Thread: Shaving soap for sensitive skin-advice needed.

My friend mhorn/Michael turned me onto this soap and creme at one of the Meets, it is some of the most mild shave lather that I have ever used,,

I use the soap and the cream together in a Überlather but either works well

http://store.escentialonline.com/shave-c1018.aspx

The Himalaya Soap
The Shea & White Tea cream


(I have NOT tried their other products)

+1 on the Himalayan soap. They recently came out w/ the same soap in a lavender scent. 'Bought one, but haven't tried yet. Its also VERY reasonably priced.

The other soap w/ great skin protection - cushion and glide is the Provence Sante - also carried now by Essentiaonline (after I bugged them for a year to start carrying it).

Originally Posted by skullz

I'm new to straight razor shaving as well and I have very sensitive skin. I also have Mama Bear's soap as well, Ye old Barbershop and Aged Spice. I thought my skin was sensitive to these soaps as well. But, after giving my face a day break from straight shaving and letting a few nicks and patches of razor burn heal up I found that it wasn't my skin that was the culprit but the fact that I had unhealed irritation and nicks causing the burning. My advice to you is give your face a break and sometime before you shave, and after all irritation has cleared up, apply the soap and see if it burns. If it still burns and leaves your face red then you do have some sensitivity to the soap.

Hope this helps.

This is great advice that I think you may want to make your first step in trying a new soap from here on out. Also, if you're a beginner, I think we all end up thinking we have sensitive skin due in large part to our subpar technique. My face sensitivity issues went way down once I picked up a silvertip brush. Larry at Whipped Dog has them for a song.

Thanks to all for the help, I think I will start by purchasing some of the less expensive soaps/creams recommended such as Trumper's and Proraso. And ofcourse I will need to work on technique and give my face time to recover from the trauma as suggested. Cheers-james.

I have really sensitive skin. When I started my straight razor adventure, I did TONS of research first and determined Proraso soap would be a good one to try. I did and it hasn't let me down. I also got VDH soap from Walmart and a small puck of some soap from WhippedDog to try, but haven't yet due to how well the Proraso works. I'm glad I bought two tubs!