Thread: Woke up late? What's your solution?

Cold splash,
Wet brush,
Lather C.O Bigelow on face,
2 pass scything no water touch up,
Cold splash rinse, pat with towel,
Splash witch hazel,
Brush teeth while it dries a bit,
Splash aftershave, (usually Aqua Velva Ice Blue)
Brush hair,
If it is winter or needed quick hit of Nivea Balm and go.
10 minutes tops
Leaves me BBS most places DFS the rest.

Shave the evening before. A good shave in the evening is better than a rush shave in the morning.

Most days my solution is preventive: shave at night after my daughter and wife are asleep. If for some reason I did not, it depends on HOW late. If I have 10-15 minutes - stick a brush in a bowl of hot water, brush my teeth, strop, use a shave stick (tabac or D.R Harris for example), face lather, 1 multi directional pass - basically wtg, with xtg or atg at patches I know need more. Cleanup, AS and away. I can pull a DFS this way. If I'm really late (say have 5-10 mins) it's the same but with a Maggard mr1 DE with personna blades. saves on the stropping and less detailed cleanup.


And if I'm really REALLY late I just skip it, i'm in s/w r&d and as long as I'm doing my tasks and there no bigwigs coming to waste our time (I'm sorry - get a progress report), nobody cares...

I Shave at night, or in the morn I use a canned lather and a DE.

I try to shave at night after the little one has gone to sleep. This gives me more time to work my my growning technique with the straight.

Originally Posted by GTIwarrior

I ask this because I often sleep through my alarm...

Set the alarm to wake you up earlier.
OR
If you don't need to shave that day, then skip it.
OR
Shave the evening before.

I'd love to have this problem. On workdays, or a day that I have a set hit-time for waking up, I'm usually opening my eyes about 2 hours prior to the alarm. This morning was a textbook example: Alarm set for 0630 (for a 0750 departure). I woke up at 0345. Have been up since. I keep bouncing around between shaving in the morning and evening and both work well (what with all the extra time I have). I tend to enjoy whiskey in the evenings, so for safety's sake, I should probably just stick with the morning routine...haha.

My advice, though, for what it's worth, is what everyone else has already said. Shave in the evenings before. IMO, a good straight shave is good for up to 18 hours. I'm a military officer and find that shaving the night before with patience and focus keeps me well within acceptable limits throughout the following duty day.

I agree, kind of. I work overnight. So my shave is in the morning after work. Nice hot shower, and steady shave. Shaved at 8AM yesterday, today my shadow is setting in. Its close to 4AM. Working 12 - 14 hour days gets you tons of wiggle room.

Get up earlier next time...


Mick

I don't really worry, but I do shave in the evenings, if I missed one I would :
1 not bother,
2 cartridge in the shower, but I shower at night so cartridge with no brush face lather using a blob of cream and my hands,
3 electric razor in the car,
4 take a razor of some sort to work and worry about it if I had the time.