I'm going to try a crackstar type review as I really enjoy his reviews and lets see if I can do him justice. Purchased from shaveabuck.com ,it was cheap Ease of lathering 10/10 Funny thing on the venders site there is a warning about using to much....they are right.Used too much first time and it was thick,you don't need much. Longevity of Lather 10/10 Very stable General skincare 9/10 Nice ,left my face smooth Scent 7/10 I'm not the one too ask about scent,it has too be strong before I can smell it.Menthol is mild.I didn't smell anything. Price 10/10 cheap for 100ml Would I buy again 10/10 When I place another order I'll add it. As the venders site says don't be put off by the packing or price ,I found it a nice surprise.
I've seen this there as I get my Dalan D'men shaving cream from Shave a Buck (made in Turkey, even cheaper than Nuka at $1.50 a tube) and I've thought about adding some to my next order to try. It won't be the menthol version as I don't really like menthol but the other Nuka he carries is definitely on my to-try list. Nice review! Thanks!
Gentleman, this cream although the spelling looks like NUKA is really and truly pronouned as PIKA. In the Cyrillic alphabet, which the Bulgarian and Russian languages use, the name of the cream is written, not printed. This is the cursive form. The reason I say this is because I speak, read and write Russian fluently, and I can read and understand Bulgarian, and I can speak it a little. Other languages which use this alphabet are Ukrainian and Macedonian and Serbian. The cream in the blue tube is read and pronounced as SPATIA.
Pure coincidence: I just used this cream this morning for the first time. I agree.. 1) it creates tons of lather 2) good stable lather 3) good skin protection 4) mild scent that you don't really notice 5) the menthol is mild... so mild that if I didn't see the big, bold "with menthol" I wouldn't know it was in there.
I added these and Mystic onto my pallet from Bulgaria along with the main product I ordered, Rose of Bulgaria. When I saw them, remember they were just shave cream on a wholesale PDF file before this with not even a name, I said Oh Oh..these will be here for a while. Turns out it is well received and a great product. Just a freak thing on my part. I think the East is a large untapped resource for these creams. I think if they branch out a bit with this formula they could give Arko a run for their money.
I agree. I also think I have an idea why these creams are not too well-known in North America. It's because wetshaving in the traditional way is not too popular for the most part here, so the majority of guys wouldn't be interested in buying them. Another reason could be the cost of these creams being so low in Bulgaria, Poland, etc, makes the shipping more expensive than the creams themselves. My father-in-law asked me how come Russian creams are not available here in Montreal, and I told him that over in Russia, they cost very little. The shipping is much more expensive than the creams, and another reason is, the packaging is usually all in Russian, and that if somebody cannot read and understand what's on the packaging, it's unlikely he would want to buy the item.
Packaging is the biggest difference between these creams and the success of Arko. These are better but the cyrillic makes people think middle east etc which can cause some apprehension on the consumers end. They are in fact imported European creams which can be marketed as such. I just think to them it is...shave cream...and nothing more. No real need to export it as it is just another drug store item to them.
Those shaving creams are dirt cheap ($0.60) and widely available in Bulgaria I use them often, along with other great shaving cream from my country. Some other bulgarian creams you can see on this pic for you (from my blog) http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rjfu7DTf8KI/Tn2OsKUMAhI/AAAAAAAABrg/pxMVIHRuEYI/P1110272.JPG
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, 0,60$ is so cheap. I always said Bulgarian creams are wonderful and very reasonably-priced.
I forgot to mention that I have some other Bulgarian creams. Here they are: 1) Max (in the blue tube) 2) Top Ten Menthol 3) Rose of Bulgaria 4) Compass Ice Energy I also have the Kupa Fresh and Classic creams, as well as the Karo Classic and Fresh creams. Are they ever fantastic!
Of course, Jeff, i sent you before couple years Kupa, Pika, Spatia, Top Ten - did you remember? -- Krasimir
