Thread: Smooth on the cheeks, tugs and pulls on the mustache

The mustache may be somewhat thick causing the blade to tug and pull....just a thought

The mustache area seems to be one that gives many a challenge. I used to get nasty burn/irritation trying to get it to the same bbs-ness as the rest of my face. I found that puffing my lip out (puffer fish style!) gave a good cushion and got my hair to stick out a bit more for better shaving. YMMV, but it made a vast improvement for me. I've seen some videos where guys come at it diagonally, rather than straight down as well. Keep playing with it, it will come eventually!

Moustache area is a challenge. Some of the thickest whiskers on the body, yet the skin is very thin and supple. Both technique and sharpness need to be up to snuff. Try curling your lips over your teeth to both stretch the skin and raise the hairs. Sometimes I still have to touch up at the corners with an electric trimmer.

Grow a mustache?

Problem solved.

Originally Posted by pz93c

Grow a mustache?

Problem solved.

Well, you know our main man Lynn does have a mustache. He just may be on to something. Not one of the sharper knives in the drawer, I do the Coup de Maitre thing every morning. I finally have gotten rid of the shakes from running that razor under my nose and straight into my upper lip.

Practice helps a bunch. Not to mention a soft touch. Here it's most important not to do the side glide with the blade.

For myself its mostly about the way the hair grows. Mine on the upper lip grows more out to the sides than it does straight down so if I was to make a pass straight down I would be cutting across the grain. For my first pass I tend to shave slightly across my lip then come back with a straight down pass. This might be something to think about, pay attention to the way the hair grows.

I submit that facial hair is grown in areas that men don't know how to shave well... Lynn has his mustache, and Glen has his beard