I always steer away from pre-shave oils, I look for a pre-shave which is glycering based, like Trumpers Skin food or Castle Forbes Pre-Shave
Sam.
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I always steer away from pre-shave oils, I look for a pre-shave which is glycering based, like Trumpers Skin food or Castle Forbes Pre-Shave
Sam.
I shave every day with straight razor, and I'm always use preshave oil. This is a recipe of your own based from the Hungarian shaving forum. The recipe: ~1,7fl oz castor oil, ~0,7fl oz glycerin, ~1fl oz extra virgin olive oil, and essential oil(s) to taste...
This is the best to me every day... :beer1:
I suspect (and this is just a gut feeling) that pre shave oils will work better with a DE or a Cartridge razor then they will work with a SR but I have no basis other then my (admittedly limited) experience to back that statement up.
When I first started wet shaving, I was using the AOS pre shave oil, I found that with my old cart razor it made a difference, when I went to a DE, it seemed to help a bit but not as good as other methods, with the SR I find it actually makes it WORSE (My skin feels way more "Peeled" when I use the oil then when I don't, which granted may just be my crappy technique and not the oil but I digress) I have only used AOS oil with the SR, I did try a Trufeitt and Hill sample for the oil but only had a DE with me since I was travelling and needed to look my best (Still can't get great shaves with SR yet...)
After some experimentation, I find that the following works the best FOR ME :)
1) Prep my razor/scuttle, decide which soap/cream etc
2) Get into shower, wash face first thing then rinse with HOT water
3) Apply hair conditioner to beard area and let it sit while I wash rest of me/hair
4) Rinse off conditioner with more hot water and let face sit in the stream of HOT water for as long as I can stand it
5) After showering, do NOT dry face off
Then before I lather I rinse face in hot water again, shave and make sure to rinse with hot water inbetween passes,
Again this is what works for ME YMMV
Any thought about re-applying preshave oil for the ATG pass? I'm still bothered by some razor burn and wondering if this would help.
I gave it a shot this morning and for a nice BBS shave, but still had a bit of burn. It was only my first try with re-applying (AOS unsented BTW). We'll see how it goes after a few more shaves. I am a noob after all.
Thanx