Thread: Mini Dovo Review and

a big thank you to shooter74743 (shooter) for Piffing me the product.

Ok, so shooter posted how he wasn't having any luck with his Dovo cream, and being that I love all creams but hadn't yet got to buying any Dovo... he was kind enough to piff his to me. I might be going out on a limb here, but I think he might have been glad to have been rid of it.

I on the other hand, I was ecstatic. I had heard that this cream might not later as well as some, but that was a small price to pay for the glide it was sure to give. Heck, I heard it say that it was solely for straight use as it could and would "gum up" a DE.


Packaging:

Sure it's a plastic tub that secures well, but you know... we like a little style too don't we? Dovo Cream doesn't pan out there for me. It kind of looks like a wholesale container of sorts. Heck, they don't even have separate labels for their different scents. Instead they have all three labeled with little boxes next to them where I assume someone at the factory places a check inside with a marker before shipping.



That's ok though! If a product works... I can be very forgiving. But did it live up to my expectations?

Lather:

This stuff is a "croap." Half soap, half cream. I love croaps. My 1869 is a craop, and it's a mainstay.

How "I" handle a hard cream is to load directly on the cream, and then mix for "fluff" in my scuttle (sorry I don't know all the right terms). That's exactly what I did. Here's the tools for the experience:



Here is what the brush looked like after about 18 quick swirls on the cream after the soak. Know that I had practiced a bit yesterday, so though 18 swirls is excessive by any others standards... it's what I needed.



Here it is in the scuttle after a bit of whipping without any water:



This stuff takes allot of water - like allot! But it just doesn't whip up into a nice lather. Not at all. Yesterday I added a little glycerine, and it did a little better - but not much. Here is the best I could do with just water:



But who cares!? Ok I do, but what about the glide? It felt great on the back of my forearm! I was excited! I threw it on my face, rubbed it in with my fingers a bit, re-lathered and grabbed my trusty razor and off I went (I had just finished taking a shower BTW).

The Glide:

Glide!? Nothing... nothing special that's for sure. And without the suds floating around... Moreover, though it never dried out, it started becoming hard to see where I had been before I was even done my first pass.

Look, I feel weird about giving something so subjective a bad review, but brothers... I didn't take a second pass. Why? My cheapest creams give a better shave! And to top it off, I didn't like the scent. But that's neither here or there.

I don't like it!

Conclusion:

But!! I got to say this. As I write this and feel my face... smooth! Not because of the shave. Heck I only did one pass. This stuff has some awesome moisturizing properties. I am shocked! Shocked, and so very disappointed! If I could lather this stuff up, feeling my face, I would love it! As it stands... I doubt I'll ever use it again. Well maybe if I mix it with some other creams, but not stand alone.

YMMV

Thanks again for the PIFF shooter!