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Men's Shaving Tips. Image courtesy Brandon Blinkenberg, Stock. Two major ingredients in this formula are common in many of today's preparations.
They are easy to apply by hand, and you don't need to see bubbles or foam - just enough cream to protect from the razor blade. Nearly all shaving creams have the same basic ingredients - stearic acid, triethanolamine, lanolin, glycerin, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate, and water. Stearic acid is one of the main ingredients in soap making, and triethanolamine is a surfactant, or surface-acting agent, which does the job of soap, albeit much better.
While one end of a surfactant molecule attracts dirt and grease, the other end attracts water. Lanolin and polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate are emulsifiers that hold water to the skin, while glycerin, a solvent and an emollient, renders skin softer more supple. The addition of Aloe Vera Leaf juice assists in the hydration of your skin, leaving your face feeling refreshed. Protection, comfort, and for the sake of your skin are the main reasons you should be using shaving cream. While ancient man used to yank hairs out by their roots, our much more sophisticated process allows for the shaving cream to add hydration and lubrication to shaving, minimizing the risks of redness, razor burn, and irritation.
Shaving cream acts as a natural moisturizing barrier between your skin and your razor. The result is a closer shave that leaves your skin feeling smooth, calm, and fresh. One of the primary purposes of shaving cream is to hydrate. While you may be thinking that means hydrating the skin of your face, what it is doing is hydrating the hairs and making them softer and easier to cut. The value that this adds is that the less force you have to use during the shave, the more comfortable you will be during and post-shave.
While shaving cream is designed to moisturize your beard hair to make it softer and easier to cut, it is not designed to do anything other than assist in its removal.
However, moisturizer and lubrication are excellent for the skin, which remain even after the hair is gone. The differences in cream vs. While shaving cream is light and airy, making it easy to apply and remove with water, shaving gel is thinner and transparent, allowing you to see what you are cutting and a quicker shave.
Both add a lubricant layer to make the removal easier and protect the skin from irritation, nicks, and cuts. Shaving cream is designed to complete four tasks during your shave routine.
The first two have already been covered in hydration and lubrication softening the hairs and protecting the skin. The second two are tracking and soothing. Tracking is as simple as creating tracks as you remove the cream with your razor, so you know where you have shaved and where you haven't. And ingredients like lanolin will leave your skin feeling smooth and refreshed. Today, aerosol preparations dominate the shaving cream market. The goal of any shaving preparation is to wet and soften the hair to be shaved, cushion the effect of the razor, and provide a residual film to soothe the skin.
This film should be of the proper pH value: neither excessively alkaline nor overly acidic, it should correspond to the skin's pH level. Many manufacturers would have us believe that the recipes for shaving cream are carefully guarded secrets.
However, the secrecy revolves mostly around the quantities in which standard ingredients are used, and the choice of substitutes for the few ingredients that are variable. By law, ingredients are listed right on the container, except for perfumes.
Actual recipes are easily found in industrial chemistry textbooks available at many libraries. A standard recipe contains approximately 8.
Two major ingredients in this formula are common in many of today's preparations. Stearic acid is one of the main ingredients in soap making, and triethanolamine is a surfactant, or surface-acting agent, which does the job of soap, albeit much better. While one end of a surfactant molecule attracts dirt and grease, the other end attracts water. Lanolin and polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate are both emulsifiers which hold water to the skin, while glycerin, a solvent and an emollient, renders skin softer and more supple.
Common substitutes for the third, fourth, and fifth ingredients listed above include laureth 23 and lauryl sulfate both sudsing and foaming agents , waxes, cocamides which cleanse and aid foaming , and lanolin derivatives emulsifiers. Most ingredients are powdered or flaked, although lanolin, lanolin derivatives, and cocamides are liquids. The differences between one brand of shaving cream and another amount to adjustments in the proportions of ingredients and in the processing method longer or shorter heating times, storage of the finished product, and so on , and choice of ingredients such as emulsifiers or perfumes.
Also important is the choice of aerosol propellant. Some mixtures contain more than one propellant; most common are butane, isobutane, and propane. Though the wide range of choices for ingredients is well known, the exact combinations of ingredients represent the highest level of "magic" in modern chemistry. The modern manufacture of shaving cream is a carefully controlled process. Although carried out on a large scale, its manufacture resembles a laboratory procedure involving only small quantities of ingredients.
There are two main phases to the manufacturing process. Today's soaps, shaving creams, and lotions are all manufactured under strict quality control, and regulated by various federal agencies including the Food and Drug Administration FDA. Some states have their own regulatory agencies, though state agencies are more likely to focus on environmental concerns than product safety. Batches of shaving cream are examined and analyzed both at the manufacturing site and in the laboratory.
Individual containers of shaving preparations are coded so that a manufacturer knows exactly which batch any given can or tube came from, and can identify its distribution history. A manufacturer of shaving cream needs to be certain that each batch meets quality standards. Among the things tested for are pH value the acidity or alkalinity of the product , the height of the foam when sprayed, and its absorption rate spray the foam on a piece of paper—how long does it take till the bottom of the paper shows moisture?
Water quality must also be checked carefully. Most manufacturers make sure the water they use is pure by exposing the water to ultraviolet light or using distilled water.
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