Which Ingredient(s) Do You Love and/or Hate in Your Shaving Soap/Cream/Gel/Foam?

[mikey]

Hello Everyone,

I am curious which ingredient(s) you love and/or hate in your shaving soap/cream/gel/foam? I will go first:

LOVE
Aloe
Chamomile
Glycerin
Lime
Menthol
Shea

HATE
Clay (kaolinite, bentonite, etc.)
Lanolin
Mineral Oil (paraffinum liquidum)
Petroleum Jelly (petrolatum)
Talc
Witch Hazel

Thanks,
Mike

 

[luvmysuper]

Love
Animal Fat

Hate
No Animal Fat

 

[Ground Roots]

+1

 

[stryker4526]

Love:
Things that make it lather

Hate:
Menthol, things that make it not lather, high concentrations of EO/FO (slight burny feeling there)

I'm not all that picky. I have some tallow soaps and some veggie soaps and some creams. They all perform equally well once I dial them in. I get rid of the ones that don't.
I also hate hate HATE​ the cooling feeling of menthol.

 

[sharpen]

Love:
- Coconut oil, almond oil, etc.
- Rose
- Mint / menthol and the cool awakening kick it gives in the morning

Hate :
- Parabens
- Preservatives
- and such

 

[Howl1nWolf]

Love:
Aloe
Shea butter
Lime
Mango

Hate:
Rose
Sandalwood
Any unnatural chemically perfume crap

 

[The Dean]

Love:

Shaving oil

Glycerin

Cream that is easy to lather

Fusion ProGlide Styler (I realize most will scoff at this, but I will go into detail in a post in the future. Let's just say this thing might have been invented for me.)

Hate:
Most strong scents (but I'm working on it)

Most lanolin based products. Always thought I might be allergic to lanolin, but found out that is very rare. What isn't so rare is an allergy to the stuff they process the lanolin with--especially with lower level stuff. Or at least that's my current understanding.

Anything that numbs my face before shaving. I have been avoiding menthol, but given the love for it here, I might try a soap/cream with mild menthol to see if I actually like it now.

 

[Casca Dura]

Love: Shea butter
Hate: petroleum jelly

Did I say I love Shea butter?

 

[Toothpick]

ingredients? I just lather and shave.

 

[Rockminer]

Love
The VEG


Hate

Not having the VEG