Greetings all,
I picked up a bottle of "Shave Secret" shave oil from wal-mart a few days ago for the purposes of assembling a travel shave kit. Something to par down the kit to the bare essentials and be taken on a plane as carry on only and no checked baggage. Originally I intended a bic single blade disposable, shave stick and travel brush, but looking at the shave oil it would further reduce what I would carry.
It shaves decently with my DE, haven't tried the BIC yet since I got the DE though. In fact it seems to be helping with my steel wool-like neck area which is problematic to get a close shave on. The problem however is I really detest the clove scent. It does not linger after the shave, but it still is distracting enough to make shaving with it not the pleasurable experience I've been getting with the soaps and creams that I have been introduced to since finding badger and blade.
I was wondering if anyone here has experience with either another brand of shave oil that could be used by itself or point me in the right direction of creating a shave oil myself. Most of the shave oil's I've found seem to be for an oil pass and not the entire shave. But then again that could just be my decidedly noobish outlook on how the product is marketed.
I picked up a bottle of "Shave Secret" shave oil from wal-mart a few days ago for the purposes of assembling a travel shave kit. Something to par down the kit to the bare essentials and be taken on a plane as carry on only and no checked baggage. Originally I intended a bic single blade disposable, shave stick and travel brush, but looking at the shave oil it would further reduce what I would carry.
It shaves decently with my DE, haven't tried the BIC yet since I got the DE though. In fact it seems to be helping with my steel wool-like neck area which is problematic to get a close shave on. The problem however is I really detest the clove scent. It does not linger after the shave, but it still is distracting enough to make shaving with it not the pleasurable experience I've been getting with the soaps and creams that I have been introduced to since finding badger and blade.
I was wondering if anyone here has experience with either another brand of shave oil that could be used by itself or point me in the right direction of creating a shave oil myself. Most of the shave oil's I've found seem to be for an oil pass and not the entire shave. But then again that could just be my decidedly noobish outlook on how the product is marketed.