eShave White Tea shaving cream

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7/10, citrus, eshave, Fruit, shaving cream, spice, white tea

Although I’ve had a puck of their Mandarin soap kicking around forever, this is my first review of an eShave product; I can say that thus far I’m reasonably happy with what I see.

The scent is a sweet aroma that is immediately reminiscent of something familiar but for some reason can’t quite seem to put a name to it. A little bit fruity, and a bit of a fresh green scent? A glance at the ingredient listing reveals it’s scented with Tarragon, Orange & Lemon peel extract, Star Anise, Litsea Cubeba and Peppermint.

It’s pleasant, a nice light scent probably best suited for a spring or summer shave. It is a rather light scent, which I’m sure most of you know I’m not too much of a fan of, but it has good staying power without too much in the way of fading.

The lather produced was good; I did find that it had some lather stability issues at the lower water content levels, but adding enough water to even that out did thin out the lather noticeably. So a bit of a balancing act between those two aspects; the slickness was good regardless, and it provided a good amount of volume for only a bit of product. It did however have what I’d say quite good moisturization properties.

• 8/10 Scent Pleasantness
• 6/10 Scent Strength
• 8/10 Lather Quality

All in all, a few minor quibbles with the lather, and the scent could have been a bit stronger, but overall it’s still pretty nice. 7/10.

• Cost: Disclaimer: I was provided this sample free of charge along with an order by Seth over at Men Essentials; a 4 oz tub goes for $22, also available as one of the scents in their assorted mini kit, 1/4 oz x 4 creams and 4 balms for $17.

Gear used:

• Brush: Ecotools Kabuki Finishing Brush
• Razor: Edwin Jagger DE81BL (Red)
• Blade: Personna DE
• Scuttle: Robert’s Feats of Clay #4

Ingredients: Purified Water (Aqua), Stearic Acid, Myristic Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Coconut Fatty Acid, Glycerin (Glycerine), Essential Oils (Tarragon (Artemisia Dracunculus), Orange (Citrus Aurantium Dulcis peel extract), Lemon (Citrus Medica Limonum peel extract, Star Anis (Illicum Verum), Litsea Cubeba (Litsea Cubeba), Peppermint (Mentha Piperita)), Triethanolamine, Sodium Hydroxide, Limonene, Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate.

Domino Shaving Cream

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3/10, floral, shaving cream

Domino is a shaving cream from Macedonia. The tube says that it’s scented after the famous French perfume of the same name; if that’s actually the case, I feel sorry for the French because it must be some vile stuff. Of course, I also think that might be a lie, since Google didn’t turn up a French perfume by that name; only one out of India. Or the after-shave of the same name made by the same company. That is also rather vile.

Anyways, it’s mostly what I would say is an unpleasantly harsh, soapy / chemically smell, combined with a cloyingly fake floral smell. I honestly can’t really tell what they might have been trying for with the scent, but it didn’t turn out good. At least it’s not overpoweringly strong & bad smelling (unlike the aftershave).

The lather didn’t seem to bad at first; good thickness, ok glide, whipped up pretty easily. However there was a fair bit more irritation than I usually get. At the end, it seemed to have more of a drying effect than the moisturization I’m looking for.

• 3/10 Scent Pleasantness
• 6/10 Scent Strength
• 6/10 Lather Quality

Overall, I really would not recommend this product. 3/10. Smells bad. At least it’s really cheap.

• Cost: A 60 mL tube cost $2.

Gear used:

• Brush: Wee Scott
• Razor: Edwin Jagger DE81BL (Red)
• Blade: Personna DE

Ingredients: Stearic Acid, Aqua, Glycerin, Potassium Hydroxide, Cocos Nucifera, Capric Acid, Lauric Acid, Myristic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Oleic Acid, Linoleic Acid, Sorbitol, Triethanolamine, Sodium Hydroxide, Allantoin, Perfume, Coumarin, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, d- Limonene, Linalool, 3-Methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenyl)-3-buten-2-one, 2-(4-tert-Butylbenzyl) Propionaldehyde, Cl 19140, Cl 28440

Honeybee Soaps – Piña Colada

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8/10, coconut, Fruit, honeybee soaps, pina colada, pineapple, shaving soap

Honeybee Soap’s Piña Colada shaving soap is a tasty smelling little concoction.

Needless to say, I’d suggest not nibbling on the soap, but it smells nice; fruity and tropical, pineapple and coconut (a bit of a focus on the coconut). It does a pretty good job of replicating the drink. The strength was fairly decent; not strong per se, but a nice and steady level.

The lather’s the usual from Honeybee soaps; use a fair bit of water and some elbow grease and you’ll wrest a decent balance of thickness and glide out of the soap. Nothing to write home about moisturization-wise.

• 9/10 Scent Pleasantness
• 8/10 Scent Strength
• 8/10 Lather Quality

Overall I’m happy with this soap; I’ll round it up to a 8/10.

• Cost: Samples are $1.59 per ounce, full 3.5 ounce pucks are $4.49, or $5.99 for 4 ounces in a plastic tub.

Gear used:

• Brush: Wee Scott
• Razor: Feather AS-D2
• Blade: Lord Super Stainless

Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Hempseed Oil, Safflower Oil, Shea Butter, Glycerine (vegetable origin), Vitamin E, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitol, Sorbitan Oleate, Soybean Protein, Wheat Protein, White Kaolin China Clay, Cosmetic Color and Fragrance Oil.