Hey everyone~
I've been into wam fiction for years now but only more recently have I been trying out things myself! Notably I am finding saving foam to be alot of fun and super easy to cleanup.
However, I'm finding that it's causing a very mild but uncomfortable stinging sensation on the skin which is less pleasurable...
While I can put up with it, it would be really nice to find something that doesn't sting. Is this something that other people experienced and if so how did you go about preventing it? I'm guessing its a chemical in the foam - any ideas as to which?

Currently using the "Gillette Sensitive Skin" saving foam (because it comes in value packs which makes it cheaper), here's the ingredients list:
Water, Triethanolamine, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Laureth-23, Butane, Isobutane, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Propane, Fragrance, BHT

thanks for the help!
- a wishing to be messy fuzzy_cat

Have not much experience with shaving foam, except it's intended use

You already got the type for sensitive skin. Do you get the stinging feeling everywhere applied, or only on the places where skin is more sensitive by nature? Is your skin in general "happy" or prone to get dry and/or feel irritated often/quickly?

Maybe you could apply a nutricioning skincare product shorter or longer before the shaving foam as "barrier"? Though it might influence how the foam sticks to the skin (e.g. fall off, of flow down).

You could try other brands with different ingredients to figure out which one is causing the stinging, though that would be trial and error and i guess most brands would use the same ingredients to get the same product.

The stinging feeling is happening everywhere its applied not just typically sensitive areas, as far as I know my skin isn't generally sensitive - only bought the sensitive one since it seemed like a good idea for this use case

Some sort of barrier could be worth a shot, as is trying different brands - commonality in ingredients is my main concern there. Been trying to find one without "Fragrance" as from my prior research that seems like a commonly cited culprit, unfortunately haven't had any luck so far

Side note (and i might make a separate post about this too): Anyone know any good Australian shops to buy gunge/foam from? Had a look at MessySupplies but shipping from the UK to Australia is A$32 (about 16 GBP) which is quite a bit (more expensive than the gunge itself) if i don't buy much at once

I often find the sensitive stuff stings more. I tend to look for ones with sloe in it, or "soothing".

The best trick I can tell you is either leave it out for 10 mins after spraying so some of the chemicals can evapourate, or add some hot water too it and stir. It makes it more silky, heavier and the warmth and water seem to stop with the stinging.

Hope this helps.

oooh ok, I guess I'll try the other non-sensitive brands too, see if they help.
Those other two ideas also sound promising, I'll give those a try when I get the chance~ thankyou!~
I'm assuming not much hot water?

Just hotish water in a bucket, lots of stirring (I use a paint mixer) and leave for a bit to cool. You would be surprised how much it can take before going more liquid than solid.

(Also, I meant Aloe, not Sloe...unless you like gin)

Ah~ all good, Aloe makes more sense
Interesting, interesting~ much experimentation awaits :3

Yeah I heard this from others on this forum that it is the aerosol that causes the sting. The propellant normally evaporates quickly, but large amounts should be left out for a while.

I haven't tried shaving cream. I tried Ocean Breeze Shower Mousse and that stuff stings even though it is meant for the body.

I am not sure if you can order this stuff internationally, but you might want to consider the following if you can get your hands on it:

https://www.messysupplies.com/products/avalanche

I have been personally covered in this from head to toe and I had no stinging problems whatsoever. I even managed to open my eyes when the I had a face full of it! Proof shown below.

Warning! Contains a guy dressed up as a girl, but you can't really tell!

mmm~ I've been envying messysupplies for a bit now, that stuff looks great but the link doesn't seem to work for me and upon looking around the site I saw this disclaimer: "*Avalanche cannot be sent internationally. Please use our alternative pie products." Perhaps its the aerosol/flammability or something?

Ah well, hoping to get some gunge from them later but shipping to Australia is a bit ouchy so could be a bit before then. Perhaps I will contact them for an ingredients list and see if I can figure out what the problematic ingredient in shaving foam is, or if they know anywhere something similar is available in Australia~

otherwise - Those photos look awesome!

Try Mr Bubble Foam Soap in a can. Very mild, 8 great colors , smells great and feels wonderful as you recieve pie after huge foam pie

Ooohh okay~ While we don't seem to have "Mr Bubble Foam Soap" here, I did see a similar range of "Whipped Shower Foam" and a "Silly Stringing Soap" from our local kmart, hopefully they have similar ingredients and don't cause irritation~

Had a chance to test out some alternatives which worked very nicely and thought I might post an update in-case anyone else comes across this thread with a similar issue~

For proper shaving foam, Kimmokay suggested I try "Nivea Men Sensitive Shave Foam" and that worked great for me, none of the stinging/burning sensation which was really nice :3

A few posts ago I also mentioned a "Whipped Shower Foam" that also worked great but did have a different consistency than shaving foam. It was much less dense more akin to foaming handwash and started collapsing much faster than shaving foam but was still alot of fun and the color and nice smell were a neat touch

Yet to test combining shaving foam and water but that also sounds fun~