Thread: Total Face Prep

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Sounds like he and I are kindred spirits phrank
My current routine:
Get home from work,
Have shower (whilst wetting my wiping cloth),
Make cold (as in my soap and cetera is in the fridge) lather, I add cold water to my lather bowl snd use a dry brush,
Shave ( no additional water used, I have made my lather and have my wet wiping cloth for blade cleaning,
Clean up, I squeeze my excess lather into my soap bowl for tomorrow,
Strop
After shave.
Feelin good (hopefully )

Yes...Ed's Cold Path...still do that!!

With it nice and cold lately in Toronto, only around -3, not near the -21 coming in February, I just put my soap near the window in my bathroom, the radiant cold chills it nicely!

Still can't beat that thick, sticky lather you get from chilling your soaps. And practically, that wonderful cold blast on the face definitely contracts the skin and makes your whiskers stand up!

Hmmmm....what a strange word...whiskers? Whiskers....it even sounds strange...have to look up the etymology of that word!

A nice 10 minute hot shower is all I really need. I can even manage without it now. Something I could never do with carts.

whisker (n.) Look up whisker at Dictionary.com"hair of a man's face" (usually plural), c.1600, originally a playful formation, from Middle English wisker "anything that whisks or sweeps" (early 15c.); see whisk (v.). In reference to animal lip hair, recorded from 1670s.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

Scand., Ice. visk, a wisp of hay; Sw. viska, to wipe, Ger. wischen; prob. conn. with wash.

Originally Posted by Gonzo4str8rzrs

Is it fair to say shut up and shave then. There is no really wrong way to face prep?

That is pretty much it. You have to experiment to see what works for you.

I think Ace had it right in that if your razor is really shave ready, your shaving technique is up to snuff and so is your lather you are pretty much good to go. An elaborate prep routine may just mask any deficiencies in those areas.

Then again some people have very sensitive skin and really do need all the help they can get and of course there is not a thing wrong with an elaborate prep routine if it pleases you to do so.

Bob

My prep used to be a bit more elaborate, but now I've settled on:

-Shower
-Proraso pre/post cream; soaks in while making lather
-Apply lather; let soak on face while combing hair, putting supplies away, etc
-Shave

I would estimate the process to take perhaps 2 mins.

Normally takes me about two minutes to shave. i jump in the shower lather and shave.

Originally Posted by Johnnie61

Normally takes me about two minutes to shave. i jump in the shower lather and shave.

I aspire to such success so quickly!

Originally Posted by Johnnie61

Normally takes me about two minutes to shave. i jump in the shower lather and shave.

Great demonstration of a one-handed shave, Johnnie. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Great demonstration of a one-handed shave, Johnnie. Thanks for sharing.

I concur, super technique

thanks guys