Proraso Green Refresh Shaving Foam, 300 ml

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The exotic citrus scent of Proraso Azur Limes Beard Wash ensures your beard smells fresh all day long, whilst the formula is great for cleansing your face fuzz without stripping your skin of important oils. Proraso's commitment to excellence extends beyond our shaving essentials. Our range of skincare products includes soothing aftershaves, invigorating tonics, and nourishing moisturizers, all tailored to meet the unique needs of a gentleman's skin. Infused with natural ingredients and aromatic fragrances, our skincare collection ensures that your skin remains refreshed, rejuvenated, and impeccably groomed. As advocate of face lathering and wet shaving overall, to me it’s not that difficult to have a rich lather that lasts and does not dry easily. I shave with it since 20 years and I tested all formulations. Never had thin or insuffucuent lather, except my very first days of wetshaving. Marketed For: Proraso says: For sensitive and easily irritated skin, with extracts of green tea and oatmeal. It helps prevent redness and leaves the skin soft. With a delicate fruity fragrance of lime and apple. Accurate enough here I think. Many of these foams also contain mineral oils which are again not good for the skin. Natural oils found in creams and soaps are, but not mineral oils.

Short on time? Apply your favorite Proraso Pre-Shave Cream to your damp face, for optimal results. If using a shaving brush, run it under hot running water for about 30 seconds (if you don’t have time to soak it). Squeeze about 2 centimeter of the Shaving Cream onto your brush, dampen face with warm water, and work the brush into your scruff/stubble. You should be able to achieve an excellent lather in about a minute. I use the same procedure to lather all soaps, and don’t customize for any specific soap. My pretty ordinary method gives me fine lather for 90% of the products I try, so I tend to view it as being a fair standard to evaluate products.I admit that my own skin seems to get little benefit from aloe when applied as a post shave or shave lubricant, so those of you that are sure that aloe will help your face may get better results. And the touted Vitamin E is present in virtually omnipresent in most shaving soaps and many creams in the modern age, so I doubt many will get any sort of special benefit from its presence in Proraso Blue.

Step into the world of Proraso, the epitome of Italian excellence in grooming and skincare. Established in Italy over a century ago, Proraso has been a trusted companion for gentlemen seeking impeccable grooming experiences. With a rich heritage and unwavering commitment to quality, luxury, and timeless style. About the remaining article, well, probably is biased due the different price costs in US and here in EU/IT. In my case, I began wet shaving in 2014. The market for shave software has changed an awful lot since then, and so has Proraso. The purpose of this article is to compare Proraso products to the newer crop of shaving soaps and creams, and also to compare the families of color based Proraso products to each other. They don't do that good a job at protecting the skin, and they are also full of chemicals which are not good for your skin. People buy these to squirt some foam on to their face for a quiet shave.There are 4 lubrication of the skin options for wet shavers, when it comes to applying some type of cream and protection to the face before shaving. These are: Ingredients: Aqua (Water/Eau), Stearic Acid, Cocos nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycerin, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Parfum (Fragrance), Aloe barbadensis Leaf Juice, Tocopheryl Acetate, Menthol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Metasilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Butylphenyl Methylpropional.

Scent: Imagine your grandpa is a member of an old school jazz quartet that plays at local weddings. Now imagine you ask your grandpa and his band to play a Swedish death metal tune. This is kind of like what’s happening with Proraso Blue. Green is a great intro to wet shaving for the guy with average skin and little need for post shave maintenance. It’s also the cheapest possible menthol fix for those looking for icy faced shaving, though think of it more as a gateway than as a final destination. It shows that probably you are used to other kind/brand/texture of soaps and so you’re not loading/lathering correctly.Green then is useful for those men with pretty tough faces who don’t need a lot of cushion or post shave assistance, who prefer creams over soaps, and like a very low price point yet with some moderately distinctive scent. Note though, if you don’t like the feel of menthol on the face during shaves, Proraso Green will not be acceptable to you. Men with dry or sensitive skin will also need a better product. As hinted above, the big challenge to Proraso Green comes from Cremo, an increasingly significant US brand due to its wide availability in both big box retail and online. Their creams are cheaper than Proraso and offer superior shave protection and post shave feel. The Cremo scents are arguably weaker / worse than Proraso, but I’d bet many cream users don’t care much about scents anyway and want a cheap and effective shaving solution. If this is you, Cremo might be a superior choice. It works fine with hand lathering also. Summary: Given its low price point, and pleasant scent (for many), it’s hard to say bad things about Proraso Green. However, the poor cushion and non-existent post shave conditioning make it clear that Proraso Green is from an older generation of shaving software. I still feel this is a great way to start wet shaving, but once most users experiment with other creams or soaps, I think PR Green may either be eliminated from the rotation or saved as a once in a while trip down memory lane. Proraso though, as they buy ingredients in massive quantities can get real sandalwood and make it available to consumers at a dirt cheap price (similar to AoS, whose Sandalwood also has a similar verisimilitude and pretty close scent to Proraso Red, albeit at a much higher price). I don’t think this is Indian sandalwood (Mysore cultivar) but is probably the somewhat cheaper and less endangered Australian or Caledonian kind, which nevertheless are excellent and distinctive scents. If using your hands, work cream and water together between the palm of your hands until suds begin to form. Apply mixture into your stubble using your fingers, massaging in circular movements until a lather forms. This method also works well if you’re shaving in the shower. Shave and rinse, following with your favorite Proraso After Shave Balm or Lotion. ”

These are metal aerosol cans, filled with pressurised foam and have been around since the 1950's. A surfactant is a chemical product which is engineered to create less friction between two surfaces. The only one of the above that really should not be used with a brush at all is Kiehl’s. The rest can all be used brushless but benefit greatly from a brush. (Arguably Cremo benefits very little from a brush if at all.) You are using “brushless” to mean, the product can be used successfully without a brush (at least that’s what I think you mean). Makes perfect sense to me. But in some respects, aren’t virtually all creams capable of being used without a brush? I think that what be what our Italian poster might be questioning” The secret – that is not a secret- is to start loading (and preferably a lot) with a well shaken, almost dry brush. Then adding water gradually. As every soap. I actually think YMMV can never be overused, because it is what it is—our individual experience on our unique combination of skin factors (many variables here), beard toughness and length, water factors, techniques, etc.

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Rooted in tradition, our formulations are infused with the essence of Italian craftsmanship. Each product is carefully blended to provide the ultimate balance of functionality and indulgence. Our renowned shaving creams and soaps produce a rich, creamy lather that softens your beard, prepares your skin, and guarantees a smooth and comfortable shave every time. Ingredients: Aqua (Water/Eau), Stearic Acid, Cocos nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycerin, Parfum (Fragrance), Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Avena sativa (Oat) Kernel Extract, Camellia sinensis Leaf Extract, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Metasilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Citronellol, Geraniol, Citral, Limonene, Linalool. Ingredients: Aqua (Water/Eau), Stearic Acid, Cocos nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycerin, Butyrospermum parkii (Shea) Butter, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Parfum (Fragrance), Santalum album (Sandalwood) Oil, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Sodium Metasilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Linalool, Coumarin. Sometimes when I’m in hurry I spread (apply) straight on my face 2cm (0.8in) from the tube and I go straight to later. Or I can rub straight from the surface of a hard soap. But if you are a cream fan, or perhaps simply wish to forego the expense and added time to use a brush, Proraso’s line is an affordable and generally admirable roster offering some diversity in both performance and scents.