck of Williams in it now) so cream in a tube will be different and fun. I only have another small mug so I might need to borrow a bowl from the kitchen until I can get a proper shaving bowl since with the puck soap I mostly face lather. Then again reading some on this forum I might use my small mug to load my brush and still face lather until I can add a proper shaving bowl(more stuff )

One question how much should I use to load my brush?

Jim

 

[mikelz777]

I bowl lather and use a dab of cream about the size of an average almond.

 

[ricardo9505]

i face lather. A marble and half size amount for me and that's real generous in my book so maybe a marble. I have the proraso green, tub version, and red cream tube (sandalwood- great for fall and winter).

 

[james23p]

Thanks all I appreiciate your time.


Jim

 

[gd9704]

Your wife is a keeper!

Bigelow/Proraso is my favorite cream. Enjoy!

 

[SmoovD]

Enjoy the Bigelow. B&BW has some great sales that really makes it easy to stock up.

Just add a snurdle of 1" to a wet brush and start face-lathering. Better to use too much product than not enough.

 

[u2u]

Keep her and try to get her to find you some of the pre shave. The two together will really chill you out for the summer months. Almond size is right for for a small to medium brush and easy face lathering.

 

[james23p]

Wow! This stuff was fantastic! I used a tad more than a almond since I have a fairly large brush(25mm knot) and I got tons and tons of rich creamy lather face lathering. It was smooth and cool and I love the smell I can see my VDH and Williams puck soap getting less use this stuff is great! Plus it seems three tubes will last a long time and yes my WIFE IS A KEEPER!

Thanks for all the great advice it was perfect.

Jim

 

[Deltaboy]

It is a great cream and you got a good wife.

 

[Rustonrazor]

Great stuff. No matter what I try, I have and will always use Proraso/Bigelow regularly in the rotation. A wife that is also a supporter/enabler is a great find.

 

[RobAtSGH]

Proraso's the cream I started with when I went back to the "badger and blade", and I always have it around. It's just a dependable friend at this point. The wife's definitely a keeper.

 

[tronsistor]

I just got some bigalow, and I wasn' sure if I was going to like it, boy was I wrong. It gave me great lather, and I loved the cooling affect. The scent was intoxicating, I didn't use my aftershave balm so that scent would remain, and not killed by the balm. I'm glad that I took advantage of the buy two, and get one free sale, because I will be using this in my rotation