Thread: Newbie After Shave Questions

Another piece of advice: you can use first very little of an aftershave balm or cream (unscented and without alcohol) to heal/treat the skin, and - when the balm has penetrated into the skin - add a scented aftershave (based on cologne for instance, i.e. containing alcohol) to smell good (you can do that also with little fragrance, as it was done before the invention of the spray if you don't want to buy the scented aftershave AND the fragrance). I usually do that as I have a very sensitive skin: nourish first, the scent after.

Maybe it will help.

I splash with frigid cold water and then use Proraso balm on the sensitive parts of my neck that get irritated due to the need to make multiple passes with and against the grain, but for the rest of my face I use Clubman Pinaud whenever possible.

it all depends on your skin type and the level of shave you're achieving, for me i have sensitive skin so i use a Nivea for men after shave rehydrating balm, then after that has soaked in (after drying blade, getting dressed and oiling blade) i put on my good ol' CK be after shave splash. it means i can have my favourite scent as well as the moisturisation that my skin DEMANDS

I prefer an alcohol based AS because it doesn't leave my skin feeling oily.
I use my own formula of Bay Rum most of the time, but i wouldn't recommend it for a newbie, if you have any irritation from your shave, it will burn like the fires of hell.
Once you are getting consistent quality shaves, then try some of the alcohol based After shaves.