Castle forbes and JF Floris

karim0028 · Post by **karim0028** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:23 pm

Hey Guys,

I have tried both Floris and and Castle forbes and both of them are awesome creams, in my book much better than trumpers or any other soap or creams ive tried. I seriously think it has something to do with the aloevera they both use as a main ingredient.

Both creams work wonderfully with my skin and i can shave with them everyday.....

Aztecface · Post by **Aztecface** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:43 pm

Congratulations on finding something that works for you. Enjoy.

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:52 pm

karim0028 wrote:Hey Guys,

I have tried both Floris and and Castle forbes and both of them are awesome creams, in my book much better than trumpers or any other soap or creams ive tried. I seriously think it has something to do with the aloevera they both use as a main ingredient.

Both creams work wonderfully with my skin and i can shave with them everyday.....

I seriously doubt that the aloe vera is doing anything for your shave. However, the fact remains that these products work well for you, and that's what counts.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:12 pm

I too doubt that any small amount of aloe vera involved is of much significence, but they both are high quality products, though for various reasons, neither is my personal cup of tea. But if they seem to work unusually well for you and you're able/willing to pay the asking price, then that is the important thing.
Regards,
Gordon

Sfox7076 · Post by **Sfox7076** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:38 am

I really like the Castle Forbes lavender. It is not Coates' lavender, but it is still really good. It was the first high end, non three-Ts non-Coates I used, and when I am out of Coates and MWF (so about 2026), I will go back for Castle Forbes.

Shawn

karim0028 · Post by **karim0028** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:46 am

Yeah, i dont know how to explain it.... After almost every one of the major creams/soaps i have tried T&H, T, TOBS, MWF, C&E, propraso, all of them gave me an uncomfortable/decent shave that required soothing afterwards....

At first i was in heaven with Floris cream (as mentioned in my previous posts) and by chance i thought i would try CF just to see if it was as good as people mentioned and i went and bought it.

TO my surprise it also shave extremely comfortably and no need to sooth afterwards, no skin irritation, no burning, no breakouts, nothing, just a smooth and comfortable shave day in, day out....

I went and looked at the ingredients and Floris and CF have almost identical ingredients and almost identical ordering of importance of the same ingredients...

Aloe seems to be number 2 on the list after Aqua, so i would assume that its not a minor part of the formulation.....

Would i be wrong there? I mean, the amount of the product is is usually reflected in its ordering of the ingredients......

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:43 am

Aloe itself is mostly water, and its lubrication and moisturizing properties are extremely small. Many products that contain aloe, contain it because customers like to see its famous name, not because it's really effective for the purpose. To put it plainly, the first two ingredients could just as well read "water" and "more water".

It's almost certainly their mixture of soap chemicals that are doing it for you.

SMF

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