Not sure - it's either my ASB or my moisturiser - both contain alcohol. It was also happening while I was still using cartridges. They are the Nivea Post Shave Balm Replenishing and the Boots Botanics Mens Normal/Dry Intensive Moisturiser SPF12.
I just finished my fourth DE shave so far - it was really quite a mild one, skin felt fine. Then I put on the ASB, bit of burning, not much. After that I put on the moisturiser - and that burnt like a heathen tied to a stake. Now on my upper lip there's a fingerprint shaped red blotch. After a while of it still burning (five minutes) I washed it all off and applied only the ASB - tiny bit of burning, but not as much as the moisturiser, and the irritation hasn't increased.
It looks like it was the moisturiser's doing - is that odd? Has anyone had a moisturiser treat them in such a cold and cruel way before? It boasts containing ginseng and grapeseed oil on the front. But on the list of ingredients are things like ether and alcohol. I've never had a Boots moisturiser give me trouble when I haven't been shaving - the same goes for the ASB, if I put it on without having shaved there's no burn or irritation at all.
Tomorrow I'll use only the ASB and see what happens then.
I just finished my fourth DE shave so far - it was really quite a mild one, skin felt fine. Then I put on the ASB, bit of burning, not much. After that I put on the moisturiser - and that burnt like a heathen tied to a stake. Now on my upper lip there's a fingerprint shaped red blotch. After a while of it still burning (five minutes) I washed it all off and applied only the ASB - tiny bit of burning, but not as much as the moisturiser, and the irritation hasn't increased.
It looks like it was the moisturiser's doing - is that odd? Has anyone had a moisturiser treat them in such a cold and cruel way before? It boasts containing ginseng and grapeseed oil on the front. But on the list of ingredients are things like ether and alcohol. I've never had a Boots moisturiser give me trouble when I haven't been shaving - the same goes for the ASB, if I put it on without having shaved there's no burn or irritation at all.
Tomorrow I'll use only the ASB and see what happens then.