The best shaving creams, razors, and pro tips for bump-free skin all summer long.
Read the fine print
Before you buy a shaving cream, check the first three ingredients on the label. "If one of them is alcohol or fragrance and you have dry or irritable skin, forget it," says Jodi Shays, owner of Queen Bee Salon & Spa in Los Angeles. Instead, pick a sensitive-skin formula, such as Eos Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream Sensitive, $3.49, or — Shays's favorite — Kiehl's Ultimate Brushless Shave Cream Blue Eagle, $19 (above). Post-shower, rub on a lotion containing an anti-inflammatory ingredient such as menthol, urea, or lactic acid (found in Eucerin Everyday Protection Body Lotion SPF 15, $9.49). For hyperreactive skin, mix a dollop of Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion, $10.33, with a drop of 1 percent hydrocortisone cream. "It smooths like a dream," says New York City dermatologist Neil Sadick.
Before you buy a shaving cream, check the first three ingredients on the label. "If one of them is alcohol or fragrance and you have dry or irritable skin, forget it," says Jodi Shays, owner of Queen Bee Salon & Spa in Los Angeles. Instead, pick a sensitive-skin formula, such as Eos Ultra Moisturizing Shave Cream Sensitive, $3.49, or — Shays's favorite — Kiehl's Ultimate Brushless Shave Cream Blue Eagle, $19 (above). Post-shower, rub on a lotion containing an anti-inflammatory ingredient such as menthol, urea, or lactic acid (found in Eucerin Everyday Protection Body Lotion SPF 15, $9.49). For hyperreactive skin, mix a dollop of Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion, $10.33, with a drop of 1 percent hydrocortisone cream. "It smooths like a dream," says New York City dermatologist Neil Sadick.
