Thread: Skin types?

I think that that is a rather biased view of Gillette's shaving technology.

If you prep well and use the Gillette "Mach" gently and carefully you get a pretty ggod shave.

It's expensive and IMHO not as good as a straight razor shave. But it is easy to use, fast, convenient and most of all throw away. It suits the modern world and is used by millions.

The curse of the modern age as far as shaving is concerned is not the disposable razor, but the unbelievably bad canned soaps that most men purchase.If you have never tried a quality soap or cream, you just don't know differently. The supermarkets often only sell the canned rubbish.

Bad soaps dry the skin and don't lift or soften the beard. Even many of the "good" soaps have have additives usually the scent which can cause quite strong skin irritation and especially to those with sensitive skin.

Nearly all the Famous named soap suppliers make a soap for sensitive skin. Avocado by Taylors, Coconut by GFT and Almond oil by GFT and Ultimate comfort by T&H. Art of Saving does an unscented cream and Nancy Boy which I have not tried gets rave reviews in the USA and sounds great. Even if you don't have sensitive skin, the creams I have listed are all top quality shaving creams and one of them should suit you.

I would keep away from hard soaps for the time being. Most are scented and hard soap is generally is not as protective as a cream.

I have also found that Aloe Vera is a great product to use as an after shave cream, especially if you have a bit of redness on the skin. It seems to calm an repair the skin very quickly. Its also inexpensive, totally natural and unscented.

With all the advice above, you should be sorted soon.

Interesting, perhaps english knows something I don't. This is a tad of a hyjack here what is a high quality soap. I have been encoutnered Williams, Mama Bear and CrabTree and Evelyn. Are any of these high quality soaps? When it comes to creams I tend to rely on Barbosol. I use creams for the one double edge which tends to cut me more than the other razors do and barabsol seems to be doing a decent job of protecting hte skin from the blade.

As far as aloe Vera goes Vitmain Shoppe tells me that its used pimarily for constipation and can be used for burns and type 2 diabetes

Sorry, I only try to pass on the little knowledge I have from personal experience.

Well a good shaving cream for me protects the skin, lifts the beard, provides lubrication for the blade and most importantly if you have sensitive skin it doesn't cause any discomfort whatsoever. Also it should be reasonably priced.

As for Aloe Vera, believe me it is a well known after shave that is very effective. I've also heard that many use it to ease sunburn. As for use as a laxative, I not sure how you would use it, but I wouldn't choose to eat it.

When English refers to creams he isn't talking about Barbasol but higher end stuff like Coates and Salters. I have read that Aloe has been recommended for cuts, scrapes, burns and skin irritation in general.

Let me state my sources. I am getting my information on Aloe from Vitaminshoppe.com.