What's your best budget shave cream?

Some great suggestions within this thread...

I pick some Monsavon every time I'm in France - an absolute steal at 1 Euro... After some trial and error, I use a big boar brush (Omega 49) and load generously...Nice scent (without overpowering) too.

For UK budget creams / soaps (available on the high street) Erasmic cream at about £1 per tube, or Ingram at around £1.75 perform very well for me, as does the Erasmic soap bowl at around £2.

Palmolive stick, or cream - legendary, and only 50 pence / £1.50 or so respectively.

The Wilkinson Sword (blue bowl) gets a hard time from some, but at £2...Bloom the puck for a few mins, (as Erasmic) and no problem - for me, at least.

Lastly, don't ignore 'Boots' own brand stuff - pick of the bunch being the 'Freshwood' soap (in a bowl) at £3.50, and the stick of the same range at £1.75. The Freshwood AS splash & balm are great too - around £3 each.
 
Erasmic cream has become my "goto" cream recently. Tried Ingrams and really didn't like it, especially on holiday when it just ran out of the tube [emoji50]


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Wouldn't use it on my face, unless I'm mixing it with a cream to make superlather, but I love shaving my head using Groomed Cooling Shave Gel (Creightons). When I go outside, it's like I'm a beacon of mintyness.
 
Some great suggestions within this thread...

I pick some Monsavon every time I'm in France - an absolute steal at 1 Euro... After some trial and error, I use a big boar brush (Omega 49) and load generously...Nice scent (without overpowering) too.

For UK budget creams / soaps (available on the high street) Erasmic cream at about £1 per tube, or Ingram at around £1.75 perform very well for me, as does the Erasmic soap bowl at around £2.

Palmolive stick, or cream - legendary, and only 50 pence / £1.50 or so respectively.

The Wilkinson Sword (blue bowl) gets a hard time from some, but at £2...Bloom the puck for a few mins, (as Erasmic) and no problem - for me, at least.

Lastly, don't ignore 'Boots' own brand stuff - pick of the bunch being the 'Freshwood' soap (in a bowl) at £3.50, and the stick of the same range at £1.75. The Freshwood AS splash & balm are great too - around £3 each.

I bought the Ingram, Erasmic and the Wilkinson Sword bowl this week. Tried them all and I'm more than happy! Perfect for a newbie and all we're better than any gel or foam in a can I used to use.


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C.O. Bigelow which is rebranded Proraso. It's a $5 tube on regular sale at the local Bath and Body Works.

You just saved me a heap of cash. It's a rarity in London, and I have seen it for about 10 pounds. I was tempted, but...There's nothing wrong with Proraso, but it can be picked up for a lot cheaper than that.
 
I was in Gordons the Chemist at the weekend and picked up The Real Shaving Company Moisturising Shave Cream 100ml for 99p. Haven't tried it yet but looking forward to seeing how it does.
 
I have used very few products so far and as much i would like to say Proraso (i only used Blue cream and White tub so far), i have to say: Nivea Sensitive cream. I simply can lather it much easier, the lather is extremely stable, creamy and sticky, the blade glides well, very good protection from irritation, doesn't get destabilized with water variation easily...
 
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