What you prefer, guys? Or it doesn't matter to you as long as you like the product? Call me non traditional (i know some folks prefer soaps only because they are traditional and old way) but for me, i always liked creams. First off all, because my very first shaving product was soap and a very hard one, so for sure i've had lots of troubles with it as a newbie. And it was very mediocre as well, so i've tried cream and was very happy. From that day i was a cream guy. Anyway, latter on i bought a croap, hoping i would like it because it's almost a cream anyway. Croap it self is fantastic and i like it, but still found myself seeking for creams, even though i think that croap is best performer from what i have. My reason are:
With cream, you don't have to load it on a brush, just squeeze some out of tube or use dab from a tub. Once again, loading the brush is the traditional way of doing and i suppose most love it, but not me. Mainly because with cream i can actually clearly see how much i'm using and adjust everything with ease. Then with soap/croap i tend to always load too much (and really, who said more product is better?) and have to mix everything forever adding ton of water (since my technique is start pretty dry) and so it's just annoying. Sometimes i still end up with so so lather simply because of over mixing i guess. And anyway i think it's always easier to adjust something when you have just enough, rather then loads and loads, or when you not sure how much you have anyway. And i'm not even talking about hard soaps and pre-soaking them and all other troubles they create. So i'm sitting here and thinking, am i here alone or someone else also feels similar?
With cream, you don't have to load it on a brush, just squeeze some out of tube or use dab from a tub. Once again, loading the brush is the traditional way of doing and i suppose most love it, but not me. Mainly because with cream i can actually clearly see how much i'm using and adjust everything with ease. Then with soap/croap i tend to always load too much (and really, who said more product is better?) and have to mix everything forever adding ton of water (since my technique is start pretty dry) and so it's just annoying. Sometimes i still end up with so so lather simply because of over mixing i guess. And anyway i think it's always easier to adjust something when you have just enough, rather then loads and loads, or when you not sure how much you have anyway. And i'm not even talking about hard soaps and pre-soaking them and all other troubles they create. So i'm sitting here and thinking, am i here alone or someone else also feels similar?