Something New

[Roswell2019]

I use TOBs cream and like it very much but am looking to try something new.........any recommendations that are available in the UK

 

[Boycie83]

Do you want British products in particular or anything that's available in the UK? What budget range are we talking?

 

[Roswell2019]

Do you want British products in particular or anything that's available in the UK? What budget range are we talking?

Anything that's available in the UK and no dearer than TOBs

 

[Boycie83]

Cyril R Salter
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Signature Soaps (glycerin version)
Truefitt & Hill No. 10 (other cream tubes are ~TOBS tub cost)
Geo F Trumper (ditto)
D R Harris (ditto)
Creightons (great cream available from Creightons website for £1.99)
Gentlemens Face Care Club (Amazon)
Palmolive Stick - £0.75 Wilko/Superdrug
Palmolive Cream - £1.79 Lloyds Pharmacy
Boots Stick - £1.75
Boots Cool Cologne Cream - £1.59

There's a great range of British soaps and creams between the cost of TOBS and £20:

Phoenix and Beau
Wickhams 1912
Castle Forbes
The Executive Shaving Company
The Traditional Shaving Company
Edwin Jagger
Arran
Signature Soaps (hybrid)
OSP (no longer made but still available in places)
London Oatcake
Alexander Simpson
Nanny's Silly Soap

 

[Roswell2019]

Cyril R Salter
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Signature Soaps (glycerin version)
Truefitt & Hill No. 10 (other cream tubes are ~TOBS tub cost)
Geo F Trumper (ditto)
D R Harris (ditto)
Creightons (great cream available from Creightons website for £1.99)
Gentlemens Face Care Club (Amazon)
Palmolive Stick - £0.75 Wilko/Superdrug
Palmolive Cream - £1.79 Lloyds Pharmacy
Boots Stick - £1.75
Boots Cool Cologne Cream - £1.59

There's a great range of British soaps and creams between the cost of TOBS and £20:

Phoenix and Beau
Wickhams 1912
Castle Forbes
The Executive Shaving Company
The Traditional Shaving Company
Edwin Jagger
Arran
Signature Soaps (hybrid)
OSP (no longer made but still available in places)
London Oatcake
Alexander Simpson
Nanny's Silly Soap

Thank you for such a thorough reply, I will be spending the evening looking at these, again many thanks

 

[Rufusdog]

I like and use regularly Trumper’s GFT and Body Shop Maca Root and Aloe Vera.

 

[Roswell2019]

What are your thoughts about Proraso

 

[Boycie83]

It was my first ever shaving cream so I have a soft spot for it. You can get a 3 pack (mixed) of either soaps or creams on eBay for ~£10. It's fine but won't provide the same quality of lather as your TOBS. Still a perfectly acceptable lather though.

 

[Roswell2019]

It was my first ever shaving cream so I have a soft spot for it. You can get a 3 pack (mixed) of either soaps or creams on eBay for ~£10. It's fine but won't provide the same quality of lather as your TOBS. Still a perfectly acceptable lather though.

I think, for once I got it right 1st time, I will stay with TOBS plenty of different fragrance to try.

Thanks for your help it's been interesting looking at what's available.

 

[brit]

What are your thoughts about Proraso

the proraso single edge line is great stuff..

 

[Boycie83]

I think, for once I got it right 1st time, I will stay with TOBS plenty of different fragrance to try.

Thanks for your help it's been interesting looking at what's available.

This stuff is good value for money. Good variety and change from £20 for three of them.

 

[Rufusdog]

I think, for once I got it right 1st time, I will stay with TOBS plenty of different fragrance to try.

Thanks for your help it's been interesting looking at what's available.

I think you did get it right. I’ve used a variety of TOBS shaving creams over my +50 years of shaving and although I do stray occasionally I always revert to TOBS, usually Rose and Lavender. I think the TOBS range is hard to beat in terms of quality, performance and price. Also, I love visiting their Jermyn Street store whenever I’m in a London; even my wife likes visiting the store, which is most unusual.

 

[Roswell2019]

I think you did get it right. I’ve used a variety of TOBS shaving creams over my +50 years of shaving and although I do stray occasionally I always revert to TOBS, usually Rose and Lavender. I think the TOBS range is hard to beat in terms of quality, performance and price. Also, I love visiting their Jermyn Street store whenever I’m in a London; even my wife likes visiting the store, which is most unusual.

I might have to take my wife there, not been to London for quite a while.

 

[donnie_arko]

One of my favourite soaps/creams at any price is Palmolive Menthol.

Connaught Shaving stocks it now, and they always have a lot of great things worth checking out.

 

[Deleted member 1881]

But where is @MntnMan62 to suggest some UK great cream that has been reformulated in a mediocre cream?