Noob Question

guerito

Hi all, I've been reading through this forum and decided to get off the Mach 3 ripoff train and into DE shaving. I have a couple of newbie questions I couldn't find an answer for by reading through the threads and which I hope one of you fine gentlemen could help out with:

I have the Palmolive shaving cream (in the tube), but that's all. I've seen mention of a Palmolive shaving stick as well. Are these two either/or, or do you need both?

Also, I've got the Prorasa pre/post-shave cooling cream and the Prorasa shaving cream on the way (Christmas is coming early this year!). Will these two do the same job as the Palmolive stick and cream? I want to avoid falling into the trap of spending a small fortune on duplicate products. Maybe a vain hope, but good intentions don't cost anything...

Thanks in advance!

hitemfrank

The Palmolive stick and the cream in the tube should do the same thing in the end. It's just a different method of getting lather onto your face after using a brush.

Some people just have a preference for using a soap (the stick in this case) and a cream.

The Proraso pre/post stuff is for getting your skin ready for shaving and as an aftershave balm (I think - haven't used it)

The Proraso shave cream is just another product for generating lather from. Most shave soaps and creams are the same in the job they are there to do - generate lather - but many will have different scents and ingredients.

Proraso has menthol in it so is nice and cooling while it's on your face.

guerito

Sound, thanks hitemfrank.