Thread: Zirh Shaving Creams anyone?

Originally Posted by Dr_Phong

If you want a really great smelling shave cream, buy a tube of Evelyn and Crabtree's Nomad Calming Shave Cream. It's my favorite. If you want an "Old School" cream that is slippery as goose shiat, use Cremo Creme. They won't send a sample, but you get a huge tube that will last you the better part of a year, at least. It doesn't cost much either.

I agree totally and in addition the Cremo cream smells like a PIna Colada and thats not a bad thing...

Einstein did an experiment where he used only water to shave with and he said the results were exactly the same as shaving with cream or soap.

I used to shave with water in my infantry helmet and a signal mirror and the results were exactly the same as when I tried to give my cat a bath and he chose an escape route over my face.

I can confirm what's already been said.

I was always complaining about shaving, and the joke about the ever increasing number of blades in razors. Three years ago for Christmas my mom had gotten me some Zirh face wash which I was almost done with (yes it took me almost a three whole years to use it up - mostly because I wasn't breaking out as much anymore). My girlfriend asked me if I liked using the Zirh stuff (it came in a nice aluminum can), I said I liked the smell (which I did), so for last Christmas she went out and bought for me an entire SET of Zirh products. We're talking Correct, Clean, Protect, Scrub plus Shave Cream and After Shave Balm in the large tube sizes, plus tons of travel size samples and the Zirh Corduroy cologne. MY GOD! I didn't know what to say. I felt so bad she went all the way to Bloomingdales to shop for this stuff, and probably dropped a bunch of money on it because I said I liked it. Just before christmas she emailed me a web page about 'wet shaving'. I continued research and soon after Christmas decided to switch to Straight Razor shaving. Soon after that the Zirh products disappeared from my bathroom.

Well, the products did work pretty well - better than the 'goo in a can' I had been using. But it's true, they're meant to work with a Mach3 or such razor. They do alright - there is no great lather like whip cream from the shave cream. It goes on mostly as a thin layer. It doesn't lubricate as well as the glycerin soaps for straight razors. The rest of the face washes and such see minimal action these days. I suppose I will make them into my 'travel' supplies since I can't overnight a straight on a plane.

To be honest, and I'm sure it's been said before, if you're using a mach3, there isn't much difference when pre-soaking your beard in hot water between using shaving cream and just using water. So the 'step up' from goo-in-a-can to Zirh wasn't really that great. The step up came when switching my shaving system to a straight with nice glycerin soap.

PS - if you wanna buy the ZIRH stuff from me, I'll sell it you REAL cheap.

Why try to fix what aint broken? I'll stick with the "old-school" style products. Thank you.

Jordan

I picked up a tub of Zihr Shave Cream today. It wasn't THAT bad of a shave overall. Granted, it doesn't foam as well as other creams, but it did provide a great glide for my straight razor.

Kids and their newfangled "shaving methods".

I say, if rubbing a pumice stone over your face was good enough for the ancient Greeks, it should be good enough for US....


j/k

Zirh not for me when I tried it but that was a number of years ago.


John P.

Originally Posted by ryan_a

My girlfriend told me to go to Sephora for some mens grooming stuff. They have a line called Zirh that seems interesting.
...snip...

Read the label some are intended for a brush
some are not. +1 on a previous poster
that commented that the product is designed
for a mach-3 or something...

For goodness sake get some samples and
give it a three day shave test. I ended up
using my Zirh bit by bit with Williams...
Why... because I was too cheep to toss it and
paid too much.

Gentlemen:

I have tried several modern and designer shave creams, balms and aftershaves, including Zirh, all gifts, and shrugged them off after a shave. The shave creams have produced anemic results, and the balm something similar. The designer aftershaves, all of which have smelled alike to me, have given me headaches. I have this constant fear that I will receive another Zirh or some other useless product for a special occasion. Oh, mercy.

Regards,

Obie

Originally Posted by Obie

Gentlemen:

I have tried several modern and designer shave creams, balms and aftershaves, including Zirh, all gifts, and shrugged them off after a shave. The shave creams have produced anemic results, and the balm something similar. The designer aftershaves, all of which have smelled alike to me, have given me headaches. I have this constant fear that I will receive another Zirh or some other useless product for a special occasion. Oh, mercy.

Regards,

Obie

I just picked up a tub of Lab Series Maximum Comfort Shave Cream and I did search for it in the forum and I read quite a few negatives about it. Fortunately I have not tried so since it's not opened, I can return it. The negatives outweigh the positives, I am returning it tomorrow. All I lost was a little time and I am not stuck with a partially used product.

Originally Posted by pmburk

I just picked up a tub of Lab Series Maximum Comfort Shave Cream and I did search for it in the forum and I read quite a few negatives about it. Fortunately I have not tried so since it's not opened, I can return it. The negatives outweigh the positives, I am returning it tomorrow. All I lost was a little time and I am not stuck with a partially used product.

Hello, pmburk:

I am not sure whether you use a brush or not. If not, you should, because that brush will work wonders for preparing the face for a good shave. I don't recall using the Lab Series shave creams, so I can't comment on its quality. If I may suggest, however, the world of traditional shaving offers a wealth of great shave soaps and creams.

For starters, get a tube of Dr. Bigelow shave cream at Bath and Body works. Bigelow is the same as Proraso of Italy. It's a good shave cream. Many soaps shops in malls may also carry the creams Pre de Province and Musgo Real. L'Occitane also has a good cream — some malls do have the L'Occitane store. These are for starters, but there's a lot more delightful stuff out there which you will discover as time goes. You're more than welcome to drop me a personal message and we can cover in detail any specific questions you might have.

Regards,

Obie