Thread: Morning Shave vs Evening Shave

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I did in a round about way :<0) Young men being on the chase, want to have a fresh shave when stepping out for the evening. Pleasing the wife is the same thing although some of us found it no help, if you know what I mean.

Oh yeah, I know exactly what you mean.

Dave

So today was my first Saturday shave, and it was a morning shave instead of my usual evening shave. There is a definate mindset in going out in the early morning with a fresh shave. There is also a mindset with going to bed in the evening with a fresh shave. 10Pups pretty much nailed it (forgive the pun). If I'm able I will likely get up during the week, with a enough time to get in a leasurly SR shave. Friday night I will likely do an evening shave . Sunday will be up in the air. I suppose you might guess I'm hovering between the young man and the old man, and you would be correct. Not a young man anymore, but not an old man either.

I also shave of an eve. More chances for cuts and nicks to heal before I present myself to the world. Also I'm more alert and awake of an evening with less going on, thus more attention is paid to the job. I have done the whole shower and shave ritual over a weekend, but was later in the morning.

Glad to see, I'm not alone in my reasoning.

Good perspective, 10Pups. I guess this shows where I'm at in the age range. Can a shower, shave and hope be a good plan? :-)

I am a morning shaver, my wife gets me to work extraordinarily early, so when I arrive I soak the soap and brush, have brekky & read SRP.

Then I strop, and lather up, take a leisurely stroll down to the office toilets and shave every morning.

If the big guns are in I can do a touch-up before they appear.

The razors live in my office draw and commute home every weekend. Stubble is saved from Friday for a Sunday morning shave and then brekky is served by the better half.

Every Christmas the guys sit in the chair and I give them a full shave with the parade.

Before I got an 8am to 5pm job, I was all about the mornings. I love a morning shave - I have never not shaved in the morning. It's a part of me. But here lately, being swamped and working long hours, I find myself going to bed later and later each night trying to catch up on "me" and "family" time.

Which results in later and later wake times... and less and less time in the morning to do anything but shower and get out of the door.

So unless I succumb to the less than stellar shaves I am getting with my DE in the shower in the mornings... I am going to have to learn to shave in the evening.

Going to have to re-train myself!

Ah, to have your life!

@Earcutter

I shaved in the shower with a DE for many years. The sideburns always needed retouching.

IMO, a SR at night is a far better one to go.

Dave

I shave at night on workdays, mornings on non-workdays. Either way it's always dark out there is always coffee present and a shower is had afterwards.

Originally Posted by rolodave

@Earcutter

I shaved in the shower with a DE for many years. The sideburns always needed retouching.

IMO, a SR at night is a far better one to go.

Dave

i hear you. My issue is missing spots altogether!! I got to change my ways.