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01-13-2012, 06:21 PM #15
When Left is Right
Do you really need the pre-shave oil? If you feel you do let it go once you're achieving good shaves and then re-evaluate. Back to your current preparation: are you only applying and cleaning off the lather once, between two hot towel treatments? How long are those?
Originally Posted by agibby5
I like to use a good shaving lather as pre-shave prep, it's a dual-purpose product in that respect. If I'm shaving after a shower I'm not not softening the hairs so much as ensuring the skin is acclimated (i.e. super-hydrated) to the lather and not working against me. I also allow the lather's collapsing into a liquid (or thin gel) on the skin and re-lather without reservation because that's just building a solid slick and cushiony layer below the layer of lather on top... kind of like a... pre-shave oil, in theory.
P.S. agibby5: I also have a tendency to do upwards (for me not truly ATG) swipes with an open razor under the chin, along the sideburn and the right side of my chin with the left hand, and no similar strokes with the right. I'm literally more comfortable with the most aggressive movements lefty. I still use my right hand more proficiently and efficiently on the hairs around the mouth, the only valid proof that I haven't turned to the other side!