Originally Posted by
rum
To be honest I don't really see the point of the pre shave cream. If your soap or actual cream for the shave is slick/slippery enough, why bother with a pre shave?
I have found that soaps like Tabac, MdC, Creed, Monsavon, Trumper's and even the Palmolive Shave Stick have all provided ample glide. I couldn't see myself doing a 'first' lather or using a separate cream before that.
I had used Santa Maria Novella's pre-post cream as an after shave but never as a pre. Call me weird, but... :)