I see. Well, I did notice that my skin was drier after shaving with Arko as well. However, for the shaving part it worked just fine. Aftershave balm took care of the dry aftershave feel. Cella is a good choice as well. I really like the smell of Cella and it lathers well. The only minor downside was that because of its texture, it was a bit more challenging, at least to me, for face lathering than some other creams. It has worked very well for bowl lathering though.