Polar Ice cooling?

[Padeiro]

I picked up a tub of Polar Ice for Christmas but I personally don't seem to find it does any cooling at all. I have Proraso and it cools nicely. Is this typical? Surely its no Polar Ice.

[infotech]

Welcome to B&B!

I got the same results. There's nothing THAT cooling about Polar Ice. When I first got it, I was using Mama Bear's Awakenings at least once a week and a mentholated aftershave nearly every shave. During the winter I haven't been using any menthol products at all and hadn't used the Polar Ice cream in about a month or so. Now when I use it I feel a little cooling, but nothing close to Proraso or MB Awakenings. I still get nothing from the aftershave.

[FrankDaTank]

The Polar Ice was a huge disappointment IMO. It smells like some 80's shampoo(Breck? or Jhirmack?) and doesnt cool at all at least I dont feel it. The aftershave doesnt seem to have very little if any menthol. Ice? who knows. I would expect the Polar part to mean minty like the MB Awakenings but know. I do give credit that the SC is very good but I just cant handle the cloying smell. Go with the original. I'm with you....Ice? hmmmmm..... Not to get off subject but i think the entire boosters AS line is fairly worthless. Much better choices out there IMHO. The Iced Lime smells like lime lifesavers or jello?

[adamant]

and I thought that this was a comment about the end of global warming..

[biomesh]

AFAIK it was designed to smell like the aftershave. I don't even think it has any menthol or cooling ingredients in it.

[infotech]

AFAIK it was designed to smell like the aftershave. I don't even think it has any menthol or cooling ingredients in it.

Maybe it's the lather cooling that I feel and not any menthol :blushing:

[biomesh]

Just checked the ingredients and no menthol or mint variant listed. It could be a part of the fragrance though.

[Padeiro]

Thanks for the heads up on this. I assumed with a name like Polar Ice it would be cooling. I guess not.

[BullGoose]

You are right, it isn't very cooling. It does give a great shave though and is one of my favorite creams.

[brothers]

I'm not familiar with the Polar Ice after shave, but the Shaving Cream is excellent. The tub is so large, that it's going to last me a long time in rotation with the others, and that makes me happy.