I use both soaps and cream, depending on my mood. With creams be aware that there are many "brushless" shaving creams(our definition) out there. The one you mentioned is one of those as already pointed out. If you look at the directions, and it doesnt mention anything about a brush, then it probably wont work that well. That is my rule of thumb. For creams I use the CO bigelo shaving cream that you get at bath and body works. Its pretty much the same as Prorazo.