Since I have sensitive skin, I don't use highly scented or alcohol-based aftershaves. So far I've tried Art of Shaving's lavender balm & TOBS's Jermyn Street. The Jermyn Street is a bit too scented, but I like the AOS one. Any other suggestions?
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Since I have sensitive skin, I don't use highly scented or alcohol-based aftershaves. So far I've tried Art of Shaving's lavender balm & TOBS's Jermyn Street. The Jermyn Street is a bit too scented, but I like the AOS one. Any other suggestions?
The Nivea range of balms are pretty good products, well priced too.
Mitchell's Wool Fat hand and body lotion will work perfectly for you! I use it as my aftershave balm and my skin stays moist and soft the entire day. Its also at less than half the price of Trumpers moisturizer and AOS balm. It blows Nivea out of the water.
I bathe and shave in a very cold, harsh place then work in a very hot, dusty, harsh place. I keep my skin happy with Aveeno exzema-strength lotion for my forehead, but I use it on hands and could use it on my whole face if it needed it.
After shaving, I splash my face with a mixture of ~1/3 glycerin to ~2/3 Thayer's cucumber/aloe witchhazel. That witchhazel has no alcohol. It's very soothing, especially with the glycerin added. The scent is only lightly of cucumber, and it fades pretty quickly.
The Aveeno smells like Cheerios. My dog thinks it's the best people-frosting in the world, though I have to admit I haven't tried rolling in raw liver.
The very best scentless products I've tried are the Xpec aftershave balm and the Coprah oil of Martin de Candre.
Those two products are seriously in a league of their own when it comes to smoothing and softening the skin without any irritation at all. To me that is:)
It does not leave any residue, and your skin feels naturally soft the entire day.
My go to one, specially during the winter is Nivea Protective Lotion. Very clean, not greasy feeling. That gets stops the tight feeling after shaving and soaks right in.
I'm another fan of the Nivea line. The Sensitive is marketed as unscented, or at least it used to be. I still detect a faint scent, it's quite pleasant but not prominent.
(pssst... Just don't tell him the prices, he'll never coome back :rofl2:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Birnando
I'm in the Nivea camp as well, but I also find Kiehl's beneficial when the weather is dry. It's fairly thick, so you don't need much, and the scent vanishes fast.
Headblade Matte. No scent and absorbs fast. I even use it on my melon after a haircut (I shave my head down to 1/8 inch).
I've been working through some products as well. I was using Gillette's Sensitive gel, but the scent irritated my sinuses. Plus it was making the area around my mouth red and raw for some reason. I tried an alcohol splash (cvs brand) but it was way too harsh and smelled awful. Another headache. Right now I'm using CVS's Nivea lookalike, sensitive skin version, and it is fantastic. No significant smell, dries nicely and feels good.
+1 on the Nivea as others have posted. It's really good.
+1 to Nivea it's my default setting for balm. Occassionally I'll use straight aloe vera gel (for the hippy touch) or Corn Huskers Lotion (when I really want to go old school) but Nivea tops both.
Been using the Nivea for about a month now on 1OldGI's recommendation. Great stuff!
I highly recommend Kiehls "Ultimate After Shave Balm." I recently switched from AoS. the product is thicker, has a neutral/non-existent scent and my face feels nice and soft after application. Their new "Facial Fuel" is no where near as good. Happy shopping!
I tried Nivea and it's a fine product but even the unscented has a lot of scent which I found unpleasant. I replaced it with Lubriderm 3 in 1 which I vastly prefer. Corn Huskers is the poor man's Trumper skin food with a soapy, lemony scent. You can add a little of your favorite cologne and change it. It's a pretty darn good aftershave balm IMO but it is not unscented.
Rosewater and glycerin is nice and old school or you can try Lily of the Desert aloe vera 99% gel which is very healing but a bit bizarre and slimy going on.
balm: myrsol emulsión and skin food of trumpers
lotion : myrsol antesol
Portland General Store WHISKEY After-Shave Splash (don't let the name fool you)
Ingredients: Aloe barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Leaf Juice, Ascophyllum nodosum (Organic Kelp) Extract, Aphanizomenon Flos Aquae (Organic Blue Green Algae) Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Hyaluronic Acid, Salix nigra (Black Willowbark) Extract, Sodium Chloride (Dead Sea Salt), Polysorbate, Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) Essential Oil, Tetrasodium Edta, Polysorbate 20, Essential Oils, Citric Acid
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another vote for Nivea here! the blue tin stuff in my case, also i like the body shop macca root aftershave balm. Little scent and extremely cooling, especially if you've had a bad shave and are feeling a little dry and irritated, this stuff has a BIG instant relief thing going on
I like Nivea too, but try Mama Bear's balm. She does a winter version with more moisturizers and a lighter summer version. Both come unscented.
For $2 more, she will add any of the scents from her soaps.
I just today received a bottle of her winter balm with Frankincense and Myrrh scent added. I asked her to make it extra aromatic. It is so nice. SWMBO likes it too. I ordered it Sunday afternoon and it arrived today - Wednesday.
I'm using Neutrogena these days. No smell and moisturizes ok for me.
+1 for Portland general store Whiskey