Shaving soap

Why buy a shaving soap?

A good shaving soap makes a foam that stays on the skin for a long time, holds water and does not dry out quickly. It makes the beard hair softer and softer. This makes it easier and more comfortable. A soap also makes a full and creamy shaving foam. The shaving cream provides a thin protective slice film on the skin. This protects the skin against it razor. Finally, shaving soaps are greasy; The added fats and oils nourish and care for the skin while shaving. This ensures fewer shaving irritations during and after shaving. 

How do you use a shaving soap?

You apply shaving soap with warm water and a shaving brush. Wet your shaving brush with lukewarm water. You get extra shaving cream by making the soap wet in advance. Stir the shaving brush over the soap and apply the shaving foam to your face. Beard hairs are as hard as copper wires, but beard hair also absorb water; So take your time. Cravage the shaving foam for at least one minute on the face with the shaving brush. This makes the beard hairs softer, which makes it easier to shave. In addition, it reduces shaving irritations.

Which soap should you buy?

Shaving soaps have a hard composition and are usually in a container or shaving bowl. The most important ingredients are glycerine, vegetable oils or animal fats, such as coconut oil, jojoba oil or shea butter. Most contain vegetable oils. It produces a full and stable shaving foam and stays moist for a long time. There are perfumed and unscented soaps. Do you have dry or sensitive skin? Then use a neutral and unparalleled product with extra caring ingredients, such as lanoline or shea butter. Popular perfumed shaving soaps contain sandalwood, lavender, menthol, eucalyptus or citrus.

The classic English shaving products are very popular. These are often supplied in beautiful luxury wooden shaving bowl and have classic recognizable men's odors. There are more and more small family businesses worldwide that produce unique shaving soaps. More and more men are buying these traditional shaving products with special scents.

Which soap shouldn't you buy?

Poor shades are strongly alkaline, do not make good shaving cream, the shaving foam dries quickly and these shades have a dehydrating effect. This means that these shades do not sufficiently protect, dry, damage and irritate the skin. The cheap supermarket and drugstore shaving products in particular are very aggressive. Many men who use these shades suffer from dry tight skin or a burning sensation after shaving. In addition, these shaving products can damage and break the hairs of the shaving brush. Do you recognize these complaints? Then immediately throw the product in the trash. 

Which brands sell shaving soap?

The familiar shaft All sell a shaving soap. Italian Acca Kappa Has a nice soap with almond oil. The Belgian Baume.be only sells shaving products especially for sensitive skin. The large classic English SCHEER brands Dr. Harris, Taylor of Old Bond Street and Truefitt and Hill have various shaving soaps. The sandalwood fragrance line of these brands is very popular. Both the English Edwin Jagger as the German Muhle Sell ​​shaving soaps with sandalwood, Duindoorn and Aloe Vera. The shaving products of the Scottish Essence of Scotland include Aberfeldy Single Malt Scotch Whiskey. The German Meissner Tremonia Produces very special shaving products in a traditional way. They only use vegetable oils for this. These shades all have very pronounced male scents. The shaving of The Italian Proraso are very popular. The shaving soaps are in handy tubs. The Menthol & Eucalyptus soap is nice and fresh, for sensitive skin you have the white soap and the red sandalwood soap is suitable for the heavy beard growth.

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