Omega 46001 Shaving Cream in Bowl
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Customer Reviews of Omega 46001 Shaving Cream in Bowl
Customer Review: Italian import that is just mediocre.
Summary: 3 Stars
For me, this Omega Menthol shave soap is just an okay product. When I think of Italian imports, high quality comes to mind, not mediocrity and this stuff screams ho-hum.
The smell is very similar to Barbasol menthol shave cream which is pleasant enough I suppose. The odor was actually stronger when I first started using it but the scent seems to be diffusing somewhat as time goes on. The menthol does give my face a tingle and it lathers up okay but nothing special. It is shave soap, so outside of the fact that it tingles and smells fine, how does it shave? Well, not that great. I don't know anything about soap making but I'm guessing that maybe there's not enough glycerine in the soap. Whatever makes soap slick, this seems to be missing it. It feels tacky on my face and dries up quickly. Not too much of an issue with a fast shave but if you're taking your time, be prepared to rinse and repeat.
I have found my two dollar Van der Hagen soap to be a much more shaver friendly product at a fraction of the cost. A really good test was just washing my hands with the "bargain" stuff and then this. The VDH soap was really slick and had a better texture to the lather compared to this and gives a much closer shave without the razor pulling my skin.
I will say that the lid fits well so it would be great for travel. However, for the amount of money it costs I really was expecting more. If you want to say you only use shaving soap imported from Italy, then here it is. If you want a shave soap that produces a better shave at a lower cost, then that soap is likely available at your local WM. Overall I'm giving it 3 stars. I don't want to come across as blasting it, but I can't really praise it either. I don't know, it's just run of the mill average I guess.
Customer Review: Should be avoided by people with a sensitive skin
Summary: 3 Stars
I read so many glowing reviews for this product that I was sure my husband would love it. Unfortunately, as soon as he applied this cream to his skin and started shaving, he told that it caused an unpleasant tingling sensation, which soon turned into a mild burning.
I decided to use this "crema da barba", made in Italy to shave my leg. The cream is very smooth and lathers well, but I didn't like the smell at all: it was too strong & too cheap. Obviously, scent is a very personal thing, so please don't concentrate on this part of the review too much.
I didn't feel any tingling - just a little bit of a cooling effect on my legs. While shaving legs, I accidentally touched my face with my hand, and right away I felt what my husband was describing before. I washed the cream away within seconds. I also looked at the ingredients used in it, and I believe that menthol can cause this irritation. Unfortunately, the label doesn't indicate the percentage used, so it is difficult to say for sure which component may have caused this unpleasant tingling. Also, because menthol has an ability to quickly penetrate the skin layers, it can carry other chemical compounds with it. One of the components in this shaving cream is sodium borate, which is safe for use in cosmetics up to a specified concentration limit (in concentrations less than or equal to 5%), but as I mentioned earlier, the % used is not specified on the label, so at this point we can only guess. At 5% and higher boric acid should not be used on infant or injured skin as it causes irritation.
If you don't have a sensitive skin, give it a try, but my husband will have to go back to "Cremo Cream" & "Art of Shaving" creams.
Customer Review: Excellent Shave Cream
Summary: 5 Stars
Original Review(December 12, 2009)
I am relatively new to wet shaving and purchased this shave cream approximately one month ago, along with several other brands from various companies.
This is by far my favorite, it smells fresh, lathers well, doesn't dry the skin and the included shaving cream bowl/container is a great bonus.
There is nothing more I could expect from a shaving cream so they have likely earned a life long customer.
The retailer's service and price were also very good, arrived in a timely fashion without issue.
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Updated Review(April 05, 2011)
I was persuaded by reading some online reviews to try another shaving soap. It fell well short of my expectations and didn't provide nearly the level
of comfort and closeness as does this Omega cream. So I am back to reiterating my original review, as well I have tried a handful of other shaving creams
purchased from obscenely priced shaving stores in a local mall. This is by far the best value and this particular retailer has always provided excellent
and timely shipping. (as you noticed this soap does last a good while too, at least six months worth of daily shaving)
Customer Review: Works great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had an Amazon gift card to use up and thought I'd try the whole classic shaving bit and purchased this soap. I have used it with the Omega badgerhair brush, followed post-shave by Thayer's Cucumber Witch Hazel and Trumper's Sandelwood Skin Food for about a month now. The improvement in my facial skin is remarkable. I cannot imagine going back to canned shaving cream or gels. It takes a few more minutes to lather up with the brush but the difference in how your skin feels and smells afterward easily makes it worthwhile.
To be honest, I am just using it with a regular Mach3 razor and it works just fine. The lather is generous, the smell is pleasing, and the resulting skin feel is immensely better than shaving with the usual canned shaving gels. I have no comparison of this with other shaving soaps; I purchased this soap as my first shaving soap on the basis of the reviews here. But it does seem to be a good shaving soap and first-time users should be content with their purchase as I sure am.
Customer Review: Good for the first six months
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good shaving soap and a great value for the price. The scent reminded me of my grandfather's shaving soap from the early 60s. Definitely an old fashioned barber scent.
When I first used it, this soap made a great creamy lather even with the very hard water I had in my house. It performed daily for six months. As I neared the bottom of the bowl, however, the quality and volume of the lather began to deteriorate. The lather was thin and lacked the nice lubrication I had become accustomed to. It's almost as if the oils that form an essential part of any soap had all floated to the top when the soap was poured into the bowl, leaving the soap at the bottom to be inferior. I even installed a water softener at about that time, and the soft water did not improve the quality of the lather from the bottom of the bowl.
I'll next try a hard milled soap rather than a molded soap to see if that makes a difference.