Thread: Shaving night vs day

I shave evenings usually , for me it takes ~20 hours to get the 5 o 'clock shadow so I am clean shaven during the work day.

Originally Posted by MHV

As much as I have patience for Joyce (even Finnegans Wake), I can't say I have managed the same assiduity with Proust! But one thing I know is that Proust really liked Guerlain's Jicky.

AFAIK, from a cursory search here: PROUST - A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU - TEXTE INTEGRAL | CLASSIQUES & MODERNES - LITTERATURE - CINEMA - MUSIQUE - POLITIQUE - VIDEOS - PEOPLE - EBOOK TEXTES INTEGRAUX OEUVRES COMPLETES

there isn't much about shaving in Proust.

There is quite a bit about shaving in Ulysses. It starts off with Buck Mulligan shaving and it certainly fits in with the "physical" actions that Bloom enjoys talking about. Proust would have liked the fragrances (plenty of stimulus for going off about memories of the past) but the actual act is not really for him.

I am just about to reread Rememrance of things Past on my Kindle. The kind of book ideally suited to a Kindle.

Claude

On another forum I put together all the passages relevant to Buck Mulligan shaving, and noticed that he did not use any aftershave, nor did he rinse his face...

There's also mention of "Skinfood," which might have been a common preparation term at the time (just like "serum" is nowadays) and Molly's perfume is "Peau d'Espagne", a.k.a Spanish Leather. It's not her favourite perfume, because she finds it smells cheap, though. Gift from Bloom.

The whole novel needs the reader to have sensory imagination: you have to visualize, smell, hear, and spatially locate things at every moment to get the meaning.

Originally Posted by Claude

There is quite a bit about shaving in Ulysses. It starts off with Buck Mulligan shaving and it certainly fits in with the "physical" actions that Bloom enjoys talking about. Proust would have liked the fragrances (plenty of stimulus for going off about memories of the past) but the actual act is not really for him.

I am just about to reread Rememrance of things Past on my Kindle. The kind of book ideally suited to a Kindle.

Claude

Not to reconviene the thread upon it's first purpose, but I shave in the evenings and have a fairly quick growing beard. I really can't go more than 24hrs without shaving and people not notice. That said, I don't get a 5 o'clock shadow until around 5 o'clock the evening following my shave which is about 21hrs of growth (I tend to shave around 8pm). I'd have the same look after shaving in the morning with a cartridge with only about 11hrs of growth.

YMMV, but I think shaving in the evening will still keep you looking good for work the next day. Plus, coming to bed with the smell of aftershave and a smooth face is not a detriment to evening activities if you take my meaning.

Peace,

I started shaving at night so that I could take all the time I needed. Now that I have a better grasp on the technique I can do it in less time so usually shave in the AM. For me, no matter what time I shave, within 8-10 hours things start growing back a little - slower than with my old Mach 3 though. For me, the shave is closer so I have more time between shaves, AM or PM makes no difference to my face.