Thread: Advice on new brush

Originally Posted by Kyleybob

I thought I would give an update. I still suck, but I'm getting there. I can get a good lather, but it tends to dry up pretty quick after I put it on. I make quite a few throughout the day, but I can't really do too many on my hands and what not to see its going to dry quick. Its cold and every body part I have has been drying out this year, my hands more than anything. I'm a paraplegic, and for whatever reason the hand rails on my wheels, and washing my hands all throughout the day almost keep them raw from being so dry.

Don't beat yourself up. There are times I can't get a good lather from one of my brushes. Why you ask? Well because i get into too much of a hurry. It takes time to get that perfection of lathering with a brush down to a fine art. I have been using a shaving brush off and on since I first started shaving. My Grandmother gave me my Grandfathers shaving brush. I still have it to this day. I would still have his shaving mug also but it fell ff the shelf in the medicine cabinet one day when I opened it up to get something out. I do still have my razor that was issued to me in Boot Camp. (I probably paid for it because they took all kinds of money out of my first paycheck)Good luck just practice you'll work it out.

Originally Posted by Kyleybob

I thought I would give an update. I still suck, but I'm getting there. I can get a good lather, but it tends to dry up pretty quick after I put it on. I make quite a few throughout the day, but I can't really do too many on my hands and what not to see its going to dry quick. Its cold and every body part I have has been drying out this year, my hands more than anything. I'm a paraplegic, and for whatever reason the hand rails on my wheels, and washing my hands all throughout the day almost keep them raw from being so dry.

Just a friendly suggestion, but unrefined shea butter would, most likely, help keep your hands moisturized, especially, if you apply it when you go to sleep, if you are washing your hands throughout the day.

Originally Posted by celestino

Just a friendly suggestion, but unrefined shea butter would, most likely, help keep your hands moisturized, especially, if you apply it when you go to sleep, if you are washing your hands throughout the day.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Another trick is get some heavy duty hand cream and after application put on a pair of thin cotton gloves and do that at night.

Originally Posted by Kyleybob

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Get yourself some O'Keeffe's Working Hands at Home Depot or Amazon. I use it on my hands.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Another trick is get some heavy duty hand cream and after application put on a pair of thin cotton gloves and do that at night.

lol, I've tried this, but the only gloves I had were doctors exam gloves. Needless to say I didn't make it through the night.