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Arko MEN Cream Ml, Classic Natural, 300 millilitre

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Ingredients: Potassium Tallowate, Stearic Acid, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Glycerin, Parfum, Parafinium, Liquidum, Tetrasodium EDTA, Etidronic Acid, Disodium Distrylbiphenly, Disuffonate Amyl Cinnamel, Citronellol, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool The ingredients list doesn’t appear to include any bad ingredients. It’s nice to see a natural lubricant like coconut oil making an appearance. The sheer number of ingredients needed to make a shaving cream is surprising though. Arko has been perfecting the art of a close shave for over 50 years. The Turkish brand hails from the spiritual home of the wet shave and has become synonymous with shaving thanks to its wide range of shaving products.

One side of face is available for each product, with equal amounts of stubble to be removed due to symmetrical nature of testing-ground.This was actually easier than expected, and with the wonderful aroma of Turkish soap wafting into my nostrils I applied lots of lather!

The second contestant is the Italian champion Proraso. I’ve seen Proraso mentioned quite frequently in the shaving press and gentleman’s catalogues. They do a wide range of flavours and tastes, so I was somewhat uncertain about which to spring for. I finally settled for the variant described as for “sensitive skin” (and my Italian is just about good enough to understand what “anti-irritazione” must mean as well), as this should by all expectations be of a type to keep razor burn to a minium.So, another good warm shower to moisten my face up and prepare for another shaving showdown. Products placed at the ready, a fresh blade in the razor. Once moistened a bit though it provides a lubricant experience up there with the better creams. I can’t actually recall noticing much of a smell from it, which may or may not be an advantage. To my mind a really nice smell can be very uplifting and add to the experience, but a really awful smell (like the Kiehl’s) is something you can do fine without. Points will be given based on how I feel the products work for me, how they look and feel, and may be biased by less scientific aspects such as “smells really good” or “my, this is really runny and poorly composed”. Up first: Arko – Turkish shaving soap Welcome to round 5 of the Great Shaving Cream Investigation! As exclusively revealed in last weeks post ( here), this is quite likely the second to last of the exciting rounds. I realise many of my readers will have started to eagerly look forward to the next installment, but we will at some point have to publish the final results, select the cream for our future and move on. There is more to life than shaving cream. And I’m not thinking about shampoo, skin lotions, underarm anti-perspirants or anti-fungal foot creams. I tell a lie, I may actually do something on underarm anti-perspirants and deodorants.

At the half-way point it’s over to the whipped-cream-like goodness of the Proraso. So perfectly it lays in it’s little pot that it’s almost a shame to dip a finger into it and disturb it. Looking at the pattern though you do get an impression of how substantial the cream is, as this is a pot that has been through the postal system and stored, with little regard for which way was up or down. Focus is on how well the cream lubricates, i.e. how easily the razor glides over skin and how my skin feels afterwards, i.e. is it silky smooth and pleasant, or as if someone has run a wire brush over my facial features. With regards to the ingredients of the Arko I ran into a problem. The writing on the wrapping is in Turkish, and in a font that is too tiny to read. So I had to do a spot of searching. This may be the actual list of ingredients: For round 6 I will be putting Truefitt & Hill shaving soap up against Weleda shaving cream. This will most likely be the second to last round!To get that close shave, or wet shave as it is also known, straight razors - or cutthroat razors as they are more commonly known, which enable the blade to glide over the skin to remove unwanted hairs - have been the implement of choice since the early 1900s. Many traditional barbers still offer this service. A hot shower to provide equal skin softening to both sides of face and ensure relaxed and stress free setting for tester. A fresh blade is to be inserted into the safety razor to ensure optimum cutting ability (Japanese Feather brand is used).

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