After my reviews “Acqua di Parma, Collezione Barbiere”, “Crema da Barba Santa Maria Novella” and “Castle Forbes Lime Essential Oil”, I received several private messages by B&B members, who asked me a lot of things about these gems and about top quality, luxurious and expensive shaving creams in general.
Maybe because I am Italian, but a lot of info/opinions were asked on top shelf shaving products “made in Italy”.
Most of these members are new to wet shaving and I think some of them are going in the wrong direction.
Some, in fact, tend to associate high priced products with better quality and with a “superior” shave and tend to associate low cost items with inferior quality and, therefore, with a bad shave.
Wrong, absolutely wrong.
Not necessarily an expensive product delivers a superior shave and not necessarily a cheap product is made with inferior ingredients.
Through the years I tested some expensive creams and soaps that simply do not work for me and selected many low cost products that work perfectly and that I like a lot.
So, the first thing to keep in mind is to get a good shaving technique.
This is something you can learn slowly, step by step, with practice and patience.
Once you get it, you have to personally test creams and soaps and see by yourself if you like that product, if it works well with your skin type and if it is placed in a price range that you consider right or reasonable.
Let me repeat it again: this is something you have to do alone, nobody can really help you here.
Also do not force yourself to like a product simply because it is produced by a top brand or because the “general consensus” on that product is positive, if you have a different opinion.
And do not dislike low cost products simply because they are sold in a small local store or because they do not have a gorgeous packaging, if you like how they perform.
This is what I think and what I learned in years of wet shaving.
Maybe because I am Italian, but a lot of info/opinions were asked on top shelf shaving products “made in Italy”.
Most of these members are new to wet shaving and I think some of them are going in the wrong direction.
Some, in fact, tend to associate high priced products with better quality and with a “superior” shave and tend to associate low cost items with inferior quality and, therefore, with a bad shave.
Wrong, absolutely wrong.
Not necessarily an expensive product delivers a superior shave and not necessarily a cheap product is made with inferior ingredients.
Through the years I tested some expensive creams and soaps that simply do not work for me and selected many low cost products that work perfectly and that I like a lot.
So, the first thing to keep in mind is to get a good shaving technique.
This is something you can learn slowly, step by step, with practice and patience.
Once you get it, you have to personally test creams and soaps and see by yourself if you like that product, if it works well with your skin type and if it is placed in a price range that you consider right or reasonable.
Let me repeat it again: this is something you have to do alone, nobody can really help you here.
Also do not force yourself to like a product simply because it is produced by a top brand or because the “general consensus” on that product is positive, if you have a different opinion.
And do not dislike low cost products simply because they are sold in a small local store or because they do not have a gorgeous packaging, if you like how they perform.
This is what I think and what I learned in years of wet shaving.
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