Samples?

[wolfmanxiii]

Hey fellas, sorry I haven't had the chance to introduce myself or anything on here yet, but I'll get around to it. The short is I've never used a DE, but I do use a straight razor and have been for about 4 months. I have definitely caught the acquisition disorder
Which leads me to my question:
I've looked at a lot of different after shaves, soaps, creams, etc, but I am hesitant to purchase (I've bought a few bottles of AS that really didn't sit well with my sniffer...) and was wondering if any of you know where I could get my hands on some samples of them. Soaps usually are the easiest to come by samples of, but I'm always interested. Moreso though I am interested in the after shaves and shave creams. Any suggestions guys? I really want to try out royall lime AS and maybe a bay rum AS of some sort as well.

 

[falkor27]

Trumpers and Truefitt & Hill both sell sample packs for a low price.

 

[Barbash]

Welcome to B&B

Check out Truefitt & Hill's and Trumpers' websites.

T&H has a sample pack for around $10 that includes all their creams and aftershaves. And for $19 you can get some of the colognes as well with the creams and AS

Trumpers is around $7.50 and includes 4 of their creams, Skin food(Aftershave), and a few samples of their colognes.

If ShavingEssentials.biz comes back online it use to have a Taylors of Old Bond Street Sample pack that inclued all of the creams by TOBS for around $25(i think).

 

[warlandsboy]

If you order the T&H sample pack don't forget to use the "BB10" discount code!

 

[DFrancis]

+1 on the above.

 

[Dpflaum]

If you order the T&H sample pack don't forget to use the "BB10" discount code!

That is the key. The cream/asb sampler costs $8 shipped that way. And I have found that each cream sample is good for at least two shaves. Just put them in a ziploc bag after the first use.

 

[Barbash]

That is the key. The cream/asb sampler costs $8 shipped that way. And I have found that each cream sample is good for at least two shaves. Just put them in a ziploc bag after the first use.

+1 on the ziploc and you might want to tape the top of them too.

 

[BillC]

Barclay Crocker has several sample packs for sale if you want to combine for lower shipping costs. They offer 15% off to B&B members: code BBsubscribe

 

[Go West Young Man]

Write to any manufacturer and ask nicely, they'll send a sample pack. Worst case, you'll have to pay for shipping, best case they'll send it free of charge.

 

[JPM]

Welcome to B&B! Shaving Essentials used to sell a sampler of all the different TOBS creams for $20.

 

[kingfisher]

For aftershave samples, my advice is to go to www.saintcharlesshave.com and pick out a few that sound appealing to you. Sue makes great aftershaves and sells generous samples at very reasonable prices. She makes splashes, milks, and balms. You can try some of each!

 

[wolfmanxiii]

Wow, lots of replies there. Thank you guys very much. I'll have to check all of those suggestions out and let you know how it went. Thanks again!