Do you love it or hate it? I love it and use a mentholated product for every shave. The colder, the better.
I really like it. I am looking forward to using it more often as summer approaches here in the desert.
I can use it, but I don't like to use it regularly. I'm not crazy about the way my skin feels wet for a while after drying off. I'm also a mild asthmatic and extreme levels of menthol seems to irritate my lungs a little.
I love menthol! Funny because I was just thinking about how much I want to break out some menthol stuff. Over the winter I was trying to use up some stuff I had without menthol like Proraso red, a puck of Tabac and some C&E lime cream. I still use Aqua Velva most of the time. Even in the winter. I have a tube of Ingram just waiting for the warmer weather to hit.
I'll occasionally add M Bomb to my lather and sometimes finish up with some Osage Rub. Not opposed to it at all, but don't use it every shave.
I have aversions to large concentrations of menthol on my face. Fine aftershaves work really well for me, but that's about as far as I been able to go without irritation. Mine usually looks like windburn or a mild sunburn on my cheeks when I've had too much exposure. Gets that radiant heat coming off the surface of my skin. Feels great at first though... I can use mentholated bath soaps without an issue, and they're nice for the summers down here when the humidity hits 97% and it's 105 outside. Just have to use a separate face wash sans menthol.
I like menthol a lot, I'm experimenting a little bit to find that sweet spot =) I have added some crystals to small atomizer bottles. A little goes a looong way. I received TSD soap Lemongrass with menthol, a bottle of M-Bomb From Kerry. And I love them both A LOT. Great products. I'm definitely gonna be using the m-bomb more during the summer =D Glacial soaps from Stirling is waaaay to cold. I dilute with a unscented soap
I really enjoy menthol shave creams & aftershaves. For me I get great post shave results with menthol. Proraso and Barbasol (yes Barbasol) Arctic Rush are my favorites. Barbasol Pacific Rush aftershave is a great finisher
Do enjoy it when in the mood. Currently enjoying a vintage tube of Palmolive menthol from, I think, the 60's. Quite a bit colder than Proraso.
I really like it. I add it to a lot of products that don't have it. I don't NEED everything to be mentholated though.
My experience is that the menthol in Proraso is mediocre. Plus, the eucalyptus in the green tube irritates my skin. However, I LOVE Palmolive Menthol and have been using it exclusively since early February.
Once a week, on a Monday is enough for me. I use 'Somerset's shave oil as a pre shave, then proraso green. The cold rinse takes my breath away. I enjoy it. But I enjoy the scents of the red and the floral creams/ soaps a lot more.
I have been using it a lot more. I enjoy the feel. Added m-bomb to my lather this morning and thought it was great. I used menthol most of the winter too.
I really look forward to Menthol Mondays. I have found I like menthol quite a bit. I just acquired some Osage Rub, and this has meshed nicely with the few mentholated soaps I have. I also like to warm the menthol lather in my scuttle. Reminds me of Icy Hot from my long ago forgotten athletic days.
I'm always in the mood for menthol - hence my reputation. For me, the stronger and colder the product is the more I love it. It's rare that I'll complain about my shave "being too cold." Without bragging, I've used stuff like the Glacial soaps, Yeti Snot, Synergy Frost_byte and the coldest aftershaves like Osage Rub and they make me feel like I can conquer the world.
One of the benefits of working in my line of work is the ability to use some of the technology at home. The picture is a carboxamide coolant that we manufacture for the food and cosmetic industry. This is basically menthol on steroids. I'm going to see if I can add a little "ice to my life". There's enough product here to treat a ten gallon pail of after shave
