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    So I'm trying to find a good shaving cream to start out with. I like the scent of mint and the feeling it gives my skin after shaving. Any good ones out there? I found one but I couldn't find any reviews and now I can't even think what the name of the brand was... oops...
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    Proraso green is a nice one. Great scent to wake up to.
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    My first soap was the Proraso Green, the Proraso's in my opinion are a great baseline to measure all the other soaps you may use as you go along. The Green was OK for me, then I found the White, liked it much better, then I found the Red and I was in heaven....Sandalwood, absolutely blew my mind, and the Blue as a cream was also fantastic.

    If you're looking for a cream specifically, I'd go Proraso Blue.

    Proraso is a great way to start, easy to lather, not expensive, and really an absolute primo soap IMO....

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    If you have a Bath and Bodyworks near you they sell Proraso re branded as C.O. Bigelow.
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    Proraso green is one of my favorites also. Inexpensive and performs well. I don't think you will be dissapointed by it.

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    Going to go look into Bath and Bodyworks tomorrow after work and see if I can pick some up thanks for the heads up on that JReed.

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    Welcome Tyrone. I was born and raised right next door in Hilliard! Enjoy the journey.
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    If you pick up a cheap brush (a reasonable boar should only set you back 15-20 dollars) you will be able to get the lather making right whilst you sort out the other things you will need.
    Both semogue and omega brushes are pretty good, but be warned they do smell a bit over the first few uses. look on ebay there are usually quite a few, i have also bought a no - name bristle brush from the local chemists which was pretty good, in fact i re used the knot in my troll brush.

    With regards to strops, dependant on your budget it might be worth looking at a strop that you can replace the leather on, the replacement pieces are fairly inexpensive, but you will have a fundamentally good quality strop. my first strop was homemade, is still used and has a few scars but works just fine.
    Bread and water can so easily become tea and toast

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    So edhewitt you'd say boar brushes are better than badger? I'm finding a lot of different opinions between the two which is making it a hard choice to decide between the two brushes.
    How smelly would you say the boar

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tyroneology View Post
    So edhewitt you'd say boar brushes are better than badger? I'm finding a lot of different opinions between the two which is making it a hard choice to decide between the two brushes.
    How smelly would you say the boar
    Ed's in Australia, down under, so down there Boar is better than Badger, while up here Badger is better than Boar...come on Ed!!!

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