First DE shave was with VDH deluxe.....ok results 2nd DE shave was with AOS sandlewood...great shave results but the soap gave me irritation so boom cant use that anymore.....3rd DE shave was with Poraso..again a good shave but i think the menthol irritated my skin. So I was starting to really get down on the DE shave becuase it seemed that the only thing that didnt irritate my skin was ZIRH gel which is well...a gel. So i stopped in Rite-Aid to pick up some junk food to sneak into the movies and I stopped into the shaving aisle with this vision that there would be a miraculous product I hadnt ran across. Well it happened. When i picked up the Real Shaving Co. cream I thought to myself....well heres another wasted 5 bucks. Let me tell you this stuff absolutely ROCKS! It lathered in 2 secs and was as slick as Vanilla Ice in 1990. So if you've debated on trying this generic looking...mom and pop packaged stuff... well im telling you to JUST DO IT! nike