Thread: Recommend easy to use shave cream for a first time, teenage shaver?

Hi All,

I'm going to teach my step son how to shave this weekend. He's almost 16 and his mom has decreed that it's time for him to shave because he's lookin like Shaggy.

She's also forbade him from using a straight, probably a good idea So I'm going to buy him a Merkur 34C HD.

He doesn't have a full beard yet and I don't think he'd be willing to use a brush to apply the typical creams/soaps that we use around here. So my question to ya'll is do you have a simple, but good shaving cream to recommend? Something that can be applied without a mug and brush?

Thanks for your help.

Justin

I have never used it, but i heard that the cream at trader joes is good.

I believe proraso(or co bigelow) can be applied without a brush too.

Originally Posted by jammyman34

Hi All,

I'm going to teach my step son how to shave this weekend. He's almost 16 and his mom has decreed that it's time for him to shave because he's lookin like Shaggy.

She's also forbade him from using a straight, probably a good idea So I'm going to buy him a Merkur 34C HD.

He doesn't have a full beard yet and I don't think he'd be willing to use a brush to apply the typical creams/soaps that we use around here. So my question to ya'll is do you have a simple, but good shaving cream to recommend? Something that can be applied without a mug and brush?

Thanks for your help.

Justin

Any cream can be used with a brush, but it's not optimal.
Put a dab between the palms and swirl, add a few drops of water as needed and move to the face and continue with the swirling action with the fingertips.

If you are looking for local stuff, creamo cream is brushless, the trader joes stuff if brushless.
There is also Nancyboy shave cream(not sure if a teen would feel comfortable using this due to the name)
At some local drug stores you can get the real shaving company cream, and
Kiss my face are 2 that come to mind.
There is also crabtree and evelyn and the body shop that both offer their own line of creams.

I have used nancyboy brushless when on vacation and in a rush. Why not use a brush? it really does make a nice quick lather. If you're willing to use a brush, I also really like JM Fraser Polar ice, brushed onto the face, it works really really nicely.

Both are good and slick, good for learning shavers. Never used the Trader Joes, but the Bigelows can also be nice with just a brish on the face.

Good luck!

I found that King of Shaves is not bad with a DE, & the Lush creams too. Both ranges were below standard with a straight though. Nice razor you're getting him!

Musgo Real is one I use when I do not have my brush with me, can be used with a brush as well but has lanolin in so can make it a bit gummy. Very slick stuff.

If you're going to get something from the drugstore/WalMart type of places, go with a gel over a canned foam. More protection to learn with. Aveeno makes a very good gel. I also like the Brut gel. The few Gillette and Nivea gels I tried weren't that great.

What do you (the dad) use now?

Good Luck!

really, if your not wanting to use a brush the gillet shave gels, are very nice, they are what i learned to shave with (with a good ol bic disposable) and the allow for sensitive skin one is very good for first shavers (i discovered it after a horrible case of razor burn on my first shave) and can be gotten very cheaply at your local grocery store.

also if you seek to have a straight and brush in the future the gell does require a bit of lathering though i always just used my palm but the concept is essentially the smae

Wow, tons of great tips, thanks guys!

Why I'm planning on starting him off without a brush is because at the moment he doesn't have all that much to shave. I don't want to scare him with "too much" to do or "too much" effort. I'm hoping that once his beard really comes in that he'll want to do all that he can to get the best shave... you know, to impress the ladies

Any thoughts on if this makes sense or not, or if anyone's had this experience before I'd love to hear it.

Originally Posted by omegapd

If you're going to get something from the drugstore/WalMart type of places, go with a gel over a canned foam. More protection to learn with. Aveeno makes a very good gel. I also like the Brut gel. The few Gillette and Nivea gels I tried weren't that great.

What do you (the dad) use now?

Good Luck!

I use Trumper's Violet Shave Cream w/ brush. It was the first stuff I tried, I loved the scent and just sort of stuck with it.

Well, take my thoughts for what they are worth...I have one kid, and SHE is 16 months old. BUT, I was a 16 year old young man once.
I remember thinking it was pretty cool to be "in the club" of men that had to shave. Adding the brush wouldn't have been a negative for me until later when shaving became a tiresome chore. Then it came full circle, and now I love it again!