Thursday, 01 April, am
Not a bad shave today, took my time again, naturally ‘late’ in the office as a consequence.
Shower
Korres Milk soap (for face wash)
Futur (2 ½)
Merkur Platinum (4)
Dovo Solingen badger
Muhle ceramic bowl for lather (first time used)
Fresh Line Olympios Zeus line shaving soap & Omega cream
Alum
Clinique scruffing lotion 2 ½ (toner)
Sante AS (organic, first time used)
Florame ASB (organic, first time used)
Florame Anti-ageing cream (organic, first time used)
The return of Omega cream in the rotation reduced lower neck irritation during the shave considerably, so I’ll have to stick to that for a while. The Muhle ceramic bowl is kind of small, feels much better than a metal one, though. The Sante AS is good, scent is fine (not that masculine but has its own character so this is appreciated). It is made in Germany and comes in a 100ml matt finish glass bottle. Botanical ingredients include substances such as white tea, aloe vera, jojoba and almond oil, organic alcohol is used if I am not mistaken (I do not have the full ingredients list in front of me now).
Following advice from antdad I contacted Penhaligons outlet stores on the phone for a sample pack but was told they do not ship abroad, was advised to call their main hotline. Finally decided to drop that route and go here locally by trying some organic/natural cosmetics made in Germany, so here is a small review as well (for RajK, but not only).
The Florame ASB is not really a balm, I would rather say it is more like a cream, quite dense in application and texture, feels slightly oily on my face still few hours later. You put it over your face and it turns it white, so you have to rub it a bit till it gets absorbed. I feel it is scentless more or less, so this is good, means you can apply it over your AS, whatever that may be. Its base is cedar-argan synergy compound of oils (organic cedar essential oil, organic argan oil, organic witch hazel leaf floral water, sugar, juniper berry extract, shea butter and organic lavender essential oil). It is made in Germany and comes in a 75ml bottle.
It feels like a quality product, and it is highly advantageous that it does not contain synthetic colouring agents, synthetic fragrances, ethoxylated emulsifiers or parabens. In addition, and according to the manufacturer, a minimum of 95% of all ingredients used are natural or of natural origin and at least 95% of the vegetable/plant ingredients used are organic. It does not fight razor burn much, and as one would expect from the creamy texture it offers very little cooling sensation. Efficacy is very good, as is moisturizing. This ASB also ranks high on no alcohol burn as well for me.
Have a great day, gents.
Konstantinos
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