This is the second generation of Earthy-Fresh Shaving Cream by Shamrock Shaving. This 8-oz. tin has all the great ingredients that went into my popular and successful cream before, but now with stearic acid for longer-lasting lather. My shaving cream contains hand-crafted soap from basic organic oils, as well as lanolin and Redmond bentonite clay to give the slickest, most comfortable possible shave and leave your skin softened and enlivened. I put more into this cream than you'll find in any of the expensive European creams, for much less money.

Shamrock Earthy-Fresh Cream contains generous amounts of Redmond bentonite clay. The best commercial shaving soaps have bentonite clay because it makes your face slippery so the razor glides across it, giving a closer shave without razor "drag" or burn. The most expensive shaving lathers, however, are the luxury creams that leave this helpful ingredient out. The beautiful pearly look of Vulfix, Truefitt & Hill and Trumper's comes from carefully blended stearic acid, but clay ruins the effect. So although I add stearic beads to give my cream a fuller, longer-lasting lather, I also add the Redmond clay to give your shave a slick, comfy glide.

Also, you'll look far and wide for a cream containing real lanolin. Shamrock Earthy-Fresh is more than 2 percent pure lanolin, which leaves your face even softer than glycerin alone can make it.

Earthy-Fresh uses a stronger blend of essential oils than other creams I've used. A combination of lavender, peppermint and rosemary gives Earthy-Fresh its signature calming and invigorating scent. The rosemary is an astringent, which leaves your pores nice and tight, while the lavender-peppermint gives your wetted face a warm-cool sensation. The brisk sweet-and-musky scent makes aftershave unnecessary.

Last of all, Shamrock's shaving cream is a great deal. I decided to try making my own cream after buying a Moss Scuttle so I could make HOT foam with a badger brush. The drawback was, I was spending about 75 cents each morning, filling the scuttle with enough British luxury cream to make the lather in the bowl both thick and hot. Not only is this cream less expensive -- less than half as much per ounce as Truefitt & Hill or other top brands -- it also produces more lather by weight than commercial creams I've used. Once you dip the brush and start swirling it around your face, it fairly explodes into white, creamy, whisker-enveloping lather, with an even more powerful aroma that opens your nostrils and makes you glad you're a man who shaves with a blade.

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