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  1. Default Is it Arko that smells this bad??

    Hello!

    So I just got my order from bestshave home and I had ordered one Arko soap stick and one Derby.. So I tried the Arko even though my shaving brush has not yet arrived, I put it on and when smelling directly on the soap it smelled not good but not too bad either, but then when I put it on my face, I couldn't feel anything yet. So I took whatever brush I could find at home and that happened to be my girlfriends foundation (make-up) brush which turned out to be the worst choice in my life. Not only did it make my face all brown and such, but it started smelling a lot.

    So I'm wondering, this smell I have been having on my face now for 5 hours, is it Arko or is it the foundation brush? Directly when I felt the smell I washed it off, used canned foam instead until I atleast receive my brush and did two passes, used some heavily scented after shave cream, then a heavily scented after shave lotion and then some perfume, I ate food and tried getting as dirty as possible because the smell of meat is atleast better then the smell I have currently but nothing worked.

    It smells.. I don't know how, but like there are some cheap washing machine powders that smell like this.. Because if it's Arko that gives me this smell, it's the worst $1.75 I have ever spent. And I would gladly spend another $1.75 to throw it if I had to.

    Thanks.
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    Best way to check is to wet your hands then take the Arko and just like a bar of soap create a lather as if your washing your hands. Waite a minute or two then rinse your hands off and smell. Some have described Arko Shave stick as having a laundry detergent scent. I have no problems with the scent, but some do. Arko also has the shave creams is the tube. They are completely different in fragrance from the shave stick and I find they are very good shave creams at an economical price.
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    It may well be the smell of fear, when your girlfriend finds out you used her foundation brush for Arko things could get ugly.
    Maybe a new brush for her asap will alleviate the smell. LOL.

    Ian

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    Quote Originally Posted by Markserilo View Post
    So I took whatever brush I could find at home and that happened to be my girlfriends foundation (make-up) brush which turned out to be the worst choice in my life. Not only did it make my face all brown and such, but it started smelling a lot.
    Your face might be brown now but it could be red after your girlfriend finds out what happened lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sanfranciscian View Post
    It may well be the smell of fear, when your girlfriend finds out you used her foundation brush for Arko things could get ugly.
    Maybe a new brush for her asap will alleviate the smell. LOL.

    Ian
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    You may very well be a dead man!

    But it shouldn't be the Arko, it rinses clean.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Markserilo View Post
    Hello!

    So I just got my order from bestshave home and I had ordered one Arko soap stick and one Derby.. So I tried the Arko even though my shaving brush has not yet arrived, I put it on and when smelling directly on the soap it smelled not good but not too bad either, but then when I put it on my face, I couldn't feel anything yet. So I took whatever brush I could find at home and that happened to be my girlfriends foundation (make-up) brush which turned out to be the worst choice in my life. Not only did it make my face all brown and such, but it started smelling a lot.

    So I'm wondering, this smell I have been having on my face now for 5 hours, is it Arko or is it the foundation brush? Directly when I felt the smell I washed it off, used canned foam instead until I atleast receive my brush and did two passes, used some heavily scented after shave cream, then a heavily scented after shave lotion and then some perfume, I ate food and tried getting as dirty as possible because the smell of meat is atleast better then the smell I have currently but nothing worked.

    It smells.. I don't know how, but like there are some cheap washing machine powders that smell like this.. Because if it's Arko that gives me this smell, it's the worst $1.75 I have ever spent. And I would gladly spend another $1.75 to throw it if I had to.

    Thanks.
    OMG! Another attack on the Arko cult. We just finished an 8 page thread on this and I'm converted to the Arko-ists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cluelessdude View Post
    Your face might be brown now but it could be red after your girlfriend finds out what happened lol.
    You can say that again...
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