Are you cold guys using refrigerated cold water? I've used tap many times with results same as hot (or post showering). I guess cold would be a good wake up method too?
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Are you cold guys using refrigerated cold water? I've used tap many times with results same as hot (or post showering). I guess cold would be a good wake up method too?
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I am using the water from my water cooler, which is at 50-52 degrees. It is quite invigorating !!! :eek:
Just cold tap water for me. It can be really cold tho and quite invigorating!
Well, the rotten thing about this is that now that I've heard of it, I'll have to try it.
In a couple of ways it's good news. My WWII vet father told me how finishing a hot shower with a cold blast is a good way to not feel cold when you step out of a hot shower into a cool room (or the great outdoors, as in temporary army showers). It's got to do with heat of evaporation. Water near the evaporation point robs you of heat as it vaporises. Use colder water and you can towel it off before it evaporates, and you avoid this effect. It's counter-intuitive, but it works.
Currently, I don't shave right out of the shower. I do the whole hot towel and sink full of hot water routine. I'm sure my electrical bill will be higher because of all the hot water I've used in the last few weeks. If I can segue from cold blast right to shaving, I could save some time and money. And if the shave is easier, it'll be a win/win.
But I love warm lather on my chops. :( Maybe I'll have to find a clove and cinnamon soap or oil to chemically warm my face the way Proraso green cools it!:idea:
I'll give it a whirl tonight.
Cheers,
Ian
The pamphlet was introduced in this thread here in the first post.
Being Canadian I'm luckier than most of you as I can open up my patio door and chip off a piece of ice berg (which rests in my back yard), or if I'm lazy just grab a chunk of ice from my igloo. While it melts I put my brush into a snow bank to cool off. Makes for a nice cool refreshing shave! :roflmao
All kidding aside, usually cold tap water will suffice, at least for me. This is something I'll be resuming for the hot summer months, which (believe it or not) can get as warm as 36 degrees c, or about 97 degress for our American friends.
Some swear by cold water, but I cannot for the life of me figure out why. I have shaved with cold water when I had no other choice. I have also shaved using hand soap for lather when I had no other option. This does not mean that I liked it. I see no scientific basis for the use of cold water. Hot water, especially hot water mixed with the proper application of soap softens the beard and makes it easier shave. One might argue that the use of cold water makes the hair stand up more, but again, the proper application of lather produces the same effect.
Having said the, do what works for you, and I will do the same.