Well this will be my last review of Proraso's shaving products and it's not good. I'll give it 2 out of 5 stars and I won't be buying any of their products ever again which includes their aftershaves and balms. Last week I ordered alot of stuff from both Shavenation and westcoastshaving.com and I'm 1 for 4 out of Proraso's products:
This soap only comes in a form of a puck which is strike 1. The blue only came in a tube which is why it didn't get the best rating either:
Here's the ingredients list:
The soap itself has a medium level of softness, but tends to be somewhat easy to load. You do need to use hot water to get it to load up into your brush and I loaded alot more than I normally would. Here's a photo of the cream before I lathered it which I took about a week ago:
The smell was good. When you open it you'll get a wiff of some fresh made oatmeal that has a bit of green tea coming through and trying to over power the oat scent, but just can't quite over power the oat smell. It's a scent that's well balanced IMO. This is what I started with in terms of loading product onto my brush and I kept going from their until I got the cosistency I wanted:
^ At first it was hard to build a lather that has the yogurt consistency that I was looking for, so I added a little more hot water and soap until I got what I wanted. Here's a photo of what I got before I kept adding more product:
^ That wasn't quite good enough so I added more product and worked it a little more:
^ This still wasn't good enough so added so more product along with a little bit more and then finally I got what I was looking for:
^ I'm not afraid to add more product or anything to get the consistency I want for a good shave, but when I have to load my brush completely to get a decent lather and get the consistency of what I wanted through out the entire shave, then I can say that the performance is just not there. Here's the sweet spot of the soap itself:
^ You must use hot water (coffee pot strength) to get to this sweet spot that allows the soap to be loaded properly. The last lather photo was taken after 4 passes. The cushioning ability was ok, but there was no slickness at all. The scent also didn't last to long once you began to build lather either. The post shave felt ok, but it can be alot better. Suprisingly this soap was not on the thirsty side. It does leave an excessive amount of white residue after the shave. Here's what it looks like when it's just starting to form:
^ This occurred within 2 minutes after rinsing and after about 10 minutes, my stainless steel bowl and Edwin Jagger DE 89 were solid white. I did have a photo of it, but it got deleted while I was uploading it. Sorry about that because I know you guys have brought up the white residue in other threads and no one has really taken a picture of it. So I'll upload one the next chance I get. Once I finish this soap off that's it. No more Proraso for me. 1 out of 4 for the shaving creams (the blue is the best one to get) and soaps and I don't want to try any of their aftershave or other pre-shave products. I tried the green pre & post shave cream but it's only good as a post shave cream instead.
This soap only comes in a form of a puck which is strike 1. The blue only came in a tube which is why it didn't get the best rating either:
Here's the ingredients list:
The soap itself has a medium level of softness, but tends to be somewhat easy to load. You do need to use hot water to get it to load up into your brush and I loaded alot more than I normally would. Here's a photo of the cream before I lathered it which I took about a week ago:
The smell was good. When you open it you'll get a wiff of some fresh made oatmeal that has a bit of green tea coming through and trying to over power the oat scent, but just can't quite over power the oat smell. It's a scent that's well balanced IMO. This is what I started with in terms of loading product onto my brush and I kept going from their until I got the cosistency I wanted:
^ At first it was hard to build a lather that has the yogurt consistency that I was looking for, so I added a little more hot water and soap until I got what I wanted. Here's a photo of what I got before I kept adding more product:
^ That wasn't quite good enough so I added more product and worked it a little more:
^ This still wasn't good enough so added so more product along with a little bit more and then finally I got what I was looking for:
^ I'm not afraid to add more product or anything to get the consistency I want for a good shave, but when I have to load my brush completely to get a decent lather and get the consistency of what I wanted through out the entire shave, then I can say that the performance is just not there. Here's the sweet spot of the soap itself:
^ You must use hot water (coffee pot strength) to get to this sweet spot that allows the soap to be loaded properly. The last lather photo was taken after 4 passes. The cushioning ability was ok, but there was no slickness at all. The scent also didn't last to long once you began to build lather either. The post shave felt ok, but it can be alot better. Suprisingly this soap was not on the thirsty side. It does leave an excessive amount of white residue after the shave. Here's what it looks like when it's just starting to form:
^ This occurred within 2 minutes after rinsing and after about 10 minutes, my stainless steel bowl and Edwin Jagger DE 89 were solid white. I did have a photo of it, but it got deleted while I was uploading it. Sorry about that because I know you guys have brought up the white residue in other threads and no one has really taken a picture of it. So I'll upload one the next chance I get. Once I finish this soap off that's it. No more Proraso for me. 1 out of 4 for the shaving creams (the blue is the best one to get) and soaps and I don't want to try any of their aftershave or other pre-shave products. I tried the green pre & post shave cream but it's only good as a post shave cream instead.
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