Know Your Shaving Products
Shaving Creams
Creams offer the best and most effective products for achieving a good shave.
Lathering Cream (Foreman preferred product)
A lathering shaving cream provides the best protection and ultimately the most comfortable shave because it incorporates the use of water to create lather, which also provides moisture for your skin. Other essential elements are fat content and glycerin for the best possible lubrication and protection. Most high quality lathering creams will contain between 30 and 50 percent fat, as well as glycerin, which toughen the walls of the bubbles, allowing the cream to build a smooth, rich lather. The glycerin also acts as a humectant to lock in water and hydrate the skin.
These creams can be applied with the fingers or a good shaving brush. We recommend using the brush because it will provide a better lather and will also raise whiskers off your face, preparing them for cutting.
Non-lathering Cream
These creams are meant to be applied using the fingers and do not require the use of water, providing ease of use. There are many products like this that offer a good shave and some guys prefer a non-lathering cream because they can more easily see where they have already shaved. However, the lack of water and the application method do not offer the same hydration and whisker raising benefits achieved with a lathering cream and a shaving brush. We suggest you keep both kinds on hand to address your different shaving situations (relaxing home shave vs. quick gym/travel shave).
Shaving Gels
Aerosol shaving gels or foams are by far the most popular product available. Not because they work better, because they are easy to use and find. Gels and foams provide a handful of lather at the press of a button, but it's the quality of the lather, not the quantity that is important. What really matters is what is going on at the interface between skin and shaving cream. Most gels and foams use gas to produce their foam. The gas (isobutane or propane) is compressed to liquid form and mixed in with the shaving substance. Then, when it is removed from the container at the touch of a button the pressure reduction allows it to move back into a gas state, providing the foaming action. Although what comes out of the can may appear fluffy and rich, it is mostly gas that provides no protection when you scrape a razor across your skin.
Choose ... but choose wisely!
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Tyler Sims is the CEO and founder of Foreman, a company specialized in providing quality men's grooming products, information and other essential men's goods for the mind and body.
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