Barbasol 1919 Classic Shaving Cream

I love this stuff - closest shaves I've ever had but there are a few things you should know.(1) it won't lather up. Use your hands or use a brush - it doesn't matter, you won't get any lather. I'm ok with that but for some people that might not work.(2) don't use too much. I have a beard so I'm really only shaving half of my face and I use about a pea-sized dab of this stuff. If you use too much, it'll clog up your razor.(3) the scent is kinda citrussy and pretty subtle. It doesn't bother me in the least. In fact, I like it.All that being said, I've used this stuff with cartridges and with a DE razor and it is, hands down the smoothest shaves I've ever had.

YOU NEED to have this in brick & mortar stores !!! Great product, not easy to find

This cream is amazing. Wet your face and apply a small dab on your hand. It’ll create the smoothest shave of your life. The razor blade seems to glide over your face while protecting your skin from nicks and cuts. Leaves your face feeling soft and smooth. I bought this because the regular Barbasol can cream was out of stock. Just my luck! but I’m sold on this and will continue to use it in the future. Give it a try!

Nice and slick, good smell, good protectionI prefer foamy

Excellent!

PRO- Made in the USA.- Tube is recyclable and product is cruelty-free. This should appeal to the environmental types.- I needed only 2 passes over my face to achieve the baby-butt smooth shave, as opposed to the usual 3 pass method. (With the grain, from the sides and then against the grain.) That surprised me.- I needed only a nickel-sized amount to cover my face for each pass. The directions didn't lie about that one.- ZERO irritation. And I mean ZERO. It's almost as if I didn't just drag a sharp razor blade across my face removing the whiskers and at least some of my outermost epidermal layer. This was actually quite impressive.- I didn't need to go over the 'trouble spots' on my neck like I normally do with all other shaving products I've used in life. Wow!- Pleasing scent that reminds me of Lemon or some other citrus fruit.- Would be a MUCH better product to take with you on long airplane flights or camping trips than an aerosol can. The pressure inside of an airplane isn't going to affect a plastic tube that you squeeze to extract the product.CON- Using a shaving brush didn't work well FOR ME. Best to use your fingers to work it into your skin.- Tends to gunk up my safety razor to a point where simply rinsing it under the faucet in the sink doesn't work 100%. I needed to take the razor apart and rinse off each individual piece, including the blade, when I was finished. That may not be such a good idea for guys with butterfingers to be handling a DE blade while they have wet hands. (Mine were dry while doing this, BTW.) This won't be an issue if you use a straight razor. I don't even want to know how guys still using Cartridge Razors would clean up after they're done. EDIT: (5 July 2021) A quick rinse doesn't clean off the razor, but holding it under the sink for a few moments usually does.- Costs considerably more than the foam in a can does. $6.99, to be exact. The foam cans cost me $1.47 for the 10 oz. variety at Wal-Mart and $1.00 for the 5oz. at Dollar Tree. However, the price for this cream is competitive with similar products from other manufacturers.- No 'audio feedback' when shaving the whiskers off of my face. Not hearing them get shaved off was a little strange. I got used to the ASMR-like sound the razor made when cleaving/removing the whiskers with the foam. That's how I knew I was getting results after that initial pass removed most of them that were clearly visible in the mirror. Not sure if this is really bad, but it does require some adjustment on my part.FINAL JUDGMENTBarbasol has a real winner here. I think I'll use this for those trouble spots on my neck while using the foam for everything else, including the (almost) everyday shaves. I do feel like I can confidently recommend this product to other men.

I have tried many shaving creams, including (of course!) the more common, regular Barbasol shaving cream, as well as Proraso, Art of Shaving products, and even some “puck style” ones (where you lather some in a bowl and apply it with a brush).Compared to all of those others, I really cannot recommend Barbasol 1919. It is insanely lubricating — my razor did glide across my face! — but it has zero lather and thus has a sticky, oily consistency. Combined with a regular Gillette disposable blade, this stuff just clogged the razor blades repeatedly without any way to rinse the stuff off. Same for my face after shaving, really: only an exfoliating scrub could get the 1919 oil slick off of my skin.I really think you should try Proraso or anything else before trying this.

After Neutrogena discontinued their shave cream, I've been on a hunt for a replacement. The slickness or lubrication of this cream was great but after a week I could no l longer stomach the sweet fragrance. Had the same problem with Harry's and Cremo. Vanicream has the best fragrance, toasted coconut, but felt the least lubricating of this group. Settled on Amazon Basic 2 in 1 shave cream.