What I Use After the Shave

Hmmm. Didn't they discontinue the AVIB? I thought I read that somewhere.

 

Yes, it's discontinued. I bought a couple cases of the stuff; should last me a while.

 

I have recently started using an alum block, followed by witch hazel, followed by A/S splash. I know that sounds like a lot, but my face feels better after a shave, now, than it ever has before.

 

I'll use an aftershave splash followed by Aubrey's aftershave balm which is basically scentsless; like me.:whacky011 When I got home tonite my order of 444 balm from Vintage Scents was waiting on my door step. When I pierced the nozzle it pooped out a bloop of balm. So I washed my face, mixed that bloop with a splash of Dominica Bay Rum and smooshed it on my face. Absorbed nicely and no tackyness. My face feels soft as a baby seal.
Dannyr

 

Plain ol' witch hazel for now. I'm thinking about ordering Thayer's sample pack, try those.

 

Get it. If you're a WH fan you'll love these.

 

Witch hazel (Thayer's or Dickinson's...but I liked Thayer's more) or alum block and then whatever after shave I want.

 

I voted for everything. I use everything, just not all at once.

The "other" is moisturizer. Like just plain straight moisturizer. I didn't count it as an AS balm/lotion because it's not marketed as an AS. Maybe that's because it's my wife's Mary Kay

But now that I've gotten the TSD AS Milk samples, I haven't needed the moisturizer. Summer time is splashes.

Thayers alcohol free original WH. Always.

 

I use either a balm or a splash, depending on my mood. If I feel like I had a rough shave for whatever reason, I'll use witch hazel first then whatever else I'm using that day.

 

Thayers Witch Hazel, then either AS or ASB. I have some Burts Bees Bay Rum that is just killer, I also like the Ogallala AS, specifically the Bay Rum/Sandlewood.

 

Witch Hazel for me: Thayers and Dickinsons are both on my shelf.

 

Pinnauds Virgin Island Bay Rum,
Little Bracey but very nice,

 

After shave.

 

For the Bunny WH then a splash. Usually old Spice..or the Velva..or Clubman.. or.......

Fuzzy

 

I mostly use a splash followed by milk in the winter time. Why use both? I like the splash for scent, feel, and most importantly because I want to. The milk soothes and moisturizes.

In the summer time I use splashes only for the most part.

 

Mostly is a balm. Lately is either Weleda or Zirh Sooth Sandalwood - It doesn't really come in sandalwood, I just blended an Art Of Shaving sandalwood balm sample that I got at the mall into a half full Zirh Sooth bottle- smells great.

In the summer I tend to go with Speick splash

 

I use Dickinson's witch hazel infused with an essential oil (currently lemon), and follow that with home-made skin food (Corn Huskers lotion, glycerin, essential oil). However, when I use mint soap or cream, I follow with Nivea AS balm with peppermint oil added.

 

Splash = Old Spice, AV, Pinaud

Followed with...

Balm = most often a homebrew adapted from Rick's recipes, but also AOS Sandalwood, Cade.

 

I tried this today and was impressed.

Nivea Extreme Comfort balm

 

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