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Good Morning Gents,
I am putting together a small travel kit. In it are a an ancient DE travel razor from eBay, blades , and a small brush. What do you all recommend in the way of shave cream in a tube? Something that really creates a good lather. Jars of shave cream or soap pucks would obviously work, but I think that something in a tube would create less/no watery mess rattling around the old Dopp kit. Whattaya think?
Thanks!
Highly recommend Crabtree & Evelyn Indian Sandalwood shave cream. I have this in my rotation and it works really well. They also have Moroccan Myrrh and West Indian Lime scents also. They sell all these in 50 gram tubes (they do have larger if you want).
I'd take a different tack and go with a shave stick for no fuss no muss travel soap.
Bob
Same here for traveling, shave stick, so easy, Arko or La Toja good stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
I travel a great deal and have tried several combinations of creams, soaps, and shave sticks. What I have ended up with is a travel kit with a small synthetic brush and a tube of Saint James of London Cream. The SJOL cream is hard to beat for lathering, performance, no fuss consistent shave. Great product that is my "go to" travel cream.
I love squeeze tubes for traveling. I have tried many, and my favorite is Musgo real original. It has Lanolin for a fantastic post shave feel, great glide, great cushion, and a scent that's very different from the others, which IMO is fantastic.
My travel tube is Edwin Jagger in Sandalwood. Great scent, really slick, and is sized for travel.
Speick cream is a good one for travel.
All great ideas guys. Had not thought of shave sticks. Dumb question, but how do they work? . I had never heard of them until SRP. Do you daub some on your brush or apply it to your face, and then lather up with a brush?
There are a lot to choose from. Most of the European soaps are available in a cream, Tabac is always a good choice. There have been others from my favorite soap list mentioned already. LEA is another. Most of those also come as a stick. Perhaps you already have a fav that you just need to find in a cream? By your join date you may want to keep your soaps and creams on a short list, unless you are a more experienced shaver than your joint date, in which case disregard the last point.
Arko and Valobra are good sticks from my experience. To lather, I run the tip of the stick under hot running water for a few moments, then load a soaked brush from it followed by face-lathering.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCpawpaw
Tube creams I like the lanolin Portuguese options: Valeiro, Top Secret, Lavanda. Also C.O. Bigelow when I'm in a menthol mood.
Here ya go.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCpawpaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z248xt0GciM
There are many good shave sticks available.
Bob
Ok, thanks gents for all of your recommendations. I will have to try both sticks and tube creams to see how I fare with each one. BobH, the Deep Thoughts video was just what I needed to see . . . I've seen other lathering videos by that guy, and they all make me want to go and lather up even if I don't shave :D. The shave stick has promise. The creams are on the want list also. And, RezDog, since I am pretty much a newbie, I will have to try not to develop S/CAD (stick/cream acquisition disorder). Am still in a forced intervention re: going overboard on buying eBay junk razors :whipped:
Thanks again for the help!
You are welcome, a picture is worth a thousand words. Even as a long time wet shaver his vids helped me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCpawpaw
If you have a The Body Shop store close by, drop in and ask for a sample of their Maca Root cream to try. I find it very good and testing it is free.
Bob
Trumpers Eucris or any GF Trumper
C.O.Bigelow
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i really like the Palmolive shave stick, i've always just wet it and then rubbed it on my face followed by face lathering. Prorasso is a good choice for a tube also.
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Ha!
Just what I was going to say - love these soaps - the Original is superb, and the Lavender is also very nice, really think these are great soaps, and hugely under rated...excellent Hirlau, excellent.....:rock:
I also find the Musgo shave soaps extremely nice, and another soap that is highly under rated as well.....
They have these tubes in 2 sizes,, a smaller one for travel & the larger ones. The Body Works stores always have a buy 2 get one free offer.
Like my friend Bobh said and tintin also,, Arko shave stick, can't beat the lather or ease of use" (I dislike the smell). And Palmolive sticks are great. My self I keep a stick of La Toja. For travel there ain't nothing better than a stick, no Jess and it won't get crushed and ooze out in your bag like a tube. Tc
I second this I have a small tube that I picked up at Bath and Body works for $5 and the larger tube is $10 I believe. I enjoy the scent and the quality seems good. Best of luck :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
That is a no-brainer :) Groomed The Works Travel Quad | Beauty@Creightons. Incredibly inexpensive, and yes, that is for all intents and purposes the company that makes Truefitt & Hill, and other English shaving creams.
Interesting use of the word "paragon" .Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinK
Bob
My go-to travel shave cream is Nivea Original. Inexpensive, easy to lather, great scent, good lubrication. Simply the best!
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Originally Posted by BobH
This. Go with a shave stick for minimum fuss. I think the Palmolive sticks are very under-rated. At the price they go for this side of the pond, they are outstanding value. In fact even at 20x the price they would still be worth it. The lather they produce is quite hard to beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by tintin
Having said all this, I think Nivea shaving cream in its most recent formulation (post-2012 I think) is very very good. Recently got some for my father - I managed to try it once as well. It worked very well and left my face feeling ultra soft. I will be getting some soon on my next trip abroad.
I travel regularly and contrary to your reasoning I avoid creams, as the tubes don't hold up that well when travelling, become squeezed and sometimes start oozing cream.
As mentioned before, sticks or shaving soap in containers where the lid is secure (e.g. Cella, Proraso, or Taylor of Old Bond Street tubs) are preferable.
Shaving sticks are also space savers, but try to find one that comes already in a container suitable for travel (e.g. D.R. Harris).
BTW, I found La Toja not that suitable, as the top of the container tends to come off.
B.
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Any stick in a screw up container......
My travel tube is proraso sandlewood...
Well I picked up a $5 tube of C.O. Bigelow shave cream yesterday. Have had two shaves with it so far - straight & DE. For me lathering up involved a little more brush action than is the case with the other creams and soaps that I use., but was easy enough to get a good base. The menthol effect was appreciated. I think it is a keeper for the shave den and for travel. Ordered some Saint James of London cream in a tube from SRD. I will let ya know how that goes.
You should try some Cremo. It probably works as well as the Bigelow product. Cost about the same. They have original, Coconut & Mango, and menthol. Hre's the Coconut & Mango. Makes tons of soap no matter of the water being hard or not.
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Is it a lathering cream?
Yes. I mix a little of this Cremo with water, utter cream, glycerin, and whatever shave soap I'm using that day in bowl. Tons of lather, great big lather! You can also use it straight from the tube in a bowl or on a brush (if you like to face lather). Pretty good stuff
Johntoad57, ha ha. You must have heard about the well water around these parts. I will have to swing by the local HEB, an pick up a tube of Cremo. Thanks!
Yep. Texas is famous for its hard water. In San Antonio, it comes out in limestone chunks from the facet. The Cremo never lets me down...
