Some of this advice is dangerous my friend. I hope in the 7 years since it was uploaded you’ve learnt more about essential oils. They need to be cosmetic grade which you are not going to get in a supermarket. They need to be measured in weight not drops in recipes. Not all EO’s can be used on skin/hair as they are photosensitive and If you stuff this up you can get burns, sunburn, cancers.
Proraso needs to make an unscented version of it.... like, literaly NON-scented. The fragrance can clash with other frag's in your soaps. If they did this, it would probably be a regular, for every shave.
Doesn't look close at all. I was interested in safety razor shaving, but I get real smooth with a sensor excel. Is this typical with safety razor shaving?
I went back to a 1950's DE safety razor about 15 years ago after trying about everything out there, (I'm 76 now) razor wise. I also completely quit canned lather about 12 years ago. One of my and my son's favorites is the same brand of yours in the blue and white tube. I also like the one in an orange tube with a windmill on it. If I want to get a real close shave, I like the soap and bowl lather an a nice brush for face and heaad.
You don't need any pre shave B.S. Just use a hard puck shave soap. Bloom the puck while you are in the shower, and use the bloom water as the pre-shave and to wet your beard. It is really amazing how much you do not know about shaving. Also, you don't know how to build a lather. You don't use anywhere near enough water.
I am looking at your neck....that was a crap shave. Unfortunatley, Proraso just isn't that good when it comes to performance. Many mass market soaps/cremes are better, e.g. Palmolive.
I see his shave is not smooth. A lot of stubble around neck and chin. I'm interested in trying a safety razor, but is it actually better than a cartridge? i get a real smooth shave with a sensor excel.
@@shanekunde7302 It depends on what kind of beard you have. If you have a light beard with straight hairs a single pass, mulit-blade cartridge razor shave will do fine. If you have a tough thick beard with curly hair you need a single really sharp blade and need to do three passes with very light pressure in different directions: with the grain, across the grain and against the grain.
@tedolphbundler724 My beard is pretty dense. I worry about cutting my neck with a safety razor. Is the blade more important than the razor? I'm 44 and have been using cartridges all my shaving life.
@@shanekunde7302 Both the blade and the razor design are important. Different safety razor designs have different blade "exposure" (how far the blade sticks out towards the safety bar). The more exposure, the more aggressively the blade cuts and the better your technique has to be to avoid nicks, cuts and weepers. Blade brands also vary quite a bit in sharpness. Feather is extremely sharp. Dorco not so much. All of this can be managed with technique. Basically, the sharper the blade and the more blade exposure the razor has the lighter the pressure you have to use. Here is the key: the closeness of a shave does not come from applying more pressure, it comes from making light multiple passes. So, if you are willing to use good technique (stretching your skin in front of the razor, puffing out your cheeks and chin) use light pressure and do multiple passes the safety razor will give you a closer shave with less exfoliation than a single pass multi blade cartridge. Straight razors take the shave to a whole different level. Once you know what you are doing they are the gentlest shaves possible while still being close.
@@shanekunde7302 Both the blade and the razor geometry are important. The degree to which the blade extends out toward the safety bar ("blade exposure") makes the razor more or less aggressive. A less aggressive razor is less likely to cut or nick you, but it doesn't shave as close. Some blades are very sharp e.g. Feather, others less so. So, you can combine a sharp blade with a less agressive razor or visa versa. All of this can be handled with technique, i.e. face stretching and puffing, and using less pressure but more passes. The key is that closeness comes from multiple passes, not pressure. Cartridge razors like you use reward use of more pressure and less passes or only one pass, so the shave is never as close, and more skin damage is done. Straight razors take shaving to a whole different level and give the gentlest shave, because they force you to use good technique, or you will cut yourself.
After sampling several different fancy artisan soaps for a few years, I ultimately went back to Proraso as my primary go-to shaving soap. It's a good-quality soap sold at a fair price, and you can conveniently find it at most pharmacies and supermarkets here in Canada. Gimmicky soaps don't give you a better shave; practicing your technique does.
You need to make a lather in a shaving bowl. Use about a one inch dollop of shaving cream and mix it up with a brush adding small amounts of hot water until the lather is rich and plenty for a three pass BBS shave.
I have been using shaving soap and brush for a few years. I got rid of the cartridge razors mainly because of price. I went for a straight razor. No more buying blades. With a good quality soap and a single blade no more skin irritation.
I use a small 500ml (16.9 oz) plastic Wal-Mart mouth rinse/wash container. Been putting blades in every week since 11/99 and only half full. You have to bend the blades a little to slide inside but that's a good thing they never come out.
This is the second video of yours that I’ve watched. Your lather is really dry, brother. Taylor’s sandalwood should make a lather like Cool-Whip. One of my favorites. Why did you stop making videos?
Thanks, very helpful. I'm 71 years old, in good health and cutting my face everyday. Embarrassing. Using a a single blade disposable razor with Equate Shave Foam. Hopefully this will help. Thanks again.
Excellent video! Thank you! I use the Gillette Proglide Power cartridge razor with Pacific Shaving Company Clean Shaving Cream. They both work fantastically! And I’ve tried a lot of razors and shave creams, and this is by far the best!
Proraso is my favorite shaving cream…green and red. It works so much better though…if you lather it up in a good shaving bowl. I use Proraso pre-shave balm also…but have had better shaves using the PAA Ice Cube 2.0. The Cube is $12…Proraso is $10…but the Cube lasts a lot longer. I’m a Proraso man but PAA’s Cube is my every day preshave now….along with my Rockwell razors, Fearher and Nacet blades, and Nivea post shave balm. You try a bunch of products starting off…but once you hit the right combo…you just lock it in and go for it….shave after shave.
I sweat a lot and dove men is my favourite deodorant. One time i tried to combine the stick and the dry spray. First the stick then spray the dry spray. And guess what, i feel so fresh and dry all day! I live here in the Philippines and we have a hot weather here so expect sweating a lot.
