I am a night time shower guy..... but shave in the morning. Will a good face washing as is my custom but just as good?
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I am a night time shower guy..... but shave in the morning. Will a good face washing as is my custom but just as good?
Washing before shaving removes oils from the hairs, which allows the lather to better soften them. I think a long hot shower is best, but a nice wash and hot towel is also very nice.
Well you could always wake up to refreshing hot towel treatment. I'm sure it would be quite refreshing ;)
I think as long as you use a quality face wash you will be fine. I would just add a quick hot towel to your routine.
If you can get a bar of a good Pre shave soap Like O Melhor or Musgo Real that should help considerably. They work wonders on the facial hair if you aren't taking a shower right before you shave.
Sure a good face washing is fine....Quote:
Originally Posted by bjanzen
You might try building the lather on your face.
I like to shave then shower myself. I just factor that into
a slightly different lathering strategy. I wet the brush once
and swipe the soap a turn or two. I then build a half way
lather on my face with an inexpensive eight dollar boar brush
that almost scrubs my face.
I then rinse the brush pickup some fresh soap and work a
lather in a pewter shaving mug. When I have a working lather
I rinse my face clean of the first half ass lather and
continue building a more correct lather half in the cup and
half on my face. All in all the wash plus lathering takes
a couple of min. Time enough to wake up and long enough to
soften the old whiskers.
In all this I have a warm mug of lather for the second braille pass as
a bonus. The pewter mug heats up nicely and adds to the process.
I guess a tin cup from the camping kit might do just as well.
I have my eye on a five buck "sierra cup" in titanium that may make
a great lathering cup... I think I will ask Mrs. Santa. The
shape of a sierra cup would make a good cup to lather in.
I too prefer to shave right after a hot shower. This has been the best result for me. I shower and shave the night before work, because I have to get up too darn early to be able to take my time and enjoy it.
If I don't take a shower with the shave, I just wash with hot water and a good soap, let the water sit for a minute (with a couple of more hot splashes), then apply pre-shave oil, lather and razor.
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Originally Posted by grimlad
Yep, nothing beats a hot shower before you shave!
Yeap...my standard routine, hot shower and shave. As of recently though, I have added the steamed towel treatment. That is, I wet a barber's towel and microwave it for a minute and a half. The combination of the two is great!.
Has anybody tried anything like this: Billy Jealousy // Male Grooming Products : Shave : Hot Towel : Pre-Shave Treatment
The lady at the store put some on my hand and it warmed up pretty quickly. I don't know if it opens up pores or just feels warm. Probably a con.
Way I do it:
* wet face
* apply proraso pre-shaving cream
* strop razor
* hot towel
* you're ready !!
I'm a big fan of this proraso stuff ....
Like many, I generally shave after a morning shower. On weekends, however, I usually go in for a hot (actually very hot-a taste I developed in Japan) bath in the afternoon and a shave in the evening. On these occasions, I use the following prep:
Hot towel - I heat the towel in the traditional way, using hot water from the tap (I do have the water heater set as high as it will go).
Lather - I build the lather in a mug, but this is just my way, face lather or scuttle will work as well. I leave the lather on while I strop the razor.
Hot towel - this actually removes most of the lather so.
Relather
Shave.
The hot towel, lather, hot towel sequence effectevely washes and hydrates the hair.
I use hot towel masak from St. James of London, works
Will have to try the hot towel thing..... Never tried that. I do wash my face, apply lather, strop razor, re-lather (scrub with brush) then shave.Quote:
Originally Posted by fccexpert
Thanks for all the help here.....
Barry
I always take a hot shower as one of my many pre-shave preps. If I were to attemp shaving by skipping the shower, I would do this; 1. Wash my face with hot water and a good soap, or face wash for men, like Nivea, or Neutrogena. 2. Rise with hot water. 3. Hot towel would be a must. 4. Put shampoo or hair conditioner on my face. 5. Hot towel over the shampoo/conditioner. 6. Lather. 7. Hot towel right over lather. 8. Re-lather. 9. Shave. I think these steps should help compensate for the lak of, the oh so important hot shower.
I have not but it looks interesting, though probably too expensive.
I got sold on this stuff called Blade Runner at origins in a Dillards store. Complete and utter garbarge. The stuff will not lather, is oily and makes your fingers slippery when you hold your razor. If you switch to the good old gillete sensor or fusion, it clogs the razor. Avoid Blade Runner at all costs.
Let us know if you try the Billy Jealousy and if it works.
Shower substitute? :confused:
What will they come up with next?
A multy-blade plastic doohickey to replace the straight razor?
:D
i shower at night as well but shave at night too im not sure if your beard grows fast like mine but what i do in the morning, before i started shaving with a real razor, was just get up and do a few quick passes before i go out with a safty razor. im going to do the same with the straight razor at night and if i have a date or work just pass a few time with a cheep razor they.
if that is not your style then a warm towl worked ok for my first shave but would have been better if i showered first im sure.
Didnt use a hot towel this morning, but used a new method to me which worked well on the 1st try. Face/neck steaming.
1) I boiled the kettle, put the plug in the sink and poured the boiling water into it.
2) I lathered up some La Toja shaving cream on my face & neck and then put a large bath towel over my head and I leant over the hot water in the sink.
3) The towel acted as an enclosure for the steam and after a couple of minutes I could really feel my skin sweating.
4) I then removed the towel and began to shave.
I repeated all the steps above for the second pass, then applied aftershave balm.
It worked out really well, no irritation/razor burn to report.
I would urge you to take the time out to try this method and let us all know how you got on.
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Originally Posted by Otto