What is Shave Butter & How to Use Shave Butter

What is shave butter and how to use shave butter are two common questions about this new shaving product. This guide will help answer those questions.

Shaving cream’s roots can be traced back to ancient Mesopotamia, where men used ashes and animal fats and applied it to facial hair before a shave.

During the mid 1800’s, shaving soap arrived and gave us the traditional “wet shave” experience. This involved creating a thick, foamy lather with soap and a badger brush. Think barbers wearing white collared shirts with ties, shaving clients with a straight razor in a classic, black and white movie.

In 1949, the aerosol shaving cream can was introduced, and by the 1960s, aerosol shaving cream controlled 65% of the market share.

By the 1970s’ a shave gel was created, and in 1993, Procter and Gamble developed a shaving gel/shaving cream hybrid, which came out like a gel but foamed like a shaving cream. If you were a kid in the 90’s like I was, strong chance you remember the marketing and seeing this in your dad’s medicine cabinet.

Pre shave oil has been in the background at various points throughout this time. Although it hasn’t been a big factor in the market, you can still find it, and it can even play a role in your shaving routine if you are prone to razor burn no matter your technique.

Although there’s a growing trend toward the traditional wet shave again using DE or safety razors, the new player in the game is shave butter. Developed in the 2010’s, it’s like the Post Malone of shaving, a genre blender that incorporates the best attributes of products-past and present.

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So, What is Shave Butter?

Shave butter combines the best parts of a shaving gel, shaving cream, and pre-shave oil in one easy product.

Like gels, it’s:

• Lightweight
• Clear
• Rinsable

Like creams, it’s:

• Protecting
• Cushioning

Like oils, it’s:

• Lubricating
• Gliding
• Slick

Shave butters are low lather, so everything is highly visible. This makes lining up beards, necks, and cheeks much easier than with a traditional shaving cream.

In other words, you are able to see what you’re doing. So, if preciseness is a necessity, shave butter is critical. You can also use it anywhere else you shave-groin, chest, legs-wherever you’d like!

Unlike aerosol shaving creams, which rely on harsh propellants like butane or propane (yes, propane and butane-like grills and lighters propane and butane!) shave butter contains high quality, skin loving ingredients. These include various types of plant or fruit-based ingredients, essential oils, and extracts to deliver moisture and nutrients to skin.

This is critical, considering the entire shaving process can be hard on skin. Ingredients that help protect skin from a razor and provide nourishment are far superior to other forms that contain harsh ingredients.

Overall, shave butter will provide a close, precision shave, that protects you from nicks and razor burn by combining the best parts of shaving cream, shave gel, and pre-shave oil.

How to Use Shave Butter

Shave butter is convenient and fast in its application ability and delivers a slick, close shave.

The only thing needed is a hand. No brush and mug required.

You simply need to squirt a half dollar sized amount into the palm of your hand, rub it between your palms, and apply it to any hair that needs to be shaven, massaging evenly and thoroughly.

Let it rest for 15 seconds to soften hair and skin, then begin shaving.

For a full guide on how to shave and how to use shave butter in a shaving routine, check out How to Shave Your Face: A Quick Men’s Guide

Strictly Man Supply Co.’s Arctic Shave Butter

We spent awhile developing our shave butter.

With the ultimate goal of helping guys look good, feel confident and be successful with a precision shave, we crafted a shave butter with quality ingredients made in the USA. Most importantly, we wanted it to feel cooling and soothing, which we accomplished using natural peppermint oil.

By incorporating ingredients like soothing aloe, calming sage, refreshing witch hazel, vitamin e, coconut oil, almond oil, argan oil and cocoa butter, we’ve developed one of the best shaving products on the market.

Our products are never tested on animals, and we offer an unconditional, forever, money-back guarantee.

Overall, we want you to become the best version of yourself as possible, and we crafted this to help meet that goal.

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Thanks for reading What is Shave Butter & How to Use Shave Butter!

For more reading on the topic and my great sources, check out:

• Artisan Shaving
• AskMen
• Spy