I was cruising around this Saturday and found a garage sale. I saw a container I thought would be perfect for a melted glycerin soap, instead of the crappy coffee mug it's in (this is my pine-scented VDH deluxe). I don't like the coffee mug, too deep and clinking about, even with my Tweezerman badger brush. It's a "Tucks" medicated pads container. Perfect for my 2.5 ounce puck of soap. And as an additional garage sale bonus I get a bunch of hemorroid pads, opened it and smelled it and all the alcohol smell is there so it was screwed tight enough not to lose anything over the years. I'm looking at the ingredients: active ingredient: witch hazel 50% inactive ingredients: water, glycerin, alcohol, propylene glycol, sodium citrate, diazolidinyl urea, citric acid, methylparaben, and propylparaben. Considering what this product is intended for, the body part and the condition and purpose of the product... I was thinking... wouldn't this also be a good post-shave skin treatment? Couldn't this be used like a regular witch hazel after-shave? I'm familiar with many of the ingredients, from these shaving forums and even though this is the opposite end of the gastro-intestinal tract from the original intended use... What do you guys think? Could I use it in the post-shave regimen? It goes as follows: Cold rinse (being sure to get all the soap residue off). Alum block treatment. Rinse. Witch hazel or skin-tonic. After-shave lotion/balm. When I use something like Aubrey Organics "North Woods" after-shave lotion which has the witch hazel and aloe in it I don't use witch-hazel before, those kinds of after-shaves are two-in-ones.
Interesting thought, it shrinks swelling and what not so it might be good for razor bumps and r. rash too. I have a tube somewhere i think i'll go dig it it up and read the ingredients.
Wow... Whaterver blows your hair back, I guess. :happy102 That said, I think I might like the container as an addition to the shave cave.
Wow Bro! I thought I was the only one who uses that statement! You are only the second person I have ever seen / heard use it!
Really? I've used it most of my life. I'd attribute it to folks I knew that rode motorcycles, back in the late 1960's or early 70's. It's probably much, much older than that, perhaps originating in the mid 1800's and relating to galloping on a horse.
must not be too rare, lots of hits on google, including a facebook page. for what it's worth, I've never heard it
Go Wipe Your Face Well, I used the tucks as a post-shave therapy after the alum block. My face didn't turn into a you-know-what so it seems to work okay. Can't say it was super witchy, as I also experimented with a home-made menthol/spearmint/eucalyptus/sandal (wood?) witch hazel after-shave skin tonic, but it didn't feel weird or anything. I'll continue to use the Tucks medicated pads and use it in conjunction with a regular alcohol-based non-healing traditional after-shave to see what happened. Thanks for de-railing my awesome "Tucks Medicated Pads" thread. This is the stuff that makes Internet Legends, ya know...
:signs021 It was no problem, friend. Glad to be of service. :signs108 It's good to know that your face survived the pad. Never thought about the whole turning into a ... thing, but you know, that's pretty funny!
