So, many of us have been highly curious and waiting for someone to get some of these products and give them a try. Taking my Stewardship appointment to this fine section of B&B with some seriousness, I figured I'll be the test subject, since I use both mustache wax and beard oil regularly. Someone posted a site in another thread that had them both available online, so I got them ordered, and they arrived today.
I'm not a big frag head, but I'll do my best to get the over all scent across. They both seem to share the same scent, so that's easy. I'd call it a light sportsy/ocean type thing, with some super light citrus in the background. Sort of a green Irish tweed but toned down a lot, maybe? Just sort of a light fresh cologne sort of scent. As I get to use them, I'll add updates to that part, since more notes may be detected during the day.
Beard oil is beard oil, not a lot to review on it over all I'd say, but I'll use it exclusively for several days and see what I think. My over all impression is that it's a tad overpriced for the size of the bottle, when larger bottles of quality oil can be had for less.
So the part most are probably curious about... the mustache wax. I'm not sure if "wax" was translated right from the Italian to English, since in the jar the consistency is not at all a wax. It's a cream. A fairly wet cream. Not what I was expecting at all, for sure.
I set about working a very little into the mustache, and it did feel like it started to thicken and hold a bit, so that part is good. I don't handlebar, but I will work with some varying amounts and see what sort of hold I can get with it, but I can't say I'm hopeful on it for the gents looking for lots of all day hold. it may stack up nicely for the general keep the 'stache from getting unruly for the day use, while still looking natural, which is what I use my current waxes for anyways. It is a pure white, so blended into invisible with my dark colored mustache (even accounting for the greys sneaking up on me).
There's the initial impressions from the box opening and giving them a little sniff and small trial. More to come as I use them for normal day use.
I'm not a big frag head, but I'll do my best to get the over all scent across. They both seem to share the same scent, so that's easy. I'd call it a light sportsy/ocean type thing, with some super light citrus in the background. Sort of a green Irish tweed but toned down a lot, maybe? Just sort of a light fresh cologne sort of scent. As I get to use them, I'll add updates to that part, since more notes may be detected during the day.
Beard oil is beard oil, not a lot to review on it over all I'd say, but I'll use it exclusively for several days and see what I think. My over all impression is that it's a tad overpriced for the size of the bottle, when larger bottles of quality oil can be had for less.
So the part most are probably curious about... the mustache wax. I'm not sure if "wax" was translated right from the Italian to English, since in the jar the consistency is not at all a wax. It's a cream. A fairly wet cream. Not what I was expecting at all, for sure.
I set about working a very little into the mustache, and it did feel like it started to thicken and hold a bit, so that part is good. I don't handlebar, but I will work with some varying amounts and see what sort of hold I can get with it, but I can't say I'm hopeful on it for the gents looking for lots of all day hold. it may stack up nicely for the general keep the 'stache from getting unruly for the day use, while still looking natural, which is what I use my current waxes for anyways. It is a pure white, so blended into invisible with my dark colored mustache (even accounting for the greys sneaking up on me).
There's the initial impressions from the box opening and giving them a little sniff and small trial. More to come as I use them for normal day use.