Shaving cream

Why shave with a shaving cream?

A good shaving cream makes a foam that stays on the skin for a long time, holds water for a long time and does not dry out quickly. It makes the beard hairs soft and it provides a thin protective film on the skin. It protects the skin against it razor. Due to the extra added oils and fats, a shaving cream has an active moisturizing effect. This ensures more shaving comfort and fewer shaving irritations, such as dry poor skin. 

How do you make shaving cream with shaving cream?

You apply shaving cream with warm water and a shaving brush. Wet your shaving brush with lukewarm water, put a little bit on the shaving brush and foam it on your face. You can also make shaving foam in a shaving bowl. Bearded hairs are as hard as copper wires but also absorb water. So take your time. Apply the shaving foam to the face with the shaving brush for at least 1 minute. This makes the beard hairs softer. This makes shaving easier. Apply less pressure with the razor ensures more shaving comfort and fewer shaving irritations.

Which shaving cream should you buy?

What is the difference between a shaving soap and a shaving cream? Scheerzeep has a hard shape due to various operations. By adding extra oils, a shaving cream has a creamy composition. The most important components of shaving cream are glycerin and vegetable or animal oils and fats, such as coconut oil. A good shaving cream produces a full and stable shaving foam and stays moist for a long time. There are perfumed and unscented shaving materials. Do you have dry or sensitive skin? Then use a neutral and unparalleled product with extra caring ingredients, such as lanoline or shea butter. Popular perfumed shaving creams have scents of sandalwood, lavender, menthol, eucalyptus or citrus. More and more men are buying artisan produced shaving products with special scents.

Which shaving cream should you not buy?

Poor shaving creams are strongly alkaline, do not make good shaving foam, the shaving foam dries quickly and have a dehydrating effect. This means that these shaving creams do not sufficiently protect, dry, damage and irritate the skin. The cheap supermarket and drugstore shaving products in particular are very aggressive. Many men who use these shaving products suffer from dry tight skin or a burning sensation after shaving. Do you recognize these complaints? Then immediately throw this cheap shaving cream in the trash. In addition, these shaving products can damage and break the hairs of the shaving brush.

Which brands sell shaving cream?

The well -known shaving brands all sell a shaving cream. Italian Acca Kappa Has a nice shaving cream with almond oil. The Belgian Baume.be sells shaving products especially for sensitive skin. The great classic English Cleaning brands Dr. Harris, Taylor of Old Bond Street and Truefitt and Hill Have various shaving creams with different scents. The sandalwood fragrance line of these brands is very popular. Both the English Edwin Jagger as the German Muhle Sell ​​shaving creams with sandalwood, Duindoorn and Aloe Vera. Sandalwood/Cedar wood shaving line of the Scottish Castle Forbes smells like a forest in the fall. The Rose de Pushkar Shaving Cream of the French Le Pere Lucien Contains pure rose oil. The American Ariana & Evans and Stirling Soap Co. are known for the so -called sebum shaving creams. The world famous Italian Proraso sells shaving creams in a tube. For every man and type of skin, ProRaso has a shaving product, such as the super fresh Menthol & Eucalyptus, the white shaving line for sensitive skin, the sandalwood shaving cream for heavy beard growth and the blue shaving line for dry skin. In addition, Proraso has professional shaving creams: Proraso Single Blade. The German Meissner Tremonia Produces very special shaving products in a traditional way. They only use vegetable oils for this. These shaving creams all have very pronounced male scents.

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