Thread: My barber doesn't use soaps or creams; what is he using?

yeah your best bet is to just ask your barber what he is using.. however. what works for you may not be the best for your customers to shave with.. so I would have an arsenal of creams and gels or oil..

I know in my shop a lot of the guys use promate shave gel for their Krisp lines and for most of their lining .. frankly I dont spend the money on the promate stuff but it does work well.. I use aloe shave gel when I use the straight razor to arch my daughters and girl's eyebrows because with it I can see every little hair.

and I dont know how this particular group feels about the Latherizer machine but my girl loves it to give shaves in the shop.

Sounds like a shaving oil, also have a bottle sitting on the shelf. Wilkinson is the name, thought it was a small bottle in a pyramid shape.
You can use it as a pre and for a shave. (described on the bottle) Have not used it yet as I'm more a soap man.

I use Shave Secret. Little bottle shave oil I picked up for a couple of bucks at Walmart. I like it. It's especially refreshing in the summer.

There was a thread sometime ago about how you can shave with just water if you constantly rewet the area to make sure it's wet. Since reading that, I've tried this and found it to work really well. What I usually do is I shave close to my beard or goatee or whatever with the lather on my face. Then I rinse the remaining lather (near my facial hair) off and make sure the area is wet and start to clean up the lines with just water on my face. If your blade is sharp, your technique is decent, and your face is wet, this should be pretty easy to do.

@krs19: please ask your barber and let us know what he uses.

My guess is either a home brewed mixture or a pre-shave oil.

As everyone said it is possibly a shave oil either the barbers own blend or an off the shelf one.

It may also be one of the King of Shaves products. They do oils and gels.

A friend of mine uses the King of Shaves stuff. Tried them once but didn't like them.

I'm going there Saturday; I will ask and definitely share the info. He has a great routine he uses on me and I basically plan on mimicking this routine once I know what shave products he is using. First he uses clippers to trim the beard down to the length i want it. Second is some sort of pres-have treatment and a hot towel. After that he sprays my face with a little water then uses his oily stuff and massages that into the face then the shave begins. Once the shave is complete he throws a cold towel on for a minute or two. He uses the cold towel to wipe my face down and I'm done. The whole thing takes maybe 20 minutes or so. My face feels great when he's done and the shave is close. It lasts at least 2 days. Thanks guys for all of your comments as well. Be safe...

A 5/8 or 1/2 spike point straight razor would be helpful in keeping your beard lines looking straight.

Pabster

Originally Posted by krs19

I'm going there Saturday; I will ask and definitely share the info. He has a great routine he uses on me and I basically plan on mimicking this routine once I know what shave products he is using. First he uses clippers to trim the beard down to the length i want it. Second is some sort of pres-have treatment and a hot towel. After that he sprays my face with a little water then uses his oily stuff and massages that into the face then the shave begins. Once the shave is complete he throws a cold towel on for a minute or two. He uses the cold towel to wipe my face down and I'm done. The whole thing takes maybe 20 minutes or so. My face feels great when he's done and the shave is close. It lasts at least 2 days. Thanks guys for all of your comments as well. Be safe...

And what used your barber for stuff ?