Thread: Don't use Body shop maca root shave cream with a straight razor

Yes, you have to add water. MR was the cream I used in my first sr shave!!!!

I loved it for its properties except one-the smell drove me nuts. I imagine it is how some folks dislike the smell of MWF.

I find that some soaps are just thirstier than others. A dry soap can get you in trouble quite quickly

Yea, Maca Root is a thirsty soap.

Bob

Originally Posted by dash8guru

Body shop Maca root is a nice shave cream and is actually pretty inexpensive. Works well with a DE but do not use it with a SR. If the cream builds up between your face and the blade it acts like a magnet and sucks the blade down to your face. A good example being at the start of your stroke where excess cream is. The first time this happened I thought it was a fluke but last night it happened again.
It just seems to have a lot of "traction", making it easy to misguide your stroke and cut your face.

dash8guru,
Maca Root, as all other shave creams, requires water to create lather. The other gentlemen have noted this. There are better creams, but Maca Root is still quality with good lather, cushion and glide.

Hi, I can't comment about the Maca root stuff, but I was having the same problem with T&H, which most people say is good stuff, but realised after that I wasn't using enough water in the lather.

Like many here, I too have had no issues with Maca Root, except for the scent. This is the cream I started straight razor shaving with.

This has been one of the most recommended creams for sensitive skin. I used it when I was struggling to learn how to use a straight. Definitely mix with water, I haven't seen a brush soap or cream that didn't require it. I remember one shaver who hated Maca Root for environmental reasons. Never pursued the reasons why he thought it was unethical to use. I didn't like the smell, but it protected my face while learning.

Might it be worth editing the topic title so other people aren't discouraged from buying a perfectly good product because of a simple misunderstanding?

Originally Posted by crouton976

I'm still mastering the Maca Root Cream... sometimes it's fantastic and sometimes it's not. I know it's a water issue (as in quantity, not quality), though.

My main problem is pairing an aftershave with it, as the scent of the cream lingers for hours on my face. I use Master's Bay Rum the majority of the time now, but SWMBO can't stand the scent of it. She'll make do, since she knows my face really likes it, which is probably due to the glycerine content in it. That and I dig the scent. But, she has asked me to be on the hunt for something she likes while treating my face right.

I've really liked Burt's Bees unscented after-shave lotion. It isn't oily and it has no fragrance to speak of.