Since Christmas, I've been shaving exclusively with CO Bigelow cream (I got a bunch of it under the tree). Tonight, I decided I should try one of my other creams, so I decided to use Derby Lemon cream. I've used it many times before and never had much of an issue with it..it was just kind of blah. It wasn't great but it got the job done and smelled nice. Well, I lathered up and stropped, and as I was stropping things just felt...weird. It took me a few moments to place it but I realized I was missing that menthol tingle I get when I strop and the lather is really soaking into my skin. It really threw me off!!! The whole time i was shaving I kept thinking about how weird it felt and how I should have used the Bigelow because it feels so much better. Needless to say I was rewarded with a mediocre (at best) shave. It's a shame too because I've been having spectacular shaves for 3 weeks now, but right now I just feel a little inflamed and mildly scratchy. My neck feels a little bit raw too but it's not too bad...I've had worse. Even as I'm sitting here my face doesn't feel as refreshed as it has in the past three weeks.
I don't know if this breaks any unwritten shaving laws but I chucked the Derby when I was done. Why keep it around when out of the 3 creams I own it's in last place? I don't even know if I want to use the Real Shaving stuff anymore, but I'm going to keep it around for emergencies. I'll have to get a few more tubes next time I'm at the mall.
Are there any other good menthol creams I could look into?