Short story: I was at Shemya AFB in Alaska many years ago. They had a civilian contractor who did all the cleaning in the chow hall (restaurant in civilian talk ). They hire GI's who want a part time job for extra cash. I worked washing dishes in VERY HOT WATER. While we would wear heavy gloves our skin would dry out and crack. The cracks would turn into sores no matter what we did to heal them. No hand cream worked at all except Neutrogena. And it worked so well it was amazing. End of story.

Since the Neutrogena worked so well on my hands I got some Neutrogena "Razor Defense Face-Scrub" the other day when I was in Wal Mart. I got some post-shave lotion also. I assume the face scrub cleans my skin as well as moistens the whiskers. I do wash it off though before shaving. Then I have also used Castle Forbes pre-shave. I also have some Arko pre-shave that I don't care for as much. Not 100% sure about that though. I only used it once and I don't think one try is a good indicator. Also, I'm wondering if one pre-shave works better with cold lather shaves and another works better with warm water shaves. I've considered writing down each routine or product combination when I shave. Otherwise I don't remember what I used from one shave to another. Don't know the exact figures but if I have 3 pre-shaves and 3 soaps and 3 creams and 3 after-shaves that equals about 47 million different combinations or something. I still remember the "good-ole-days" when all I had was a bag of disposable razors and a can of Gillette foam. Anyway, the Neutrogena seems to be working really well so far. It's also nice to be able to just go to the store and get it instead of ordering stuff on the internet. Especially products I haven't tried yet. Even with recommendations here I still don't know if a product will be one I like. I'm 57 years old and haven't found a shaving product that will make me handsome again.