Aftershaves vs. Colognes

[ChuntaroStyle]

What is the consensus to applying aftershave or cologne to your face after you shave? Is it acceptable to apply cologne in the same manner, after a shave?



(For more history on my burgeoning question please view the Bay Rum post in Aftershaves and Colognes)

Thanks for the advice!!

[EdinLA44]

Well, if you put aftershave or cologne on your face right after you shave it'll burn like crazy for a few seconds. Other than that, it's really up to you. After I shave, I use a skin toner like Thayer's Rose Petal/Witchazel to help heal the skin and then I wait about 10 minutes before I apply cologne to my neck and upper chest area.

[JLStorm]

I do the same thing as Ed, I either use a soothing aftershave made by the arizona goat milk soap co., or I use coral skin food for soothing my skin, neither of them burn. Then I apply cologne, or sometimes an oil of some sort.

[wvbias]

It's alcohol based after shave for me.
I love the burn.


Terry

[trapperjohnme]

i was taught that men put aftershave on their face and cologne wherever they want to be kissed.

in all honesty its probably best to use a moisturizing or nourishing aftershave gel or cream on the face after a shave and the smell good stuff someplace else.

in practice though i tend to like the feel of spash on aftershave afterwards, even the burn.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'm with Terry...I gotta have the burn!

-Pary

[JLStorm]

I don't mind the burn....but my face gets SOOO dry after I shave that anything with alcohol makes my face feel tight and even more dry....I dont know if its just me or what.

[EdinLA44]

My skin is pretty sensitive so if I put an alcohol-based aftershave on my face, it gets really red and irritated for a couple of hours afterwards and it really drys my skin out. Using a non-alcohol toner really helps to avoid that.

[gfoster]

Like a lot of these guys I use two products. I use the arizona goats milk aftershave lotion immediately (or proraso occasionally but I'm hooked on the goats milk stuff). After about 10 minutes I put a splash of the royall lyme on (which is marketed as an "all purpose lotion" but it's basically just an alcohol based aftershave). I too like "the burn" and still get a bit of it even after using the TAZGMSC or proraso first.

-- Gary F.

[Popeye]

That goats milk is good stuff. Proraso is not bad either but that fragrance wears on me. If they make an unscented or different one I would buy it first. It does do a good job on my skin.