Thread: "Corner store" soaps for a beginner.

A coworker of mine was asking about soaps/aftershaves that are more on the inexpensive side for starting out in wet shaving. My opinion has always been "Proraso" when asked that, but I was wondering if you all had more to add. I feel like Proraso has the best lather for the buck, and their aftershave is really good. But I haven't tried everything of course.

Palmolive shaving cream.

Originally Posted by Kees

Palmolive shaving cream.

I'll throw that out there, but I think he was looking for soaps specifically.

Williams shaving soap. Find it at Walgreens, Walmart, Amazon... among many others.

Smooth shaving!

Arko is on Amazon it's pretty good and it's cheap as chips.

Although not a hard soap, The Body Shop's Maca Root and Aloe shave cream is very good.

Bob

Van Der Hagen makes a descent shave puck. For a beginner (and experienced too) it's not that bad.

Monsavon. Hard to find these days. Used to be ubiquitous in France around 10-20-30 years ago. Condensed, menthol shaving foam taking the form of a croap in a shave-brush friendly plastic container. Sort of like the condensed Proraso croap, easily obtained at corner stores in the Chicago suburbs from what I can gather... ;-)

When you said "corner store soaps" did you mean shave soaps available at a store locally without resorting to the web?

Bob

Arko gets my vote.