The Challenge (part 1)

[chezrad]

n order to make a point I like to do things visually...


So let's have a challenge ! Shaving cream vs. Shaving foam (canned) !


In this corner... … and in this corner




Ok, on with the test... so here is the layout. I placed to tissues on a piece of cardboard (the kind on the back of a pad of paper) I then put down about the same amount of each lather. This is the initial picture.





Time lapse 5 minutes later...





As you can see there is a good deal of moisture around the edges of the Shaving cream sample.


After ten minutes, here are the results...



As you can see there is water soaking around the edges of the shaving cream.

 

[chezrad]

The Challenge (part 2)

Here is the canned results. There are a few spots of moisture on the cardboard.



Here are the results for the shaving cream. The picture doesn't show it well but there is a depth to this water on the cardboard. It's not just moisture marks. It's actual puddles of water.



So the moral of this story is that the canned foams really don't have much moisture in them and that this moisture really doesn't make it to your skin. The kinds of soaps that you lather with a brush on the other hand have a good deal more moisture and it actually gets to your skin.

 

[AABCDS]

Interesting.

 

[chezrad]

Nope can't have it back... It's gone! Besides if that took 90 seconds... Well, just sayin...

Geez, I thought it would be handy convincing the uninitiated.

Oh well, can't please everyone.

 

[Rockminer]

Interesting comparison. With all due respect, Tommy is ahem............. middle aged, and probably nods off a few times a day anyway

.You just caught him at a bad time. I'm off to take a nap.

 

[CGW409]

Pretty much foam is for those "No Time Toulouse" (if you can ID that reference then you to are qualified to sign up on the Old Fogies thread)shaves but if I must use canned goo then I'm going with the Barbasol.
Might be interesting to do a gel vs soap lather as well.

 

[Head Rigger]

Middle aged? Then I guess I'm gonna live to 114!! Yeaaaaa baby!! Thanks


(more time to hang around and be a ball breaker.)

I'm kneeling in front of my picture of Don Rickles.

 

[August West]

I nodded out twice

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[Jeff_H]

I for one did not nod off even once and was intrigued by the experiment. Thanks for taking the time to do this. The bonus for me was you putting Tommy to sleep...even briefly!

 

[August West]

I for one did not nod off even once and was intrigued by the experiment. Thanks for taking the time to do this. The bonus for me was you putting Tommy to sleep...even briefly!

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[one2mny]

If I dont have time for a proper lather then I guess I will go without shaving! Thanks for the demo chezrad!

 

[August West]

You guys at B&B really make me belly laugh. I do appreciate it.

 

[Toothpick]

I was hoping I'd get to see how long the lather lasted before it completely dissipated. In ten minutes there wasn't much change at all.

There may not be much moisture in the canned creme but it sure is slick!

 

[Jeff_H]

I know you don't mean that.

Nutin' but love bro....nutin' but love!

 

[chezrad]

There may not be much moisture in the canned creme but it sure is slick!

Well, if it's "slick" you want I've got some motor oil in the garage...Seriously, I would guess that there is some interesting chemistry of a petroleum nature going on to produce the "Glide" that canned foams have.

 

[mmack66]

Barbasol is supposed to be applied to a wet face, and Barbasol Yellow with lanolin is moisturizing.

 

[CUSE69]

Maybe I should be adding the foam to my cream based lather to get the benefits of both. I might try that tomorrow.

 

[NingYupOwaDat]

Barbasol is supposed to be applied to a wet face, and Barbasol Yellow with lanolin is moisturizing.

+1

When I used stuff out of a can I always applied it to a wet face, I have never just put it straight on my face, do people actually do that?