Thread: Just had a better shave today with Gillette Foam than with Prorasa :(

I ran out of the Prorasa stuff which I have been using religiously for the last few years, and after trying to foam up hand soap (ouch!) and glycerin (no foam), I went over to my brothers bathroom and borrowed his Gillette Sensitive skin foam and got a noticeably better shave from it today than the Prorasa. I would even shave against the grain in my chin area with complete ease which I can't normally do. (I shaved normally otherwise - post shower, quality brush, slant razor, feather blade).

Now I'm downright conflicted

Try another soap or cream, IMHO Proraso is a nice soap, but not amongst the best performers out there.

+1 to Zephyr's comment.
In addition, a new soap or cream would perhaps force you to work a bit on your technique

The traditional way will most certainly yield the best result in most Cases, but not without practice and good execution

I almost always mix my soaps or add glycerine in the mix. I dont have one soap that I am satisfied with "out of the container". My proraso mixture is 40 swirls in the container with a wet brush and one pump of glycerine, that may help.

Originally Posted by epd

I almost always mix my soaps or add glycerine in the mix. I dont have one soap that I am satisfied with "out of the container". My proraso mixture is 40 swirls in the container with a wet brush and one pump of glycerine, that may help.

That kind of surprises me, if nothing you have satisfies you out as is, I'm inclined to say "You're buying the wrong stuff." I used to add glycerin to prety much everything. Then I actually took some time to lather different soaps and creams, got rid of the ones I didn't like. I have no problem now. I noticed adding glycerine gets your soap behaving more 'soapy', but also drying up a bit more easily.

PS: I stopped überlathering as I really didn't see the point. I get great lather without any soap ritual that includes mixing and adding stuff; it will not work better for me or really feel any different.

Correct about drying faster, I dont add glycerine to everything, but I do prefer proraso with it, and mix everything else. I could use any of my soaps alone and no question they would provide sufficient lather, but im not in this for sufficient .
I found that the wilkinson puck and williams puck can use a small drop of nivea shave cream.
That nivea is actually pretty great by itself. I also have a puck of coates (rosemary?) sitting on the shelf because ontop of making poor lather, it also gives me terrible irritation.
Next time I am making an order im going to add MWF, I have heard great things.

The new Proraso performs a bit better than the old, but my first thought is that if you say you got better results with foam, that you need better prep. Foams are junk for slip/cushion, but they soften the beard quite well ( they actually make an effective if unpleasant pre shave.)

So, soak your beard, and maybe try a preshave like 3P or Proraso Pre. You should find that improves your shave considerably.