What's your best budget shave cream?

[Nisse]

Yes much improved experience with boar this morning.

 

[PLANofMAN]

Yes much improved experience with boar this morning.

Glad to hear it. Do we have another KmF convert in our midst?

Adding a squirt of the unscented to regular soaps is very nice too.

 

[Nisse]

KmF definitely in the front row of the bathroom cabinet both as stand-alone and addon.

 

[JohnnyO]

Got to admit that it's now my kinda go to for adding on if I have any probs with lather. It seems to benefit almost any type of soap, including glycerine. Very impressive stuff.

JohnnyO. o/

 

[Bandito]

A while ago I used Viking shaving cream - the postage actually cost more than the cream!

Anyway, it produced the most feeble lather I've ever seen, and I was thinking I wouldn't use it again, but low and behold I had a marvellous nick-free, irritation-free shave with it.

I've only used it once but I will use it again.

 

[TRXnMe]

Another vote for the Nivea combination here.

Shave soap is fantastic for the money, the sensitive ASB is absolutely superb for the money, especially if you get it at £2.50 a bottle

 

[Sameer Sultan]

In Canada it's got to be Nivea, followed closely by Proraso. Also pretty much the only choices locally available at every drug store.

 

[Gordy]

I'm one of those people that really can't use Nivea, especially the sensitive stuff. I wouldn't say I've sensitive skin either, just irritates me like not much else ever does.

 

[Batch300]

I agree with the Proraso and big tube post. My Proraso cream went 6 months and outlived my shaving brush.

 

[Stacy555]

Recently took a tube of Bodyshop Maca root (£5.50) to the Canaries, I thought it deserved a holiday, not over impressed I have to say, so managed to find a tube La Toja for the princely sum of 2.29 euros, so nice I almost ditched the Maca to save weight on the return flight.... Almost !

 

[Gordy]

My Proraso cream went 6 months and outlived my shaving brush.

What were you doing to the brush??

 

[Batch300]

Gordy:

NrOS (New but REALLY Old Stock) eBay $14 Edwin Jagger badger brush. My first shaving brush. My sink water can get very hot, which is a plus during the cold and flu season, but hard on brushes. After 4+ consecutive months with the Proraso, I wanted to try my other creams so began loading the brush with extra cream. End of story (and the brush).

Howie

 

[Bandito]

Proraso takes some beating

 

[Gordy]

Proraso takes some beating

Trouble is, when you see what else is out there, you can definitely beat it. I personally have always found it lacking in a few departments, very drying too, adding to a less than satisfactory post shave feel. It's not bad for the price but compared to some cheaper products like Vitos, even Arko, it falls short. Move up a step and you simply wouldn't use it again.

 

[Bandito]

Trouble is, when you see what else is out there, you can definitely beat it. I personally have always found it lacking in a few departments, very drying too, adding to a less than satisfactory post shave feel. It's not bad for the price but compared to some cheaper products like Vitos, even Arko, it falls short. Move up a step and you simply wouldn't use it again.

That's clearly a 'YMMV' issue, because I've used many 'top tier' creams and find that for my skin, proraso (white) contributes to a better shave, which is why it remains in my rotation and other more expensive creams don't.

 

[Fox]

+1 La Toja