I have been dealing with increasingly sensitized skin in the past month, so I've had to try to look for different products than what I used in my past. My shaving patterns have changed, too. I used to be an infrequent shaver and used a Gillette Guard, a Turkish boar brush, and Williams Mug Soap, and now I'm shaving most days with a DE and using different kinds of brushes (often badgers or synthetics). Given that, I have started having to be careful about using traditional aftershaves.
So, I was perusing Target with my brother on Saturday and I saw some Nivea Cooling balm and on a whim I decided to buy it to try out. I'm very pleased with it. It's less expensive than most aftershaves but it seems to work very well at cooling razor burn and restoring moisture to skin. It differs from the regular Nivea in two ways- it has a subtle cooling effect due to using a menthol derivative (menthoxypropanediol) which is four times weaker in effect than menthol, and it contains bladderwrack extract, which is anti-inflammatory and is trendy in women's beauty products for being an alleged fountain of youth for skin. It helps restore skin elasticity and seems to be a general skin tonic or skin food that might be especially helpful for building up sensitive skin's defenses.
The scent of Nivea's balm is very subtle, doesn't last long, and doesn't seem to interfere with any fragrances you wear. It's a subtle modern aquatic, fresh type fragrance that blends well with the witch hazel and herbal notes in the balm (indeed, there's a trend of women buying Nivea shaving balm to use as a makeup foundation, so there's nothing particularly assertive or strong about the fragrance).
So, I was perusing Target with my brother on Saturday and I saw some Nivea Cooling balm and on a whim I decided to buy it to try out. I'm very pleased with it. It's less expensive than most aftershaves but it seems to work very well at cooling razor burn and restoring moisture to skin. It differs from the regular Nivea in two ways- it has a subtle cooling effect due to using a menthol derivative (menthoxypropanediol) which is four times weaker in effect than menthol, and it contains bladderwrack extract, which is anti-inflammatory and is trendy in women's beauty products for being an alleged fountain of youth for skin. It helps restore skin elasticity and seems to be a general skin tonic or skin food that might be especially helpful for building up sensitive skin's defenses.
The scent of Nivea's balm is very subtle, doesn't last long, and doesn't seem to interfere with any fragrances you wear. It's a subtle modern aquatic, fresh type fragrance that blends well with the witch hazel and herbal notes in the balm (indeed, there's a trend of women buying Nivea shaving balm to use as a makeup foundation, so there's nothing particularly assertive or strong about the fragrance).
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