Cedarwood & Sandalwood Shaving Cream

I've used the Castle Forbes Lavender and the Castle Forbes Sandalwood and Cedarwood for many years now. I've tried the "best" of the "best" in shaving products and I can assure you: with proper prepping NOTHING is better than Castle Forbes, nothing. The Lime is great but here's the issue. Authentic lime essential oil can actually be slightly photo-toxic. It's very healing oil but the lavender and Sandalwood/cedarwood versions are just as fantastic. In my personal opinion the scents of any of the Castle Forbes line are equally natural and impressive. The lavender is extremely fragrant and is most certainly french lavender essential oil. Very healing and good for redness and or acne. The Castle Forbes Sandalwood and Cedarwood is very fragrant and has a strong cedar note with sandalwood coming in at the background. Castle Forbes probably did not use much sandalwood because true sandalwood essential oil is EXTREMELY expensive and this is the only product I know with authentic oil. I can still smell the sandalwood though others claim they can't. The sandalwood and cedarwood oils cause a slight redness in my skin compared to the very gentle lavender essential oil cream. Though my skin feels slightly more moisturized using the sandalwood/cedarwood cream than the lavender for some reason. All in all I love all the scents. I tend to favor the sandalwood/cedarwood more than the other scents because of the way is reacts on my skin. Castle Forbes cream will leave my skin moisturized all day. People ask me if I wear makeup because the close shave and my skin is so smooth. Here is the recipe for the ultimate shave. First immediately leave a hot shower and head to the sink without completely drying the body or face. Buy pure organic grapeseed oil (you can also add essential oils directly into the grapeseed oil for skin and fragrant benefits) and add a small amount to one of your hands. Now wipe the grapeseed oil around the shaving area and massage it in good for about a minute so it absorbs around skin. Nothing absorbs as good as grapeseed, I've tried everything else. Now apply hot water to your shaving brush (I recommended Simpson Super Badger Chubby 2 as the best) and then shake some of the excess water off the brush so there is some water still on the brush but not too much. Now in a circular motion use the Castle Forbes cream adding to the brush (small quarter-like amount). Now apply the cream directly to the face on top of the grapeseed oil that you massaged into the skin. Do this until it creams up quite nicely and now perform the double-edge razor shave (I recommend the Feather AS-D2 as the finest razor). I also highly recommend shaving with ONLY Polysilver blades. They are among the sharpest and definitely the most long-lasting high-end blades on the market they are also shockingly forgiving on skin. After you are done shaving you can apply the cream again if you need to for an ULTRA smooth shave (think tuxedo night). Once the entire shaving process is complete go ahead and apply the grapeseed oil to the skin all over again as an aftershave, you will be AMAZED at the results. Now you have the perfect shave, perfectly moistened face, and by repeating this daily ritual you might even attract a few compliments.

Castle Forbes Cedar/Sandalwood Shaving Cream 6.8 fl.oz. is a high-quality shaving cream, and won Badger & Blade's Best of Category in 2015 (http://www.badgerandblade.com/2015-awards-shaving-cream/). The scent is not sweet, but rather the actual smell of fresh-cut sandalwood & cedar - very manly, heavily woody. The lime and lavender scents are the same - these are the smells of the actual essential oils, not a fake perfume. The scent blooms as you apply the lather, allowing you to get the full range of fragrance. Castle Forbes Collection is not a faceless, mindless corporation, but a small outfit dedicated to quality above all and run from the seat of the Forbes clan in Scotland. They only make small batches to have absolute control. Along with Lady Forbes, Mr. Andrew French and his wife Judy created the brand in response to his failure to find a shaving cream which performed to his standards. The resulting cream has a very firm consistency, and lasts a long, long time. It may appear expensive, but the use you will get balances out the price nicely. The high quality is apparent most after you finish your shave - your skin will feel softer and smoother for many hours. Use it regularly and your face will reward you, as will your significant other. As with any manufacturer, you are more likely to get a quick response to a product inquiry from your selected retailer. That said, I recently had an exchange of emails with Mr. French, and found him absolutely committed to customer satisfaction. Even with his busy schedule, he was generous and diligent about answering my question about a product characteristic. Given that he is as likely to be conducting a show at Saks 5th Avenue or keeping company with Scottish Peerage, I felt the time he spent with a single customer was extraordinary.

I've used this product for years. The lather, smell and smoothness of shave was without doubt among the very best. I'm a safety razor and brush old timer and know what I'm talking about. Jar purchased Oct '24 and the one about 6 or so months prior were both hard as a rock. I used them both as a shaving soap at first then tried to mix the remainder with water, lumpy disaster, just NFG. You pay your money and take your chances with this...sad.

después años que estaba buscando ,comprando cremas y jabones de marcas conocidas me recomendaron esta marca que en mi opinión es la mejor que he probado hasta ahora.no necesita aceite antes del proceso y acabo 2 veces más rápido todo el proceso

Einfach klasse, weich, super Schaum, großartiger Duft. Relativ teuer, aber bestens für die Haut und trotz schnellerem Verbrauchs einfach das Richtige für die Selbstversorgung.

Great shave

I have in my den more than 200 soaps and creams. If someone ask me what is the best shaving cream or soap defiantly is Castle Forbes !!! Great slickness amazing protection and the post shave is phenomenal !!

Used the Castle Forbes shaving soap for a few years and tried each one. Come back to this one every time - the smell is the comfort of a new wooden shed. Subtle and familiar and not overbearing