Had a buying binge, reviews to follow!
Well, I was browsing srd today and finally broke down and bought some high quality soaps/creams/aftershave. My current experience is limited to:
Soaps/Creams:
VDH
Williams
CO Bigelow
Arko Sensitive cream
Derby Shave Stick
Ogallala Bay Rum Original Soap
Aftershave:
Clubman Original
Gillette Cool Blue
Nivea Balm
Ogallala Bay Rum
Old Spice
Today I purchased the following:
RazoRock XXX
Proraso Refreshing/Toning
SRD EO Lime
MWF
Geo F. Trumper Sandalwood Skin Food
I cant wait to try these as I have heard nothing but good things from them! Just wanted to share my binge :) I'm sure everyone on here with all the various AD's have gone more overboard than I, but I gotta start somewhere. I figure as im approaching 1 year or straight razor/de shaving, it would be my gift to myself!
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Re: Had a buying binge, reviews to follow!
Where do I start??? Have already applied some Sandalwood trumpers just to test and Omg it is fantastic. Had a few clients comment on the scent. I did receive the red Proraso instead of Green like I ordered, but I'm still stoked to try em all! Thinking MWF is on the agenda tonight! Need to cut off this beard I've been saving for these soaps!
Re: Had a buying binge, reviews to follow!
Mitchell's Wool Fat:
My first sr shave with no irritation. I am very Impressed with this.
Notes:
-I usually skimp on the soap and I did on this as well, I need to load brush better.
-I have hard water so it didn't lather great, but still provided excellent glide!
- the few nicks I did have sealed up quick, which I believe is a common trait of this stuff.
A+ to the fat!
Re: Had a buying binge, reviews to follow!
I've now used all the soaps!
Srd lime: lathered quick & wonderfully! I have hard water so I think that attributed to my lather disappating quickly though. The scent rocked and I incurred no razor burn! Definitely will be trying some other scents. You get a ton of soap for the money!
RazoRock XXX: the scent was intoxicating! Exactly what I imagine a Italian barbershop to smell like. Lather stayed slick throughout the duration & got a easy bbs.
Proraso Red: I am actually happy I received this instead of the green on accident. I am officially addicted to the Sandalwood scent and this lathered amazing. A small dollop gave me enough lather for 3 passes & a post shave lather while I was cleaning everything up. Very impressed. I was a little hesitant because I thought since proraso also makes co bigelow they would be similar, but it seems the quality of this is much higher.
Geo f trumpers sandalwood skin food is amazing stuff. Feels great upon application and has definite staying power with its scent. I've gotten lots of compliments on this.
So what did I learn on my first high quality buying binge? Most soaps do there job, but these higher quality soaps(as opposed to co bigelow, vdh, etc), are just a huge leap ahead in the shaving experience. The thoughts conjured up with the different scents are ones I really can't describe..I definitely will be tryin out some different ones in the future.
Re: Had a buying binge, reviews to follow!
Zib- I saw the xpec on srd and was shocked by the price, so it is good to know its worth it! I'll definitely be looking into your suggestions.