Egyptian cream

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I've just taken delivery today of some Ingram shaving cream from Egypt. No customs problems, and arrived in less than a week. Sad when Ingram production stopped in UK, but good to know it's still available from Egypt. I haven't tried it yet, but hope it still has that great smell of brilliantine!
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Nice one. Please let us know how it shaves, and where you purchased from....I'm down to my last tube of UK Ingram, only 2-3 shaves left.....

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The Egyptian Ingram seem to be a different one to the UK made one, a much shorter list of ingredients

I think they are a lot more concentrated than the UK ones as well. I'd be intrigued to find out how it shaves.

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I plan to shave with this Egyptian Ingram in the morning, and will post my review.

The Egyptian Ingram seem to be a different one to the UK made one, a much shorter list of ingredients

I think they are a lot more concentrated than the UK ones as well. I'd be intrigued to find out how it shaves.

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First shave using Egyptian Ingram shaving cream! The cream comes in a 60ml all-plastic tube. There's no doubt that this is Ingram- the old-school, very British scent of brilliantine is considerably stronger than in the UK original. I love it.
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The cream is runnier than most other shaving creams, and has a very pale, pearly appearance. The photo gives a good idea of this and shows the amount I used. A very small squeeze!
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I lathered using a Yaqi synthetic brush. The amount of snowy white lather produced from such a small amount of cream was astonishing – I did three passes, and there was still enough on my brush for two more. The photo shows the brush after the third pass. I'm aware that commentators have often remarked that the British Ingram was difficult to lather, but there were no such problems today.
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Menthol is not listed in the ingredients, but it's certainly present. My skin felt braced and toned.

Slickness is impressive. I deliberately didn't use any pre-shave products as I wanted to see how this Ingram performed on its own. No nicks, no irritation. There was a pleasant, slightly powdery feel on my skin after rinsing.

I have to say that anyone who has been using the UK Ingram will be more than pleased if they decide to move to the Egyptian version. It's a very impressive cream, incorporating all we love about the original, but with big improvements in lathering and slickness. I recommend it highly.

I used a German Wilkinson Sword blade in a 1963 Gillette Super Speed Flair Tip and finished with a good splash of Indian-manufactured Old Spice Original.
 
First shave using Egyptian Ingram shaving cream! The cream comes in a 60ml all-plastic tube. There's no doubt that this is Ingram- the old-school, very British scent of brilliantine is considerably stronger than in the UK original. I love it.
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The cream is runnier than most other shaving creams, and has a very pale, pearly appearance. The photo gives a good idea of this and shows the amount I used. A very small squeeze!
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I lathered using a Yaqi synthetic brush. The amount of snowy white lather produced from such a small amount of cream was astonishing – I did three passes, and there was still enough on my brush for two more. The photo shows the brush after the third pass. I'm aware that commentators have often remarked that the British Ingram was difficult to lather, but there were no such problems today.
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Menthol is not listed in the ingredients, but it's certainly present. My skin felt braced and toned.

Slickness is impressive. I deliberately didn't use any pre-shave products as I wanted to see how this Ingram performed on its own. No nicks, no irritation. There was a pleasant, slightly powdery feel on my skin after rinsing.

I have to say that anyone who has been using the UK Ingram will be more than pleased if they decide to move to the Egyptian version. It's a very impressive cream, incorporating all we love about the original, but with big improvements in lathering and slickness. I recommend it highly.

I used a German Wilkinson Sword blade in a 1963 Gillette Super Speed Flair Tip and finished with a good splash of Indian-manufactured Old Spice Original.
Thanks for the pics and review....I will be ordering, for sure. Old Spice to finish? Can't go wrong!
 
this thread peaked my interest ,since i liked ingrams cream, i took a look on t,bay & found they also sell "ingrams extra cool" ordered 2 tubes on thursday eve ,posted on friday & arrived today :D,testing time in the morning . see if i lives up to the " extra cool " name or not .
 
shaved with the "extra cool ingrams " this morning , same great lather as the regular version , the scent is the same but with a hint of zest or mint. not enough to overpower the original scent . menthol feels a bit more robust than the original, but not a full on face freezer, it grows with every pass & my final rinse with cold water was nice & refreshing . post shave same great results as the original . i like it ,its a nice change from the original ingrams cream ,without a drop in performance or results (y)
 
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