This next “Best Of” started in the kitchen of husband and wife team Eric Malka and Myriam Zaoui. Myriam had been experimenting with essential oils and aromatherapy and one day tested out a pre-shave oil on Eric, her entrepreneur husband. Jump-cut to a close-up of Eric’s razor gliding easily over his beard, and soon after Myriam and Eric sold their car for $12,000 and opened a store in Manhattan called The Art of Shaving. Customers adored their four-step shave system: Prepare, with pre-shave oil to soften the beard and skin; Lather Up, using a glycerin-based shaving cream with a real badger hair shave brush; Shave, using a beautifully-designed razor that features Gillette Mach3 blades; and Moisturize, with a soothing after-shave gel or balm. Can’t remember all that? No matter, you can still experience the cleanest, closest shave around if you pick up The Art of Shaving’s Travel Kit with Razor. Depending on your skin type, each kit features a pre-shave essential oil (lemon, lavender, sandalwood or unscented) with complementary-scented shave cream, a badger hair shave brush and after-shave balm. Essentially everything you need to make your face a work of art.

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