Thread: Pre shave, non oil based

Afternoon Gents!

Well I did buy the udderly cream product and used it this morning. I have to tell you that it worked much better than the shave oil that I was using. I looked up the shave oil and it was listing for $25.00 USD for 2oz. The udderly cream was $3.29 USD for 12 oz. Not greasy at all and it has probably been one of the best shaves so far with a straight razor. Zero irratation! Very Nice!!!
Next product will be the Noxema cream.

Good to hear. I would not recommend using the Bag Balm mentioned for shaving as it is greasy feeling. Although for butts and feet etc. it works great. Maybe a post shave treatment?????

But then it might wreck the weathered curmudgeon look that I am working on....

I tried a new pre shave regiment today. Hit my face with a moisturizing lotion that has shae butter in it. Then hot towel, THEN art of shaving pre shave oil. It worked really well. I in fact ordered some pure shaebutter to try.
I keep forgetting to get udderly smooth while i'm out around town! Tomorrows shave will be with udderly smooth, so long as they still have some in stock. The walmart near is out of stock, I found it at a CVS.

Originally Posted by 32t

Good to hear. I would not recommend using the Bag Balm mentioned for shaving as it is greasy feeling. Although for butts and feet etc. it works great. Maybe a post shave treatment?????

Agreed. I did not mean to imply that it would work as a pre-shave. I simply was listing it along with Udderly Smooth as another product that transitioned from the dairy barn to the drug store. I've never tried Bag Balm on my face but would only consider it as a post shave if I had to go out into severe cold right after a shave. Then again, if I were about to go out into severely cold weather, I would not shave!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Yeah, that's just not correct.

It was for general/public use before it was used in hospitals. It was developed to protect cows udders and teats. Bag balm was developed for the same purpose and both products worked so well that they were usurped for other purposes.

My understanding is that Bill Kennedy, a Pharmacist with a family attachment to the Dairy business, here in Ohio, was indeed developing it for dairy milk cow use, but had the simultaneous idea that its antibacterial and hypoallergenic properties would make it ideal for Hospital use as well. It became incredible popular in the hospitals, which could hardly keep it in stock in the Oncology units. Apparently, the Amish here in Ohio also discovered it, particularly the women quilters, which became their next big customer segment. It really only became mainstream with the public after someone mentioned it on Oprah, at which point his kids were now running the business, and that's when it popped up in Walgreens, CVS, Target, Walmart, etc.

This is a quote from the following link.

Over time, other adjustments have been made to the company’s packaging and promotion efforts. “What we think is funny can be offensive in other cultures,” Kuzior says. “You have to tap dance around the fact that this product was developed for use by dairy cattle. That history may not appeal internationally.”

How Ohio Is Milking Exports | Global Trade Magazine

Their own website mentions it was developed by a Pharmacist, Bill Kennedy.



I have no personal experience with the company, just the product back when I was doing clinical rotations - and the information I've given is what we were told about the product. Then again, maybe we were told what we were told because the occasional person might get upset if they're told a doctor ordered dairy cow teat cream for their mother.

In any case, I was just answering Hirlau's question as to why it's stocked in the first aid section of some stores.

The fact that a pharmacist developed it does not in any way alter the fact that he developed it for bovines and that its initial purpose and use was for the protection of teats and udders.

Personally, I would not uses the stuff on my face given some if the ingredients, so I'd rather its use was restricted to cows.

Originally Posted by glytch5

I tried a new pre shave regiment today. Hit my face with a moisturizing lotion that has shae butter in it. Then hot towel, THEN art of shaving pre shave oil. It worked really well. I in fact ordered some pure shaebutter to try.
I keep forgetting to get udderly smooth while i'm out around town! Tomorrows shave will be with udderly smooth, so long as they still have some in stock. The walmart near is out of stock, I found it at a CVS.

I think wegman's might carry it also...

Pre-shave oils work well if you let them sit on your face for a few minutes while you strop your razor and whip the lather, but then wash off the oil with soap and water before lathering/shaving - IME.