Lab Series Cream

Discussion in 'Shave Creams' started by jbcohen, Apr 30, 2009.

  1. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    Any one have any experience with Lab Series shave cream? There is no reviews for it. Does it lather?
     

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  2. moviemaniac

    moviemaniac Tool Time

    I fit doesn't say "brushless" then it's supposed to lather :D
     
  3. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    Anyone have any experince with the brand name?
     
  4. rodd

    rodd Knotty Boy

    Haven't heard of it, but check the directions. For example, the Trader Joes directions say "apply a thin transparent layer, shave as normal" or something to those effects.

    If the directions say something about creating lather, it should work. I have no idea on the quality because I haven't used it.
     
  5. superbleu

    superbleu Active Member

    High end men's cosmetics line similar in price to products like Jack black, anthony logistics, ect..

    I have seen it for sale at Nordstroms. Never used it, there are plenty of creams I know and like it.
     
  6. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    Picked up a tube of Alba Moisturizing Cream Shave Mango Vanilla. does not talk about creating a lather but does not say anything about non-foam like the last tube did. Will write in tomorrow morning with my findings.
     
  7. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    Heres a photo of the product
     

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  8. rodd

    rodd Knotty Boy

    It is another non-lathering cream, but you might get OK results without a brush.
     
  9. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    How about either of these two products, do either of these lather at all? They are both available in my area.
     

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  10. rodd

    rodd Knotty Boy

    Kiss My Face is fantastic. (IMHO)
     
  11. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    Ah, will exchange tomorrow morning. Does it lather well? After my first cream I am sick of creams that don't lather. I want something that lathers.
     
  12. harlekin

    harlekin New Member

    If you have a mall nearby, it probably has a Bath and Body Works. Pick up a tube of C.O. Bigelow shave cream (the metal tube in a green box which is made by Proraso.) You won't be sorry. Just don't get the plastic tube gel, it's just goo.
     
  13. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    Does Kiss My Face give an adequate lather?
     
  14. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    If you tell him a few more times, he might listen. ;)
     
  15. Queen of Blades

    Queen of Blades Mistress of Mischief Staff Member

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    Get the C.O.Bigelow from Bath and Body Works, JB. Every mall has a BBW. The big, green, shiny tube is $10, and lathers.

    And pick up the Kiss My Face. Yes, it lathers, and many people keep a bottle on hand.
     
  16. jbcohen

    jbcohen New Member

    Got it Queen, will go get. Will need to take a detour on the way home from work in order to do. I look foward to trying some of the TSD creams, forum member have told me that they are excellent, best of the best
     
  17. MsBlackwolf

    MsBlackwolf Queen of Critters

    YES Kiss My Face lathers and performs quite well. Burt's Bees you have pictured is JUNK and doesn't lather. Bigelow is good stuff. Ivory soap would lather better than some of this stuff you are trying to use.
     
  18. Infotech

    Infotech Active Member

    My wife loves Alba.. I got some for her at Whole Foods. She doesn't use a DE, though.
     
  19. boyextraordinare

    boyextraordinare New Member

    Lab Series is junk.

    KMF is inexpensive and lathers very well, but I haven't tried it and don't want to as I don't like products replete with EOs.
     
  20. Shep

    Shep The Shep Abides

    It's already been said, but I'll add my .02 as well. Lab Series is marketed toward that infamous metrosexual culture we're always hearing about. It's expensive, does not lather and by all accounts performs very mediocre though I have read where some guys like it. I took a sniff of it once in a store and it smells like peanuts which is kind of weird.

    Alba, which is Trader Joes brand does not lather very well and shaves average to slightly above by reviews I've read. Full disclosure: I have not shaved either of these two products.

    KMF does lather and provides a very nice shave. It is also handy in a superlather concoction and is very cheap at about 7 bucks. It comes in a few scents: Lime, Vanilla, Lavender etc and an unscented version. However none of them have a very strong odor and it fades almost immediately anyway. Of the three this is the one I would recommend.
     

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