Castle Forbes Preshave Lotion, 5 fl. oz. | Unscented Pre Shave Conditioning Cream | Protects Skin From Razor Burn, Irritation | Luxury Beard Shaving Lotion For All Skin Types | Natural Beard Care

Product gives me a great foundation for a smooth shave every morning!

This boutique pre-shave is pretty expensive. It does, however, work.I like that it is unscented, so it is not competing and/or mixing poorly with soaps, aftershaves, and balms.Well-packaged, with easy snap-up top for dispensing small amounts of product, which is all it takes.

I use this water based preshave and either wet de or straight shave, then go for the 1445 for after. It’s been working well for years as I have sensitive skin and coarse facial hair. I get a better shave with this regiment than I ever did with Mach 17.5 blades (or whatever they’re up to now). Very few ingrown hairs, much clearer complexion. Will never go back. Even with the feather blades I use for my de razors, and the higher price tag of the castle Forbes products, I still save a bunch of money over shaving with modern blades.

I have used many preshave creams and lotions with this being the worst. It feels like very runny glycerine water. Grossly overpriced to boot. Bummer.

I’m posting a picture of the ingredients list that I took from the back of the box. When I first purchased this product, I wasn’t sure if it had parabens because I got conflicting information from Google searches (apparently this pre shave used to be formulated with parabens). I can confirm there are no parabens in the current formulation.Chemical makeup aside, this is a great product that moisturizes my face and doesn’t clog my blade with excess oils.

Fast shipping and great price from smallflower. I like the fact it is water soluble so it will never harm any of my brushes, as a few are pretty expensive. Does a good job softening and providing slickness and has no scent to interfere with my soaps or creams. I get great shaves. Good size bottle should last quite a while. Worth it!

Expensive but really does work well. I was reluctant to spend this much for this kind of product so I had my wife get it for me for Christmas. Combined with traditional brush soap the shave is much closer, cleaner and less brutal for a tough beard.

Through some research I learned that oil-based pre-shave oils could shorten the life and/or damage badger hair brushes over time. I decided to give this product a try as it was one of the only water-based pre-shave products I could find. I haven't noticed any particular difference in the quality of my shaves though there is certainly a different skin feel to the water-based products versus the oil-based; it feels much thinner on the skin. A fringe benefit is that clean-up of the sink and shaving items has become much easier since the oil-based products had a tendency to adhere to the cut whiskers much more.