Thread: Shaving Irritation

Warm water, AOS Sandlewood shaving cream, Le Grelot. Most of my neck hair points north. When using a regular razor, I shave up and then down. With the straight, I tend to shave down first and then up.

That's a good product, but maybe your skin is sensitive to the sandlewood. Might want to try an unscented product just to see if it makes a difference. My face reacts to Tabac that way except it gets really red too

Sounds like a plan. I look for the lavender or unscented.

Originally Posted by jerrybyers

Sounds like a plan. I look for the lavender or unscented.

Their lavender is very good too, and so is the DR Harris lavender. My wife has extremely sensitive skin, and she used the DR Harris with great success. Let us know how it goes

I had a bit of the same experience early on. You might want to check your angle as you shave that part of your neck. You're shaving down a curve, and in my case it took a few days to get the hang of keeping the angle of the blade to the contour of my throat constant. The places where I let it get above 30 degress were the places that burned.

Originally Posted by richmondesi

Their lavender is very good too, and so is the DR Harris lavender.

I ordered some DR Harris last night. I will let you know how it works when I get it.

I never that about the changing angle on the front of the neck from the chin down; I'll keep an eye on that.

That is very bizarre because burn is burn no matter what causes it and being that it's irritation typical products like the alum should make it feel worse. Try dabbing some alcohol on it and see if it burns.

I would guess either your skin is more sensitive there or you are doing something different there without realizing it like more pressure or angle change or just holding the razor differently.

Okay, I got the DR Harris in yesterday and shaved with it this morning. To tell you the truth, I wasn't really impressed with it. First of all, it wasn't very creamy for being a cream. Is that normal for this brand? The texture was more of a thick soap. The AOS that I'm using is like a cold cream consistency. The DR Harris was thicker than that, almost gummy. The second thing that threw me off was that it was deep purple. There has to be a dye in there to get this color. For something for sensitive skin, I wouldn't think to put in a dye.

The other thing that I noticed was that I had to re-lather a lot, since it dried out quickly or just got gummy. I tried to add more water and build up a better lather, but it stick stuck to my blade, or my blade dragged on my face.

This is the first time that I've used DR Harris, so maybe my expectations were wrong. After using the AOS cream, I just thought the DR Harris would be about the same consistency or creamer/slicker.

Has anybody tried the Lavender AOS?

Originally Posted by jerrybyers

I ordered some DR Harris last night. I will let you know how it works when I get it.

I never that about the changing angle on the front of the neck from the chin down; I'll keep an eye on that.

I have a bottle of Dr. Harris Milk and I love it for the days I feel like I have a little burn.