Shave Times

When you’ve got a 9 to 5, do you shave before going to bed? Or do you shave in the morning.

A couple of shaves ago, last Saturday, I took my time shaving with my new Osma soap, and it had one of the best shaves I’ve ever had! It was amazing. Then this morning, way behind for work, I rushed the exact same shave and it was horrific! Horrific I tell you!

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I like shaving in the morning because then not only can I bless everyone else with my lovely aftershaves, but also because it makes my face “radiate” (or so my wife says). But shaving at night is way more pleasurable because time isn’t a factor. It just sucks because I feel it’s waisted on my pillow. Moreover, I don’t bath at night so I have to soak my face with a hot washcloth which kind of sucks too.

Either way, after this morning, I’m seriously thinking evening shaves are the only way to go for me.

What’s your thing, or rather your take on it?

Always shave at night after a shower or on Sunday morning after a shower. Mostly a time thing plus i don't need to look good for the job i do and a shower is the best pre-shave treatment for me so it just works out best. (Not a fast facial hair grower either so there's really no 5 o clock shadow to worry about).

I don’t have a regular 9-5 job, but I shave in the evening. I like my mornings to be lounge time. I have more luck relaxing and enjoying an evening shave.

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Originally Posted by tintin

Always shave at night after a shower or on Sunday morning after a shower. Mostly a time thing plus i don't need to look good for the job i do and a shower is the best pre-shave treatment for me so it just works out best. (Not a fast facial hair grower either so there's really no 5 o clock shadow to worry about).

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Same for me. Monday through Friday - PM shave. Sunday - AM for Church. Only Saturday shave would be if I'm going out, which ain't often.

Nighttime is the right time for me, for the same reasons you mentioned. I don’t see the point of doing this if I’m not enjoying it, and anything that gets in the way of the pleasure of it should be re-evaluated, imo. There is also the meditative value that I get from the process, not to mention the importance of not feeling rushed or distracted — at all — when I have a straight razor in my hand. (But that’s just me.)

I normally shave in the evening, before dinner. Gives me time to enjoy the process. Also, I shave every 48-72 hrs., not everyday. Seems that a little bit of stubble in between is more acceptable these days.

Mornings for me. Although i dont roll out of bed till 10am. Two cups of coffee then to the shower and shave. The wife says it takes me an hours but it more like 45 minutes when you count all the other things i do in the bathroom first thing in the morning.

I always shower and shave in the morning. I like feeling refreshed when walking out the door, and I don't like the to feel whiskers in the afternoon after shaving the night before. I tend to be an early morning person and don't mind getting up an hour or so early to enjoy a cup of coffee, read the morning paper, and enjoy a shave. My day tends to go well if it starts out well. If I am in a rush to get out the door, I use an SE rather than a straight, but that might only happen a couple of times a month.

I shave every morning for work, weekends, I don't bother.
Even taking my time, it doesn't take more than 15 minutes start to finish for a 3 pass shave. (feeding the 5 cats seems to take longer)

If I want to be presentable during daylight hours I will shave in the morning. I do a touch up if we go out in the evening. Otherwise it is late evening/early morning.

Bob

I've now progressed to shaving every other day since I finally accepted the fact that I don't need to look "presentable" every day of the week. If on that particular shave day, I am rushed (even a retired person can be rushed on occasion) I'll use a DE. But, gasp, if extremely rushed I'll grab disposable for a speed shave. In an honest confession, I use a disposable every time I use a straight. I use the disposable to shave the area around my vocal cords. For some reason, that area has become super sensitive and irritates quickly using a straight or DE. Having white/gray hair now makes it permissible to even extend the alternate shaving days since it is hard to see the stubble.

I'm a morning shower person and (it follows) a morning shave person, too.

OP - would it be feasible to set your alarm clock 15 minutes earlier to afford you a little more time?

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Originally Posted by Razorfeld

I've now progressed to shaving every other day since I finally accepted the fact that I don't need to look "presentable" every day of the week.

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ahhh, the exquisite bliss of not giving a rat’swhatever about someone else’s definition of “presentable” . . . <<belch>>

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Originally Posted by Razorfeld

I've now progressed to shaving every other day since I finally accepted the fact that I don't need to look "presentable" every day of the week. If on that particular shave day, I am rushed (even a retired person can be rushed on occasion) I'll use a DE. But, gasp, if extremely rushed I'll grab disposable for a speed shave. In an honest confession, I use a disposable every time I use a straight. I use the disposable to shave the area around my vocal cords. For some reason, that area has become super sensitive and irritates quickly using a straight or DE. Having white/gray hair now makes it permissible to even extend the alternate shaving days since it is hard to see the stubble.

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About an inch left, and an inch right of my vocal cords, my beard grows sideways. I’ve long given up trying to get bbs in that area with a straight. I can get close, but the contortions needed to get bbs is just not worth it. But that’s why I think I got so excited when I got my R41 DE - it’d been a long time since I’d given myself a completely bbs shave.

Alas, everything is a traidoff.

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Originally Posted by LeonG

I'm a morning shower person and (it follows) a morning shave person, too.

OP - would it be feasible to set your alarm clock 15 minutes earlier to afford you a little more time?

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Setting my alarm early only helps if I get out of bed early lol.

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Originally Posted by earcutter

About an inch left, and an inch right of my vocal cords, my beard grows sideways. I’ve long given up trying to get bbs in that area with a straight. I can get close, but the contortions needed to get bbs is just not worth it. But that’s why I think I got so excited when I got my R41 DE - it’d been a long time since I’d given myself a completely bbs shave.

Alas, everything is a traidoff.

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This is soooo true! FaceMapping: Know Thyself.

Every morning. It will become habit and muscle memory. I get two passes with a straight in 10 minutes from turning on the tap to putting the razor away..and no there is no decrease in enjoyment

Evening shave for me. I get up at 4:30-5:00am shower and go. To early to play with sharp objects.

ALWAYS after a shower, however I have oily skin and shower before bed and when I get up.

Shaving at night is a no no for me.
Firstly I havn't got the light for it, secondly blood on my white 1000 thread count pillow cases upsets me :)

Always shaved in the morning, but my latest job gets me up earlier than usual. So I've moved to the evening. I also shaved every day. Now its every two or three, being I don't deal with customers, at work anymore. Its also a big plus, when it comes to seasonal weather.

Like a nice mentholated shave, after a hot day, or that warm lather in the scuttle, after a cold day in fall and winter. It also helps awaken the wife's senses, while curled up in a blanket, together. :nj

I shave in the morning because if I shave in the evening I alway look rough by lunch. If I bike commute in to work I use my Maggard's slant safety razor because it is quicker - up at 4:20 AM and out the door by 4:55 AM. If I don't bike in to work it is the straight razor.

In the winter it is the scuttle on the weekend mornings. Taking my time and relaxing.

I'll typically shave in the AM before work. I wish my beard grew out a little slower so I could get away with shaving at night because I'd like to shave when my mind is a little less fuzzy.
However, on weekends I'll wait 'till I am good and awake before starting the routine. Those are the shaves that I most enjoy

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Originally Posted by Butzy

I'll typically shave in the AM before work. I wish my beard grew out a little slower so I could get away with shaving at night because I'd like to shave when my mind is a little less fuzzy.
However, on weekends I'll wait 'till I am good and awake before starting the routine. Those are the shaves that I most enjoy

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Me too. :)

I follow the knowledge passed down in this quote:

"The man that shaves in the morning loves his job. The man that shaves at night loves his wife."

I also only give myself 20 minutes from getting out of bed and out the door. Anything more and I dilly dally until I'm even later work.

Besides, with my temperment, they don't let me interact with the customers. They're usually wrong.

So, usually Sat, Mon, Wed I shave. Rest of the week are quick showers at the gym.

I am more of an evening shaver, as I don't feel sharp enough to shave in the mornings.

I shave about three times a week. Or rather, I used to, before my three-month night-shift stint. Over the last month or so I've been barely able to squeeze in one shave a week on the weekend due to being perpetually knackered.

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Originally Posted by Pithor

I am more of an evening shaver, as I don't feel sharp enough to shave in the mornings.

I shave about three times a week. Or rather, I used to, before my three-month night-shift stint. Over the last month or so I've been barely able to squeeze in one shave a week on the weekend due to being perpetually knackered.

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Is “knackered” code for drunk lol!?! Haha.

Honestly, i’m reconsidering the whole morning thing for that reason. I make a tea and coffee for the wife and I in the morning - I end up putting cream in her tea instead of my coffee more than once now. Sometimes I put coffee in her... well it’s a mess. I don’t know how I shave in the morning when most days I don’t even know how I even ended up in the bathroom!