Barbasol is an American brand of shaving cream and aftershave created by MIT Professor Frank Shields in 1919 in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is currently owned by Perio, Inc.[1]

 

Unsatisfied with traditional shaving methods, MIT Professor Frank Shields set out to create a product that would provide for a less irritating shave. In 1919, he succeeded with the invention of Barbasol – a shaving cream that did not have to be worked into a lather. The original formula was a thick lotion, unlike the aerosol foams common today, and is most closely related to the modern Barbasol Non-Aerosol Therapeutic Shave Cream.

 

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