Thread: Using cream to prep your whiskers...

Originally Posted by mav13

A question for all the proraso users, with such a strong smell what do you guys use for your lather? Something neutral or something scented? If scented doesnt it overwhelmed by the proraso?

No, the Proraso pre-shave doesn't overwhelm either the lather or AS. Even the Proraso liquid cream AS doesn't overwhelm a AS, Like Pinaud Clubman when I use them together. Then again, I guess nothing would overwhelm Clubman!

The only shaving cream I've used that's ever lingered all day (with another AS over the top) is Musgo Real, I find I can smell that even into the afternoon, even with a AS on as well...

Originally Posted by mcgyver74

So this morning after I got out of the shower, I decided to try something a little different, before i whipped up my lather (Castle Forbes Lime Cream ) I re-wet my face and rubbed in some poraso cream and let it sit while I made lather and stropped my razor..

Not sure but I think my shave was a bit smoother, anyone else ever try anything like this?

I learned that technique on a different forum, It was an old Italian barber trick: Make sure the face is moist, lather, let sit for 5 minutes, relather if needed, shave, and apply lather as a post shave. Follow with rinse of cold water. The pre-shave softens the hair, and the post shaves reinfuses moisture in the skin, while the cold rinse gets everything out (cold rinses better than hot), and closes pores. I even had nicks that stopped just with cold water.
I use this everyday! It works better if your soap is an emollient, and really fat...

I actually find myself liking MWF more and more for my soap, for some reason I just cannot get a good lather that is creamy and offers good cushion/glide out of a cream.

I will likely be switching to all soaps in the near future.... but using the cream as a pre-shave,

So my current routine with the cream as prep is:

1) Fill scuttle with HOT tap water and soak brush
2) Take shower, first thing, wash face with Noxzema, rinse and rub in Pantene Conditioner into whiskers, let it sit whilst I take rest of shower
3) After getting out of shower, rub in cream and let it stay wet while I make lather
4) Rinse cream, apply first layer of lather, 1 hot towel for 20 - 30 seconds
5) Lather and shave 3 passes
6) One more layer of lather and hot towel
7) Alum
8) cold water rinse
9) Witch Hazel (Thayers aloe)
10) After shave (Usually Clubman Vanilla)
11) ASB

Seems to work for me lately, doesn't irritate my skin like Poraso did..... but I still want to try barbasol for preshave to see if the Stearic acid makes a difference