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(09-24-2017, 07:54 AM)insomniac Wrote: I'm using a cream now that I've had for ages, and it's a wonderful performer. It consistently produces great lather, even face lathering with a boar brush. It's been a few months and so far I'm pretty happy with it. It easily stands up to the last cream I used, Coates Almond. There is one annoying thing about it - the pump can sometimes get stuck with hardened cream but it's easy to clean out.
It's Kiss My Face. Unscented. I've had it since I started wetshaving.
I think we long ago reached the point where most of products that we discuss have more than adequate performance and it is more about scent, packaging, or the story (making it sound like the soap has been made since your great-grandfather's time because of the old-timey name, some magic ingredient like reindeer tallow, etc.) Probably the latter.
That being said it's nice to have selection but I'm glad I'm not in the business right now, it seems like it wouldn't take much (like people not mentioning your company) for business to dry up. The next recession is going to hit hard since many of us have enough product to last through the zombie apocalypse and it's a very easy thing to cut back on.
Kiss My Face make some of the best shaving creams I've used. If they slapped a different brand name on the stuff, doubled the price, and sold it in fancy little tubs, it would likely get far more attention. The performance is great, the scents are great, and the ingredients are first rate.