When I first starting using all kinds of different shaving creams/soaps, my process was pretty straightforward. When done, throw on some alcohol splash and call it a day. So I was going through all kinds of products and one day, something different happened. My fact felt great, much much different, and I had no idea why. The sample I used that day was Mystic. Something was different.
Now I had noticed that some soaps were definitely drying and most any article on the Internet about soap, per se, will tell you its drying. I have had soap dry on one side of my face while working on the other or dry in my bowl while shaving but thought it tied to warmth from the scuttle. Initially, I thought - yeah, that's nice but I had also found that using a balm, vice alcohol based splash, mitigated the drying effect to some degree so as an attribute, after face feel wasn't all that important. Over time I came across some other soaps, a lot more expensive, that crank the bar of after shave feel Way, Way up, some lasting 24 hours. Just a few, not a lot.
Lately I've been using up stuff I have where aftershave feel is not one of their strong points and I have found I miss it. And a balm doesnt come close to the same thing as the soap. It helps, but its just not the same thing. This is making me think that I underestimated the importance of after shave feel simply because I didn't know about it before and many, many products don't come close to the best soaps in this attribute. And some people might just not care. But after using soaps that shine in this area, and now others that do not shine, I find I miss it.
Is after shave feel important to you or do you not care? Opinions?
Now I had noticed that some soaps were definitely drying and most any article on the Internet about soap, per se, will tell you its drying. I have had soap dry on one side of my face while working on the other or dry in my bowl while shaving but thought it tied to warmth from the scuttle. Initially, I thought - yeah, that's nice but I had also found that using a balm, vice alcohol based splash, mitigated the drying effect to some degree so as an attribute, after face feel wasn't all that important. Over time I came across some other soaps, a lot more expensive, that crank the bar of after shave feel Way, Way up, some lasting 24 hours. Just a few, not a lot.
Lately I've been using up stuff I have where aftershave feel is not one of their strong points and I have found I miss it. And a balm doesnt come close to the same thing as the soap. It helps, but its just not the same thing. This is making me think that I underestimated the importance of after shave feel simply because I didn't know about it before and many, many products don't come close to the best soaps in this attribute. And some people might just not care. But after using soaps that shine in this area, and now others that do not shine, I find I miss it.
Is after shave feel important to you or do you not care? Opinions?