I too use the Arko for face-lathering when travelling, its light weight, easy to take along anywhere, and doesn't take up a lot of space. If you have a tub of Proraso, that also travels well. Its a little bit bigger, but has the benefit of being in a bowl, if you prefer to bowl lather. *and the empty tubs work great as a travel bowl* YMMV of course!
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Seriously, the cost per shave is minimal over the life of these products or yours. I, for one, won't be looking back later in life wondering where a couple hundred bucks went that made my life more enjoyable. You are looking at it like a chore... That's not how many of us view shaving anymore. Just my two cents too.
I'm going to play devils advocate here and say yes, alot of wet shaving products are overpriced.
They cater to people who want "luxury", but the ingredients are nothing special - a little bit of shea butter, etc. - otherwise it's just like any other soap.
The most I'm willing to pay is $12 for some Cella. I'm not going to pay $25+ for AoS creams or soaps, plus another $20 for some pre-shave oil, etc. - it all adds up quick and for what? To shave some whiskers off your face. There are products that cost half that and do just as good of a job with the qualities those products have.
The brushes being expensive I can understand as badgers are not exactly prevalent, but $150+ for a brush that has the same hair as a $60 brush, and is still plastic handled? Thats outrageous.
And I'm sorry, but I really don't get some of you who purchase 30 brushes. I could understand 2 or 3...but all that money tied up in HAIR that does 1 thing....
But, it's your face, your money. Do as you wish, right?
My .02...
100% agree. I don't understand the Original Poster's comment.
After applying creams to the face, they need water too. I don't any difference in lathering a face cream or a stick applied to the face.
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Renato
I don't agree. Expensive stuff works better than much of the cheaper stuff, though some of the cheaper stuff from some semi-third world countries is very good. For me, the easy way to tell that they work better is not just how they feel on the face, but objectively by roughly noting the amount of nicks (none to a few) and alum stings (virtually none to quite a few to heaps) after shaving. Though I understand that it may well be the case that for you the cheap stuff works fine (especially as even canned stuff works fine for lots of people).I'm going to play devils advocate here and say yes, alot of wet shaving products are overpriced.
They cater to people who want "luxury", but the ingredients are nothing special - a little bit of shea butter, etc. - otherwise it's just like any other soap.
The most I'm willing to pay is $12 for some Cella. I'm not going to pay $25+ for AoS creams or soaps, plus another $20 for some pre-shave oil, etc. - it all adds up quick and for what? To shave some whiskers off your face. There are products that cost half that and do just as good of a job with the qualities those products have.
The brushes being expensive I can understand as badgers are not exactly prevalent, but $150+ for a brush that has the same hair as a $60 brush, and is still plastic handled? Thats outrageous.
And I'm sorry, but I really don't get some of you who purchase 30 brushes. I could understand 2 or 3...but all that money tied up in HAIR that does 1 thing....
But, it's your face, your money. Do as you wish, right?
My .02...
I don't find the pre-shave oils are especially useful with the expensive creams, in fact they seem to degrade their performance on me. But they do improve the performance of some of the near useless cheap creams I've bought. That said, olive oil from the kitchen does a pretty good job too.
I use $10 badger brushes from Hong Kong, and I can't really tell the difference between them and my $50 Edwin Jagger badger brush. I haven't tried the $150 brushes yet.
Regards,
Renato
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