I've seen Al's shaving cream mentioned enough around the forums to peak my interest for "The Bomb", and finally I ordered a tub last week. Along with the after shave balm. Both in the Bay Rum Calypso scent.
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By blix72 at 2011-11-22
So it was shaving time. I scooped out a little cream and smeared it in my scuttle per the instructions and fairly quickly whipped up a decent lather.
Did my usual prep by massaging some lather into my face and let it sit while stropping the razor. The scent is awesome, familiar Bay Rum, but with a nice warm sweet spicy tone to it, love it!
I lathered it up as I usually do, to a quite moist and sloppy lather. Many soaps and creams needs a fair bit of water added that for maximum slickness IME
A few strokes into the shave I was quite disappointed, not much glide and the lather seemed to dry out before it should. Clearly treating as most of my other creams wasn't the way to go here.
I finished my first pass and went at it again. I added a dollop of cream into the sloppy lather and this time I didn't add any water and the result was a really thick lather, think canned goo thick. I figured I'd try the other end of lather consistency and see how it went. I painted my face to Santa-like richness and was ready for the second pass.
Halfway through the first stroke I was all YES!, this is how it's supposed to be! Awesome glide, just like I want it. The initial bad first impression disappeared in a flash and I enjoyed an awesome shave. I generally pay little attention to the "cushion" aspect of my lather, but fans of this will love Da Bomb. I give it a big thumbs up on all aspects.
I rinsed with cold water, used my alum block, rinsed again and applied some of the after shave balm:
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This balm got BURN! Woa awesome! And rich and moisturizing as well, and the same awesome scent. But yeah, it burns delightfylly and it's the real bomb! :)
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By blix72 at 2011-11-22
Super happy with my first Al's products, highly recommended!
