Published on April 29, 2024
Kiehl’s, Dior, Amazon
It seems that not long ago, a lot of us were settling into quarantine beards. But with summer on the way and a thirst for travel and adventure on the rise, guys everywhere are heading back into the world fresh-faced—and clean-shaven.
And it’s not just because it looks good. has its benefits—especially for those of us who already know wearing facial hair isn’t a good look. It gives a sense of routine and structure to your day, helps keep you well-groomed (you can’t really get a good shave without washing your face or taking a shower) and even offers the lower half of your face an exfoliation routine you might not be getting elsewhere in your skincare regimen. Below, our 15 favorite shaving creams for guys who use electric razors, brushes and fussy safety razors, and everything in between.
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Dior Homme Soothing Shaving Creme
Image Credit: Dior If you have sensitive skin, Dior Homme’s calming shaving cream will help you avoid any unecessary irritation and razor burn. It does it with glycerin, palmitic acid, and a dose of cotton extract, all of which help to cushion and protect the skin.
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Mühle Sea Buckthorn Shaving Soap
Image Credit: Mühle This under-the-radar German company turns out tonsorial goods that punch way above their weight. Guys in the know will tell you that Mühle’s Sea Buckthorn Shaving Soap is the best one it makes, thanks to its subtle citrus smell and its soothing formula, which is rich with palmitic acid. A caveat: If you don’t have a bowl and brush at home, this won’t work for you—but the pucks last so long, those accessories are worth the investment.
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Proraso Refreshing Shaving Cream for Men
Image Credit: Amazon If you don’t turn to coffee to wake you up in the morning, try Proraso’s famously refreshing shaving cream, which uses eucalyptus oil and menthol for a bracing effect on the skin.
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L’Occitane Cade Shaving Cream
Image Credit: Amazon For a touch of Provencal elegance during your morning ablutions, reach for L’Occitane’s beloved Cade Shaving Cream. It’s rich with shea butter, which helps to cushion the skin and minimize nicks and cuts.
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Lab Series Grooming Electric Shave Solution
Image Credit: Amazon Don’t shave with a traditional razor? Lab Series has you covered with its Electric Shave Solution, which is specially formulated to get the most out of your . A word of caution: A little dab really will do you. Upside? One bottle lasts a long, long time.
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Harry’s Shaving Cream
Image Credit: Amazon Harry’s makes a canned shaving cream, but we prefer this formula, which comes out of a tube. It has plenty of soothing ingredients, including aloe vera, which make it adaptable for a wide variety of guys.
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C.O. Bigelow Shaving Cream
Image Credit: Amazon If you like an old-school shave, C.O. Bigelow’s formula is one of the best you can get. It includes moisturizing coconut oil and invigorating menthol and eucalyptus to help your skin feel cool. Best of all, you don’t need a brush to apply it—but it works just as well with one as it does without.
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Truefitt & Hill Shaving Cream Bowl
Image Credit: Amazon The late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, awarded Truefitt & Hill a for its tonsorial services. Try the English company’s shaving cream and it won’t take long to understand why. This soap comes in its own bowl, lathers luxuriously, and will leave your skin gently scented with sage, sandalwood, cedar, and musk when you’re done.
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Claus Porto Classic Shaving Soap
Image Credit: Amazon The Portuguese brand beloved around the world makes one of the best-smelling shaving creams a guy can use. Its classic version features a masculine blend of vanilla, vetiver and ylang ylang. Its other ingredients aren’t anything to sneeze at, either: shea butter and walnut oil both help make for a close, smooth shave.
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Triumph & Disaster Old Fashioned Shave Cream
Image Credit: Triumph & Disaster The men’s grooming brand that makes one of our favorite night creams also makes an excellent shaving cream. This version, a modern, citrusy take on traditional barbershop soaps, is best applied with a brush—but you could also lather it with your hands in a pinch.
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Murdock Shaving Cream
Image Credit: Murdock Murdock’s shaving cream has one of the most indulgent textures of any of the products on the list—imagine slathering your face with a freshly whipped batch of cream, albeit one that smells like lavender and bergamot, and you’ll come close to the experience. But the cream’s thickness isn’t just for show; in our experience, it means that we suffered far fewer cuts than with other thinner varieties.
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Kiehl’s Brushless Shaving Cream
Image Credit: Kiehl’s There are two versions of this shaving cream from Kiehl’s: one with menthol, and one without. If you have sensitive skin, you’ll want the “blue eagle” version, pictured here, which skips the menthol in favor of sesame oil and aloe vera, which help you get a close, calm shave.
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Jack Black Supreme Cream
Image Credit: Jack Black Jack Black’s emphasis on using ingredients found in nature means that its signature shaving cream boasts an ingredient list that sounds more like an herbal tea blend than something you’d put on your skin. And that’s a good thing: it’s blend of jojoba oil, macadmia nut oil, rosemary leaf oil and soybean oil makes for a very close shave.
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The Art of Shaving Sandalwood Shaving Cream
Image Credit: The Art of Shaving If you like sandalwood, this rich cream from The Art of Shaving is the one to reach for. It smells so good that you might find yourself shaving more often than you strictly need to.
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Anthony Shave Cream
Image Credit: Amazon You can apply this thick, rich shaving cream with a brush, but it’s formulated so that you don’t need to. A small amount will go a long way, softening your beard with eucalyptus, rosemary, and squalene and refreshing your face with hops.
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