Proraso Greens and the Rockwell 2C Gunmetal
Going back into rotation, still waiting for my international test orders to arrive and see who I can rely on for artisan soap purchases.
I’ll do a budget shave of the day soon. 😁
Will hopefully showcase a full shave experience in the long term for less than S$50.00
SOAP AND PRE-SHAVE OIL
The soap is a hard puck, it comes in a tin but is loose so you can just pop it out and place it in a dish, cup or as I did with mine, melt it down and reset it into soap bowl.
You can of course, use it right out of the tin.
But if you do, I’d advice you to sit the tin in a bowl of hot water to melt down the soap so that it’ll form a form fitting puck in the tin.
That way when you lather up your brush, you only take off the top layer and not have water going into the tin around the sides.
Otherwise water and foam will collect in and around the sides on the inside of the tin.
Besides a being unsightly, having water and foam trapped in an around the sides is probably not good for the soap.
If you don’t have an old soap bowl, you can buy these bowls from Lazada / Qoo10 or Amazon, just make sure they can hold at least 120 gram / 4 ounce soaps.
The “Barbershop” scent is interesting, in fact when you open the box, it’s the first thing you’ll notice as the scent is mildly strong.
It does “fade off” though, once your nose gets used to it.
It’s like a candy store and an old school barber shop who gave shaves and a haircut in the “commander’s” chair combined together.
The scent is sweet, like liquorice with a little aniseed and some floral scent all rolled into one. I Don’t think I have ever gone to a barber shop smelling like that but it does smell good.
The Pre-Shave oil is of the thicker variety so a little goes a long way.
Squirt a single pump into your palm, then with your finger dab a little around areas you are going over and then massage and spread the oil around.
The scent stays with you after the shave. I still get a whiff of it after an hour or so after the shave and it kinds of fades after that. My guess is that if I had use a scented aftershave or used cologne, it’ll be masked.
Loading up the brush is easy.
You can choose to bloom the soap (have a thin layer of hot (not boiling) water on the soap if you have melted the puck into a bowl (only the top layer gets softened) let the water sit for a minute, then load your brush with soap and lather in a bowl or do a face lather.
Or if you are using it out of the tin, just stir your wet brush into the soap till your brush get loaded up with soap and foam and either smooth out in a bowl or just do a face lather.
Either way this soap lathers up very, very easy and gives you very thick, slick and rich lather.
Definitely ranks high on the good end.
Going onto the face, the lather feels very rich and the scent very pleasant. It’s very slick, very creamy and at no time does your face feels like it’s drying out. Getting a “Santa” is ridiculously easy. More importantly, the lather feels soft and cushiony.
THE ROCKWELL 2C
I bought the Gunmetal version and not the white chrome.
Have a thing for Gunmetal.
The key to how this shaver works is the baseplate, the one with the R1 -R6 stamped on it. When you buy the 2C, you get only 1 plate, that has R1 and R3.
This is how it works :
So Essentially, the one plate you get is the “Begginer’s or very gentle shave” plate and the “Normal mild shave” plate.
I’ll start with a feather Blade and the beginner’s R1 setting. It claims that its almost impossible to get cut, and with a feather, if you are going to get cut its definitely with this blade.
Here’s a comparison in blade gap and angle of attack (aggression) compared to my Parker 22R.
First the Parker
And the Rockwell
Parker again
And the Rockwell
The curvature like all good well designed razors follow the angle of the top plate and safety bar and as you can see, the parker has more “bite” compared to the Rockwell’s R1 setting, which is shallow, the blade will only lightly “kiss” your face.
So how did it shave?!
With the R1, it’s like you can’t feel the blade.
Make no mistake this Razor feels weighty, it’s heavier than many razors out there because it has that thick long handle with non-slip knurling and the weighty baseplate, so the weight of the head assembly alone puts more then enough pressure for a close shave. But with the R1 setting, the blade is just barely touching your skin and its gap is so narrow, the razor will just glide over your face like your skin is made of glass.
I did a complete 3 pass shave and there were times when I was wondering if I had the blade in contact to the skin at all. However, holding the razor at the usual 30° angle, just slide the razor as you would any other normal shave and it’ll take hair off without much issue.
Here’s the results.
The R1 setting might be a little too gentle for me. It will give you a close to BBS shave but, not quite.
But considering that I had zero cuts or nicks with a feather blade after 3 passes and a clean-up pass on problem areas where I usually get cuts and nicks, like right under the chin and neck area just under the chin, this is actually really good.
Stretching the skin you can see that there is still a little bit of stubble left but its close enough that when you run your fingers over, its almost smooth.
This is good enough if you are in a rush, or more importantly when you are just learning how to use a safety razor.
I’ll definitely recommend anyone who wants to pick up wet shaving to get this Razor as, unless you are a moron and shave by going along the blade length sideways, I am 99.99% sure you won’t get cut.
I’ll be shaving with the R3 setting in the morning. Should be fine, even with the Yandere Feather in it.
Update :
The R3 plate is closer to an both the Edwin Jagger DE89 or Merkur 34C, actually, probably closer to the Merkur. Its very mild, some might prefer to go higher with the R2 / R4 plate.
For me though, I think the R3 might be sweet spot. Gentle enough, and especially with feather, it’s more then enough to get the job done.
The results from the R3 is a true BBS shave with the Feather. Trouble spots cleared.
Alum / Witch Hazel application indicated a little razor burn but that was to be expected.
Will experiment with other blades to see how the characteristics of the shave change.
You can get this directly from the official site, getting only the razor, cost S$41.00 but, you’ll want to get the other stuff you’ll need like soap / brush along with the razor (brush is Muslim friendly Synthetic…no pig hair used). I am not sure if they still have free shipping though.
https://getrockwell.com/collections/shaving/products/rockwell-2c-razor
Delivery for me took almost 3 weeks from date of order and finally into my hands here in Singapore.
The downside is that DHL is tardy with its email updates, so you have literally no warning when your package is to actually arrive.
The “email to update” from DHL either doesn’t work or is late in actual updates, so while you know that your package might actually have reach local shores, you will no idea when they will actually send the package.
So as long as you have someone always at home this should not be an issue.
Otherwise you’ll miss delivery and you’ll have to pick it up at a drop off point.
The other advantage if you buy from the official site is that you can buy the kits, which usually throw in other items such as soap, brushes, extra blades … at a discount.
You’ll need to check out the kits to see if anything interest you.
If however shipping cost is an issue, or end point receiving of the item (you don’t have anyone at home to pick it up for you) is an issue, you can get the Rockwell Adjustable Razor from Amazon Prime Singapore.
However if you want immediate shipping (local stock), they only have the 6C model which is the more expensive model and the one with all 3 base plates (r1-r6) at S$71.00
Shipping is free and within the same day unless all delivery slots are taken. You also get to choose when you get your delivery, so you can plan to be home to collect it.
But Amazon Singapore only has this model available as “local stock”.
Consider buying this if you want a single razor that will take you from beginner to shaving off head hair or week old beards like a pro and forking over $70+ is not an issue.
My take is that its worth it.
If this is too pricey, you don’t have much options available unfortunately.
If you want the full range from Amazon, you will need the shaver from the International Shipping tab, which is from the US, delivery is free if you spend S60.00+ (just buy other stuff to pad if you need to), but you don’t get to choose time of delivery.
The bonus is that they can be cheaper sometimes, depending on exchange rate / offers and they have almost all of the items available minus the special offer kits that you find on the official site, at the time of posting this, the 6C is actually slightly cheaper from the International tab then from the local Singapore available stock.
The Brush is worth it at $20+/- so if you get the brush and 2C, you get free delivery.
Delivery takes 2-3 weeks from amazon.
I would suggest that if you are going to get from the item shipped from the US anyways, take a look at Rockwell’s site :
https://getrockwell.com
They do have special kits and of course stuff available that is not on Amazon.
Final thoughts :
Soap and Pre-shave are top notch. Smells great, mildly strong but fades off once your nose gets used to the scent or if you use aftershave / cologne with stronger scent projection.
I’d highly recommend The Rockwell Adjustable Razor (2c / 6c) over all others if you are a beginner, especially if you are a beginner.
The previous two kings for mild shaving / beginners were the Edwin Jagger DE89 and Merkur 34C, both are great razors, but because they are fixed to one aggressiveness setting, they had to compromise to allow for both being mild and still be able to handle several days growth. This means that the blade is set much more aggressively and thus they can still cut your face if handled poorly as a beginner.
The R1 setting on the Rockwell. I really cannot see how you’ll cut yourself unless you purposefully go out of your way to do so.
Whether you are an intermediate or advanced Shaver, consider getting the 6C or if you really want a Razor that will last you a lifetime, the 6S (Yes! Got this on the way!) which is made of full Stainless Steel.
11 Mar 2019
Proraso Green Pre-shave
Proraso Blue Cream
Proraso Blue Post Shave
Merkur 34C-HD
Soaps I ordered from the UK and USA hasn’t arrived so I am going back on a longer Rotation till they do. Going to do Blue for a few days and hopefully the new soaps will arrive before the end of the week. Have some old (from the UK, some of the US) and some new stuff (from the US) I want to feature.
Yeah, they are the more “atas” stuff and am testing out shipping / delivery time / reliability of these vendors before I place “big” orders.
Saw this while at Cold Storage while doing groceries shopping getting potatoes and broccoli for dinner, was priced at $17.90 and what caught my eye was when I read the label.
Castile soaps can be used as a multi-purpose soap and reading what it had as ingredients, it had Glycerin and coconut oil, which most good shaving soaps are made with these days, so I took its claims that it can be used as shaving lather with a little more acceptance and I thought I’d give it a try.
Worse case, it’ll be used in the shower.
So After dinner and time for my evening shave, its time to give this a whirl.
Whenever I try a new soap, I always use a generous amount first. My take is that, there’s no such thing as “too much” lather, you can always throw it away, but it would be a bother if you don’t have enough partway through a shave. Since this is a liquid soap, I only applied a damp brush that had water shaken out and didn’t add any more water to the bowl.
The lather that formed was concerning. Remember what I said about lathering, you don’t want bubbles, you want thick whipped cream. Even without adding water, the lather produced was very sudsy, very bubbly foamy. This is NOT good for shaving. To test, I just applied this directly to the my face. The results were horrible.
This is not usable. The photo is actually better then it actually is, since in the minute or so it took for me to check on the photo, the suds dissipated and it was like I didn’t even lather on.
Okies, I thought maybe I should just do a full face lather, applying the soap directly with the brush.
So this time, I had 2 full pumps into the brush and applied immediately to the face. At first it looked good, great lather, started to get that “Santa Look” but I remembered that the suds dissipated fast, so after I got a full lather on, I waited about 30 secs.
As you can see, even though the skin looks slick, the lather is almost completely gone. You can still see some lather but considering I had 2 full pumps of undiluted soap applied directly to the face for a face lather, this is not acceptable.
I thought to still give it a go since the skin did look slick from both the first application and this 2nd one. It could be possible that the soap just didn’t lather well but still was usable if it got the skin slick enough.
Do note, the lather has not dried out, it’s still “wet” so it should still give you a layer for your blades to glide on right?
WRONG.
On the first pass, I nicked myself just under the nose.
Given, I was using the Parker 22R, which is a little more aggressive then my Merkur 34HD, but I have been using the Parker almost daily, switching between it and the Merkur for the several weeks now.
I haven’t nicked myself for weeks until just now.
This is NOT usable as a shaving soap.
Maybe if you used Gillette cartridges which will give you horrible shaves anyways and while probably won’t cut you, it’ll definitely will irritate your skin more.
But, this soap is not useable with a Double Edged Safety Razor
Since I haven’t finished shaving, it’s Proraso time.
Went with Proraso Red since I still have that Tea Tree scent about me, Sandalwood would mix well with it.
Look at the difference in the bowl and on the face, now that’s proper shaving lather.
Finished the shave with a BBS run.
Always feels good when you are smooth as a baby’s butt.
So as far as soaps go, even if they are from a “good” brand, sometimes their claims can be way, way off the mark. Buy this soap for the bath, it smells great, but its definitely not usable as shaving lather.
Nothing Fancy today, just Conk’s Bay Rum
Home made pre-shave
Nivea Post Shave
Merkur 34
Colonel Conk’s bay rum soap was one of the first I’ve used when I started shaving, and still one of my favorites. While there are other better made soaps with bay rum, with stronger and more pronounced scents, Conk’s still hold a special place in my heart.
Its scent still makes it a joy to use. That spiced rum smell makes you feel like doing a pirate, going “Arrrrrrhhhh me hearties!”
Heh!
It’s a pain in the arse to get in Singapore however, with most vendors overcharging for it.
I also don’t recommend buying from any of the online stores or until Amazon Prime Singapore-US starts carrying the individual soap pucks and not the “gift” mugs, which gives you a random soap along with the soap mug or dish.
If you want to get it though, your best bet is to just ship it in from the official online store in bulk if possible to save on shipping and count that extra cost as part of your vice expense.
Here’s a little problem with most of the “cheap” brushes available, they are mostly made with Boar’s Hair.
As in, from a pig.
Pretty sure that’s haram for those in Singapore who are Muslim and want to get into Wet Shaving.
So what choices do you have? Buy one of these?
Hopefully not, but if in an emergency, its at least something you can use in the interim.
Thankfully, both Lazada and Amazon Prime Singapore-US has got pretty good deals, the brush from Lazada’s is from China by a company called Baosity, they actually mentioned that their brushes were synthetic (which was the truth, so I chose to buy from them) instead of claiming to be “Badger hair” brushes that some others tried to claim for the same price (highly doubt it) and it took about a week to arrive.
The other from Amazon Prime Singapore-US is from a known Company, Rockwell Razors. They are also synthetic so there should be no issue with using this.
To my surprise the one from China was actually almost comparable in quality and the did go a good job with the handle.
To be fair, the one from Rockwell is built and crafted better, you can see that the brush is more uniform, and even when lying on the side, still keeps its shape, it also seems to be a little thicker then its China’s counterpart.
However having used both for several shaves, they both performed comparatively similar that I’d consider them both to be identical, at least for the moment. In the long term, after months of use that might change. But considering one cost $8 and the other $20, there’s not much to complain about.
There is also another advantage with the synthetic brushes.
They don’t stink out of the box and with a cleaning rinse with soap, its ready to go.
I am not sure if our Muslim friends can use Badger hair brushes, I pretty sure you can, but you might want to check or ask a scholar and see if its alright, if so, then at least you have more options.
(Update)
https://islamweb.net/en/fatwa/123120/
You can.
As with razors themselves, we’ll all get several eventually, collecting them like pokemons.
Home made Vetiver Pre-shave.
Proraso Red.
Thayers Witch Hazel
Parker 22R
I love good strong scents and Proraso Red’s sandalwood fits the bill for today.
Unlike the other lines, Red’s sandalwood is not muted or light.
Open a puck and you will immediately get a full whiff, bloom it with hot water and your entire bathroom smells of sandalwood.
Be warned though, if you don’t like heavy scents, or if you have a very sensitive nose, go easy on the red line. Buy just the puck or tube of cream and use either the Pre-shave/ post shaves from the other lines or do what I did and layer your routine with different but aligned scented theme products.
Went down to Mustafa’s to check on what the prices are now, compared to a few years ago. And boy, prices have sort of changed since I was last there. If you are out to get cheap affordable supplies for wet shaving, or starting out and don’t want to break your bank, with the exception of buying the Razor itself. This is the place to go.
SHAVING CREAM
Goorej (Cotrej) creams are $2.20 ..
Didn’t buy this but its the cheapest of the bunch, Prices range are +/-$2 so most stuff you can buy with less than what it cost to buy a packet of chicken rice.
I got the Pamolive to test and its $2.90 for a 100ml tube. We’ll get to this later.
BRUSHES
I am pretty sure this isn’t the Omega of Italy I know (nor are the other Omega branded shaving creams) but for $6.50 and below they are affordable. Buy the $6.50 version, the rest gets smaller with a smaller and sparser knots.
To be honest the “Original made in Italy” is probably telling you the truth, that is, that this is a fake, and the Original is made in Italy.
Then my eye saw this little thing.
For the love of god, don’t buy this or any of the “Gillette” branded brush that looks like this.
I know its only $2.90 and comes with some blades! … I have used Super Max blades but not the yellow boxes.
Really not sure if these are any good. Was tempted to buy to try but didn’t want to waste money this.
Before you use the brush, you’ll need to treat it. Its a boar’s hair brush which normally has a light yellow tint to the bristles, but in this case, I am pretty sure they colored it to make it look more “expansive” then it really is.
It’s a little hard to see due to lighting, but after soaking the brush in hot water, the water turned yellow
I’ll say this again, DO NOT USE THIS BRUSH BEFORE TREATING IT.
Soak it at least 3 times, every time using hot water, let it sit for half an hour, throw the water out and soak in hot water again.
In my test run I only soaked it 2 times and I got this when I made a lather.
Notice the cream color…
now look at when I use my Percy Nobleman’s brush, which is also a boar’s hair brush…
This lather is white.
I’ll need to set that new brush aside laden with soap and let the soap soak into it.
Oh I forgot to mention, the brush stank of boar’s piss or something.
The “wet pig” smell was rather strong.
So at least I know its made from real boar’s hair.
So that, at least is a plus.
Now, it is normal for all animal hair brushes, even US$200++ Badger Silver Tip hair brushes to stink a little when its out of the box, which is why you need to treat it first.
I am not going to use this brush till at least 2 overnight treatments soaking the brush in soap lather.
PALMOLIVE LATHER QUALITY
Its actually not too bad. Not as smooth as I’d like it to be, and you can see that even though it is thick, the lather looks evenly at first but starts to clump up a little leaving some areas more visible with skin showing.
In contrast here’s the one with Proraso Pro when I shaved with the straight razor
Less skin seen, a much more even lather.
But for $2.90, it does the job and compared to a $30 tube of cream, yeah, I’d expect the Proraso to do much better.
The Palmolive’s scent is best described as leafy soap? Heavy on the soap smell, with a tint of cut grass.
And no, I shaved with a safety razor with that lather. Not using a straight razor, nope!
RAZOR BLADES
50x Gillette 7 O’clocks go for $12.00
100 Derby Extras go for $9.00
And they had other assorted blades … most not branded or stuff I have never seen / heard of. Not touching those.
The 7 O’clocks are good but if you want to avoid Gillette and don’t want to get Derby’s, Amazon Prime Singapore (US item ordering) is the best place to get other brand blades, or look for the few local stores that sell blades relatively cheaply online. Just be careful on Q0010 and Lazada. I have seen some fuck trying to sell 2 x 5s or 1 x 10s box of blades (10 blades total) for $34+/-
That’s retarded, you can buy a box of 100 Feathers for that price.
Some prefer the Astra Greens, you’ll have to get those from Amazon Singapore-US for S$31.12 for a box of 100s (comes with free Arko shaving soap) and I have seen Super Max (Yellow box) in some of the smaller provision stores around Tekka but didn’t ask for the price since I had no intention to buy. Mustafa also had some Russian blades but they were not the brands I am familiar with.
Buy at your own risk.
This is my box of razors, about 140+ Feathers (box comes in 10os S$35 /200s S$62 from Amazon Singapore) , 170+ Personna’s (box comes in 200s $32.47 Amazon Singapore-US) about 140+ Derby’s (box of 100s for S$11.27 Amazon Singapore-US) and about 60+ Astra Blues (usually sold in packs of 50s for $9.90 from SGPomades.com), which is about 3 years worth of blades.
Derby’s are for my straight razor mostly or for shaves when I am in a rush, its a relatively safe blade to use once you are experienced, it’s almost impossible to cut yourself. Having said that, these are STILL RAZOR BLADES.
If you are a beginner, you can and most likely will cut yourself no matter what blade you use unless you learn really quickly or have good innate skill with the shaver.
The astra blues are also another mid range performer, probably only slightly sharper then the Derbys and as smooth.
The Personna are sharper then both previous ones while still very smooth and of course, Feathers.
Every shaver will get a bunch of feathers sooner or later especially when you have the skill and want to murder thick hair growth in as little passes as possible.
Or use in a very mild or gentle graded shaver and still get really close shaves with less risk (not no risk) of cutting yourself.
ALUM BLOCKS
Another “Omega” brand that I am sure meant for the market in India, its quality is subjective.
But for $5.90, this is cheap as fuck.
It also looks cheap as fuck.
Side by side with my Edwin Jagger Alum Block.
At first glance the Jaggers’ block looks very much more refined, its like translucent glass, while the Omega is very opaque, however this is more or less the same as my spare Proraso Alum block. So the real test is to use it. Glad to say that it seems fine. I’ll use it more but from the first use, it does what it needs to do, that is, give your fingers the ability to grip and pull on even soapy skin (touch the block then touch and pull on your skin to stretch it) I cannot however confirm if it’ll work on nicks or cuts (since I didn’t have any, nor any razor burns) so I cannot confirm how well it works but initial impression is good. And for $5.90, I can’t really complain.
The Proraso cost S$13.70 from Amazon Singapore-US
Or get from Lazada “Bloc Osma” Alum Block for about $20, they also have do have a no brand Alum Block that comes in a plastic container $16.00, quality unknown.
I think, if that is the case, just buy the $5.90 one from Mustafa.
In any case I’ll be using this cheap one for the next week or so, and will update if anything pops up.
Today’s Straight Razor day. Parker SR1.
Going with it, are the Proraso Pro Cypress and Vetyver Pre-Shave and Cream. I didn’t get the beard balm since I don’t have one, but will be using my own homemade balm made from witch hazel and aloe gel.
Finishing up with Guerlain’s Vetiver (but of course!) to set the mood.
PRE-SHAVE
Proraso Pro line is also known as the Singleblade or Straight Razor line, meant to give better protection and slickness to both pre-shaves and cream to give that blade more glide when it comes into contact with your skin.
Applying the pre-shave you can tell and feel that this version goes onto the skin a little heavier then the regular pre-shaves.
SHAVING CREAM
The cream looks and feel a little different as well. Lathering up is a little too easy if you made the mistake of adding too much water. The foam looks thick but on application, thins out showing more skin then I like. Go easy on the water to cream ratio and it should be fine.
Once you do get a good lather (able to give you the “Santa Look” without drying out on you) it goes on easy to the face and it does feel a little more slick then compared to the regular stuff.
What disappoints with both pre-shave and cream is that the Proraso kept the scent low key. You can smell both wood and grass but its toned down, muted.
Compared to Fine Accoutrements’ Green Vetiver or Taylor of Old Bond Street’s Cedar and Vetiver, Proraso’s scent could be best described as “good just not great”. Considering that the Preshave cost $25 and the Cream, $30, you’d expect both to smell great, not just ok.
To be fair, both did their job so that my once a week Straight Razor use does not end up with me donating blood to the sink, so I really can’t complain too much.
Bottom line, stick with the regular Proraso stuff, even if you are using the straight edge, pretty sure even my home made pre-shaves could have done the same job. Just not as “atas” (Malay slang for being “high” or posh) as if you used a brand name.
Proraso white is probably the most interesting of Proraso’s “normal” line.
Made from thyme flowers and leaves, oatmeal, tea leaves extracts, and menthol, got to have that menthol, you’d think that it’ll have a more earthy scent but it’s actually probably the most floral and pleasing among the color line, the mix of thyme leaves and flowers, with the milky scent of oats and tang of tea worked really well.
Compared to Proraso Green, Proraso White is much more subtle, marketed towards shavers with sensitive skins, Proraso White with its more gentle and consistent quality, hit all the right notes, making this a joy to use.
PRE-SHAVE
If you have used the Green Pre-Shave, you’d know that the moment it hits your face, it is immediate atomic ground zero.
Feels damn good for some, for others, its “HOLY CRAP!! MY FACE’S MELTING!!!”
While Proraso White still has that menthol-ly feel, it is very much toned down.
What you also notice right away, is the scent.
Unlike Proraso Blue where the best I can describe its scent is, “fresh soap scent”, Proraso White has that something ginger-ish, tea and oats smell.
It’s hard to describe oats but take a whiff from a can with at least still half filled with oatmeal mix and you’ll have a rough idea, add tea and thyme flowers and leaves … the mix somehow, just smells great.
Smell is of course, subjective, so take that with a grain of salt.
THE SHAVING CREAM
Quality is just as you would have expected it to be, lathers easily, only takes a little, about 2cm – 3cm of cream for a 3-4 pass run with most faces. Experiment to find out how much you need. Remember, you don’t want thick paint that dries up on your skin, neither do you want thin soap suds that will barely protect your face and let that blade slide. Thick whipped cream is what you want.
The cream and foam from it does feel great on the skin, if the green line is the one that is wakes you up and gets you going, the White line is the one that you use when you want to finishing your shave feeling like you just came out of a spa.
POST SHAVE
Finishing with Proraso White’s post shave is a nice finishing touch. Goes on cool, has that nice ginger-ish, soft tea and oats scent, it’s a great way to start the day.
For anyone who can’t or don’t want to use Proraso Green, go for Proraso White.
It has definitely kept to what made the green such a favorite but toned it down such that those who can’t or don’t want to deal with Green’s eucalyptus and menthol nuke to the face, can still get that nice fresh cool feel without feeling like you just walked out of ground zero.
Steve's Wet Shaving in Singapore 