Shaving

*high five!*

• Nice hot shower
• clean face with face soap
• rinse
• apply face scrub to remove dead skin (this helps immensely with ingrown hairs and razor burn/irritation)
• rinse
• get out of shower and walk to sink
• rinse face again with hot water to keep pores open
• apply shaving cream
• shave from left to right of face with Gillette Mach3
• rinse with cold water when finished
• apply exfoliating toner
• apply moisturizer

notes on the process: need to look into better razor situation and possibly look into this badger brush/shaving cream thing

shave your head and balls, let that beard grow long like Zakk Wylde intended!

I use razor for the downstairs, and electric dry for the face.

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I use the Merkur 34C heavy duty safety razor after lathering my face up nicely with some Bond Street sandalwood shaving cream from my badger hair shaving brush beforehand.<br />

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The process is as follows<br />

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Have a shower or splash hot water on my face to open the pores<br />

Lather up my cream and apply liberally on my face to get a nice even coating<br />

Wet my blade and shave my face with the grain of hair growth (WTG)<br />

Lather up again and recover my face<br />

Wet blade and shave my face across the grain of hair growth (XTG)<br />

Lather up for the final time<br />

Wet blade and shave my face against the grain of hair growth (ATG)<br />

Splash cold water on my face to close the pores and wash off any remaining cream<br />

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The WTG-XTG-ATG shave gets you the closest shave, with good practice you hardly ever nick yourself, the cream is nicely moisturizing and doesn't leave your skin feeling itchy and dry afterwards, plus I never come up in a rash.<br />

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For added bonus apply moisturizer after the shave and you'll feel fresh, clean and beautiful. The discipline of this routine makes shaving less of a chore. Look after yourselves lads.<br />

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That is how you shave like a fucking boss.</p></blockquote>

Where does one acquire such marvelous shaving implements?

I got them through Amazon - Here you go!

http://www.amazon.com/Merkur-Heavy-Double-Razor-Blades/dp/B000QYEK88/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357747656&sr=8-1&keywords=merkur+34c

http://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Street-Sandalwood-Shaving-Cream/dp/B0007MW2ZW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1357747711&sr=8-2&keywords=bond+street+shaving+cream

http://www.amazon.com/Escali-100-Badger-Shaving-Brush/dp/B003WR3QSG/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_1

Any recommended beard trimmers WATMM?

I wet shave. usually whilst in the bath. can't be fucked to do it more than twice a week. I hate shaving though, right ballache.

Beautiful. Think I know what I'm getting next paycheck!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Remington-PG350-Creative-All-in-1-Kit/dp/B001QXDM1E/ref=sr_1_9?s=drugstore&ie=UTF8&qid=1357749000&sr=1-9

That's the one I use and it's pretty much done everything I need it to!

  On 1/9/2013 at 4:30 PM, Sprigg said:

Beautiful. Think I know what I'm getting next paycheck!

Sweet! Let me know what you think. Safety razors make a noticeable difference, it's actually quite satisfying.

  On 1/9/2013 at 4:22 PM, flurobox said:

Any recommended beard trimmers WATMM?

I dig my Norelco G380. Came with all sorts of attachments and adjustables.

Obel's post pretty much kills it.

Had thought before about learning to shave with one of these:

But the safety razor looks like a far more sensible idea, may have to purchase one of those bad boys.

The Sensor Excel I use was sent to me for my 18th birthday by Gillette (how they knew, I don't know) and I've used it for the last 12 years. Think I'm due an upgrade.

Also the ritualistic attitude with the brush and soap appeals immensely.

ive read a lot about that taylor of bond street shaving cream. is it all its cracked up to be?

Yeah I'd say so. Does what it says on the tin really!

  On 1/9/2013 at 12:40 PM, keltoi said:

  On 1/9/2013 at 12:40 PM, keltoi said:

Ah, the King of Shaves 'Alpha Gel'. A company so dedicating to marketing itself at testosteroney silverbacks that they had once had a promotion where you could 'win' a day out with John Terry.

+

You are all a bunch of pansies.

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  On 1/9/2013 at 4:35 PM, mat said:

  On 1/9/2013 at 4:22 PM, flurobox said:

Any recommended beard trimmers WATMM?

I dig my Norelco G380. Came with all sorts of attachments and adjustables.

(please see below)

Buckle up pals...

I used to shave my face with a razor, but I haven't really done it since high school/college because, when I do, I usually get ingrown hairs that turn into little pimples.

When I stopped shaving, even though I could grow a full face of hair, I couldn't let a beard grow without it itching the fuck out of my face, especially at night. I'm too OCD and it keeps me up. Plus, I love the feeling of a cool pillow on my cheek.

So, for the face, I use a beard trimmer with no attachment. It's never 100% clean. That's just how I roll.

Not to jump out of temporality, but I started losing my hair around 97/98, so ever since about 2000, I've buzzed the hair on my head with clippers like one of these bad boys...

It's a work horse and weighs a couple lbs. I clean and oil the blades periodiaclly. I shave the hair on my dome without an attachment, but with the blades adjusted to their longest setting. This leaves the hair on top just short enough that lint doesn't get caught in it and that it feels soft and fuzzy to the touch, as opposed to bristly. I refuse to shave the dome clean with a razor (I believe it takes a certain personality *Kaen* to rock that look. A lot of the times, dudes that do that just remind me of an erect penis).

The head technique is: I start from the right side of my face at the sideburns, up to where my baldness stops, then work my way all the way round the head, from neck to bald spot (ATG) and so on, overlapping in rows, kinda like you'd mow a lawn. Then I shave diagonally (XTG) and horizontally (HTG), feeling the length with my left hand to make sure I haven't missed spots in the back.

When I'm done chopping the sides and back, I do the top. It's pretty bald, but it has a considerable amount of peach fuzz up there. That, I start ftom the middle of my forehead to the back in a similar fashion to how I do the sides.

I normally buzz the dome once every 7-10 days.

Now back to my face.

I normally shave my face with the beard trimmer twice every 7-10 days. The first time being immediately after the clipping of the dome.

I clean off the clippers with a dye kit brush, like this...

... and switch to one of these...

Without the attachment, it gets pretty close, but not closer than I can tolerate. It's just right. This model is great because it's easy to travel with. For trips longer than 1 week, I can use it with the attchment on #2 (on my head) to get roughly the same length as my clippers, but it takes about 4x longer to do it because the blades and attachment are so small that it fills up with hair and needs to be cleaned as I do it. For the face, that isn't an issue.

The techniqhe for the face with this is most often stating from the bottom of my neck to the sideburn, (ATG) all the way round, from my right to my left. Then, I focus on details like above the ears and under my eyes/above my cheekbones. I often do a few wild HTG/XTG passes too.

When the face is done, I do the back of the neck. This has a trick to it. I feel with my index fingers where the hairline on the back of my neck starts, then I shave from the center->out to the right and then left. once I can feel where I've drawn those lines, I go from bottom to top ATG, then HTG all over that shit.

In the mirror, when looking in profile, I can sometimes see a little fuzz on the side of my neck in the back. I get this stuff by starting at the hairline behind my ears, back and down, diagonally toward that mid point of the hairline in the middle of the back of my neck.

When all is done, it looks pretty sharp.

I then clean of the beard trimmer with the dye brush.

The second time I shave the face in 7-10 days, its basically the same. I also do the back of the neck.

I use the dye brush to sweep all the hairs into the sink in a pile, then I carefully pick it up in a wad with a damp piece of toilet paper and flush it. the straggling hairs, I rinse down the drain.

I'm also OCD about a clean sink, so I do a good job cleaning up.

Same goes with hair on the floor. After trimming my head and face, I am so coverd with hair, I need to shower after. No question.

Showering is a whole other technique.

For the record, this is the best beard trimmer in the history of the universe...

The Panasonic ER389K... R.I.P.

Sadly, Panasonic discontinued it. You can see, the plug is built in at the bottom and is retractable. You just plug the fucker into the wall and you're golden. It's also small and squareish, so it fits perfectly, even in the smallest DOP kit or toiletry case. When the first one I had died, I bought another. Its a great little design. So sad you can't find em anymore. They were a bit difficult to clean, tho.

The one I use now charges with a cord that detaches. It's the next best thing out there. The name is totally douchey tho. I believe it's the Norelco "Perfect Stubble" Trimmer and is marketed to dipshits who want to style the perfect lengths of their stubble. I was embarassed buying mine. The packaging is the worst...

I highly endorse this product, however.

The design is great. It holds charge way longer than the old panasonic one I had, and its easy to clean.

It has a super firm, rubber texture and the attachment extends via the red ring around the middle. Because the ring is rubber, you can tap it clean on the side of the sink without damaging it.

Trust me. I researched the fuck out of these things.

jefferoo kills it.

standing ovation.

  On 1/10/2013 at 4:18 AM, jules said:

jefferoo kills it.

 

standing ovation.

_ Thank you, kindly!

btw

You can't believe how angry it makes me that you cant edit the quotes now... for some reason.

I wanted to insert mat and flurobox's quotes between

"Showering is a whole other technique."

and

"For the record, this is the best beard trimmer in the history of the universe..."

BUT I CAN'T!

This is a fucking OUTRAGE.

what's your aftershave of choice?

ive tried everything described here so far except for a straight blade.

The most enjoyable shaves were with my old rolls razer that i bought off an old wwII vet.

The worst was with a panasonic electric shaver that basically just pulled out hairs instead of cutting them.

Nowadays I'm prioritizing sleep time so I literally turn on the hot water (which is cold for about 60 seconds), kinda wet my Gillette mach 3 blade, scrap with the grain, then across the grain, then against the grain (in a few areas that won't give me a rash), being careful to knock out the hair as I go in the water. no soap or gel or foam or whatever, and mostly cold water. seems to work almost as well as going to all the trouble of prep work with products.

then i go pee

I haven't needed aftershave in many years, but when I did, I liked this...

I want a cool sting with that shit and then have it dry up immediately. I also like the smell.

It firms & tones.

I just use a generic electric razor with a generic two bladed regular razor. I barely have to shave, I didn't shave for 9 days and it wasn't even visible to the point I tried to take a picture of it to prove it to a friend and it couldn't be seen in the picture.

Edit: I go with the grain with the regular razor, then against with the electric.

*shower

*apply water to face

*apply this:

Fuck you and the shaving gel/electric razor you rode in on.