Style :: Grooming
Shaving 103: Cool it Now…. and Moisturize Too!
by PJ Gach EDGE Contributor Tuesday Jul 12, 2005 After you’ve shaved, all those open pores need to be soothed and closed. It would also help to feed your skin. That’s where after shaves comes in. Traditionally, after-shave stung like a mother, made your eyes water and were no fun to be around. Nowadays they’re chock-full of natural ingredients – herbs and such- to help promote a healthier ‘visage.’ After exhausting the ‘EDGE Grooming Team of Testers’ with shaving gels, lotions and creams… we did it again! From more than 50 products, here are our faves:
With a name like that, it better be good- and it is. Peter Thomas Roth Clinical Skin Care offers the Conditioning Multi-Tasking After Shave Tonic for après shave. It contains pro Vitamin B5, allantoin, glycerin, menthol, witch hazel, mandarin orange and lemon peel. Made for all skin types, it has a strong alcohol smell, but didn’t make our faces tingle, burn or hurt. In fact, it felt soothing and made our skin quite happy. Peter Thomas Roth Conditioning.... $28 www.peterthomasroth.com
Weleda’s After Shave Balm comes in an old-fashioned blue glass bottle. Quel Retro! It smells very sexy- must be the myrrh/chamomile mix. It also has Jojoba Oil and Aloe Vera Gel. Made for all skin types; it soothed and tingled at the same time. Weleda After Shave Balm $20 www.usa.weleda.com
ê Shave’s After Shave Cream smells like a ripe peach and may make your mouth water; it did mine. It’s a thick concoction made with Shea Butter and Vitamins A and E, so it’ll soak your skin with goodness. ê Shave After Shave Cream $16-22 www.eshave.com
Elemis’ Post Recovery Shave Mask comes from their skin care. line Leave it on freshly shaved skin for 5 -10 minutes and the lavender, macadamia, rosemary, thyme and other ingredients will calm down any razor irritation, redness and even blemishes. Smells like an earthy herb garden. Elemis Post Recovery Shave Mask $46 www.elemis.com
Babor for Men’s After Shave Balm works well with very sensitive skin. The balm contains sweet almond oil, macadamia, witch hazel, aloe, allantoin and a paragraph more of skin nutrients. Sinks into the skin, and is lightly scented. They also have the classic after shave (Babor for Men After Shave) in the familiar liquid form. The bottle is smart looking; frosted glass with blue lettering. The lightly scented contents contain algae extracts that soothes sensitive skin. Babor for Men After Shave Balm $18 www.babor.de
G.M Collin Homme calls their after shave Soothing Moisturizing Lotion. Its silvery plastic bottle holds chrono-energizers, green clay, mineral algae and other goodies to clam down razor irritation, and hydrate dry skin. Wonderful for sensitive skin. Quite yummy. G.M. Collin Homme Soothing Moisturizing Lotion $26 www.gmcollin.com/ang
Okay, you’ve done everything you’re supposed to do, yet you still have that ingrown hair from hell, what can you do? We liked Nickel’s Smooth Operator. It’s an ingrown hair gel that will smack down zits, conquer ingrown hairs and dry up oily skin. Our hero! $15 www.nickelformen.com OK EDGE men- we’ve done the hard work. We’ve sweated, shaved, slapped, sniffed and pummeled our skin so you won’t have to use either Granddad’s stuff or the 99-cent special. You’re a modern man; use modern products. You’ll find yourself having so much fun taking care of yourself and your skin that people will just want to touch you. That’s where all the real fun begins. Researched and written by EDGE Style Contributor PJ Gach. Additional editing by EDGE Style Editor Jason Salzenstein and the EDGE Grooming Team PJ Gach is a Contributing Writer for the Style & Entertainment Sections of the EDGE group of publications.She also freelances for Lemondrop.com. PJ has styled, shot and written fashion pieces for Hamptons.com. PJ writes about beauty, fashion, and lifestyle topics for national publications. As an entertainment/rock journalist her pieces have appeared in the US and Europe, including The New York Post, Rolling Stone (web & mag), Ing�nue Magazine and Drill magazine. She’s a Manhattanite, a proud dog owner, gal about town, and freelance writer. In her spare time, she rescues orphaned shoes. You can reach her at pjgachjournalist@gmail.com |
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