Truefitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort Shaving Cream [Health and Beauty]

by Truefitt & Hill

Product Features

• Gentle lavender scent
• No fragrance additives
• Ideal for use with brush or fingers

Product Description

"Ultimate Comfort", dubbed by England's renowned shaving cream makers, contains a gentle aroma from natural lavender oil, with no fragrance additives, leaving even the most sensitive skin soft and unruffled. Ideal for use with brush or fingers.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00117227U
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,986 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #96 in Health & Personal Care > Personal Care > Shaving & Hair Removal > Creams, Balms & Aftershaves > Shaving Creams > Shaving Gels

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome shave cream!, February 24, 2009

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Eric A. Schmitt (Woodstock, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Truefitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort Shaving Cream [Health and Beauty] (Health and Beauty)

Best shave cream I've used. I've tried the unscented shave cream from Art of Shaving and the 1805 from Truefitt & Hill. This one seems to lather the best and provide the best shave with the least amount of irritation. It smells decent too. Tried Col. Conk's Bay Rum shaving soap when I first started shaving with a DE razor... didn't work so well for me. Kind of irritated my face... However, that was before, I stopped washing my face twice daily and before I started steaming my face before and after shaving. So, I'm thinking maybe I should test it out again... for a fair comparison. Haven't tried anything from Geo F. Trumper or Talyor's of Old Bond Street, so I can't compare it to those... but judging by my shaves, I find it hard to believe there is anything better.

For those who are interested here is my equipment and method...

Equipment:

Merkur razor, Feather blades, generic badger hair brush, Ultimate Comfort shave cream from Truefitt & Hill.

My Method for Shaving:

(1) steam my face over a skillet of boiling water for 5 min (easier than a hot towel, and seems to do the trick, BIG improvement over just lathering up). (2) Create the warm lather in a bowl using a badger hair brush. (3) Apply lather with my hands (less irritation than the badger hair brush allowing for a second pass). (4) Shave... with the grain. (5) Repeat lather and shave for second pass (mostly with the grain, some days its against the grain on the second pass). Finish off with another 5 min of the steam treatment. If i do this with care, most days I don't even need after shave balm. Oh, almost forgot an important detail... never wash your face! I was washing washing my face with regular bar soap twice a day, once in the morning and once at night, and my skin was really drying out and making it difficult to make more than one pass a day. Stopped washing my face and presto! clean shave and healthy skin. I'm guessing I could probably wash with a more mild facial soap... but I really don't think its necessary. In my mind, the simple fact of lathering (shave creams are basically mild soaps with hair softeners and lubricants) and shaving should be enough to cleanse and remove any dead skin. I'm sharing this because I wish someone had told me this before I started... would've have saved me some pain and frustration. Really digging the results now, tho... hope this helps.