Thread: What is Your Shaving Routine?

I was wondering if we could start a thread to see what routine we use? This way we can get an idea of different things to try that may be fun to see how it helps us in our daily prep / routine. Let us know your skin / beard type also.

Here is what I do, as a note my routine has changed quite a bit after gathering the information on this forum and trying different things to see what works for me. I am hoping that this thread will give me some ideas, mainly ideas to help me get a better shave on those days when I am in a hurry.

I have somewhat dry skin but not sensitive, medium density beard.

Night before the shave -
Hot Shower washing my face with an exfoliating facial soap.
After drying off I apply a hydrating face cream. I make sure to do this with enough time that the cream absorbs into my skin before bed, this way it does not rub off on the pillow while I sleep.

Morning-

Pre-Shave
-Fill scuttle with hot water and start soaking the brush.
-Strop razor
-Splash hot water on face
-Apply preshave oil. I will skip if in a hurry.
-Start face lathering - 2 to 3 minutes
-Soak a face towel in hot water and apply towel to face for 2 - 3 minutes. I do this with the lather still on my face. I will skip this if I am in a hurry, but that also means I only plan on a single pass wtg.

Shave
-Lather up
-Proceed with the shave (WTG) After this pass if I am in a rush I proceed to the post shave routine.
-Rinse with hot water
-Refresh hot water in scuttle
-Apply a thin coat of lather
-Soak the face towel and apply to face for 1 - 2 minutes
-Lather up
-Second pass (ATG/XTG)
-Rinse with hot water checking with my hands to see if I need any touch ups
-Lather and touch up as needed

Post-Shave
-Rinse hot water than cold water
-Apply witch hazel or Alum Block
-Apply aftershave splash
-Apply balm

If time permits I boil a tea pot of water to fill the scuttle (no boiling water on the brush) and for soaking the face towel.