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Thanks...good to know!Yes. I've used Weleda a/s balm on & off for years & am currently using the Speick a/s splash. I would use the Weleda a/s water if I could just get hold of it! Speick is the closest I could get to 'user friendly'. They do a very,very good shave stick.
Not tried it but P&B are my favourite shave soaps, so I may well give it a go! Thanks, DrewbieTried the Phoenix and Beau balm? It's basically beeswax but with some other things in it, works perfectly for me
It is & hopefully the producers of these products are honest about the ingredients they put into them...Just been looking into the 'Yellow 5' thing a bit more...it's actually the approved form of Tartrazine and the US drug admin peeps rules say that only Yellow 5 can be used, not Tartrazine itself , which has not specifically been approved. it's a little more comforting I guess.
This week I have been using a new (to me) balm called Rockface All Weather Moisturiser, I saw it on offer at my local Tesco for £2.50 from £4.00
Very nice stuff, not tacky or sticky and lightly scented. If anything I would say I prefer it to my usual balm of Nivea.
My favourite post shave is La Toja balm and splash, very reasonably priced with Gemstone Trading and wonderful scents and performance with both products.
From knowledge, if you make a cosmetic product to be sold on the domestic market, you have to have it tested and cosmetic database registered which something called a PIF (product information file). The PIF has to show where you get the individual ingredients from. The supplier of the ingredient(s) either need to be registered suppliers or contribute enough information to unequivocally show that the ingredient is what they claim it to be. You can get products on the market without this information but they're often very quickly found out and removed from stock and/or quarantined.It is & hopefully the producers of these products are honest about the ingredients they put into them...
Thanks, good to know.From knowledge, if you make a cosmetic product to be sold on the domestic market, you have to have it tested and cosmetic database registered which something called a PIF (product information file). The PIF has to show where you get the individual ingredients from. The supplier of the ingredient(s) either need to be registered suppliers or contribute enough information to unequivocally show that the ingredient is what they claim it to be. You can get products on the market without this information but they're often very quickly found out and removed from stock and/or quarantined.
Hope this helps!
Ben
I'm using exactly that at the minute.I was shocked to experience for myself how good Nivea Sensitive balm is. Used it many years ago and thought it was too greasy. Obviously I was using too much. £2.67 right now from Boots and my 100ml bottle is still 2/3rds full since October this year.
...Nivea is great for several reasons: (1) Excellent 'feel'...as you say, it isn't greasy; (2) Again, as you say, it's price; (3) It doesn't have an overpowering scent so can be used to follow any AS splash; and (4) it comes in a milk glass bottle...now what other classic aftershave products come in milk glass? Mmm...now let me think...oh yes: Old Spice and Tabac Original. I reckon maybe it's a good idea to keep hold of a Nivea bottle as a future collectible!I was shocked to experience for myself how good Nivea Sensitive balm is. Used it many years ago and thought it was too greasy. Obviously I was using too much. £2.67 right now from Boots and my 100ml bottle is still 2/3rds full since October this year.
...Nivea is great for several reasons: (1) Excellent 'feel'...as you say, it isn't greasy; (2) Again, as you say, it's price; (3) It doesn't have an overpowering scent so can be used to follow any AS splash; and (4) it comes in a milk glass bottle...now what other classic aftershave products come in milk glass? Mmm...now let me think...oh yes: Old Spice and Tabac Original. I reckon maybe it's a good idea to keep hold of a Nivea bottle as a future collectible!
In which case, I would strongly recommend Proraso balms...especially Green!It is indeed superb for these reasons. The post shave feeling is really important to me. I've had all too many balms that give me a sticky feeling on the face or wear off after lunchtime, giving me an itchy feelin.
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