Thread: Shower shower shower, what happened to.....

I see that most of the members here love to prep with a hot shower, but whatever happened to a hot towel and a face massage??? I find it preps my coarse hair a lot better than a shower. Anyone feel the same?

thats what i do every morning before my son wakes up. i dont have time for a shower and a shave... I sacrifice the shower until the evening. Though, even if i do shower i still do the hot towel thing, its more fun!

I use the hot towel method after shower as well.

Thanks gents, thought I was going crazy for a moment

I also use hot towels courtesy of my espresso machine.

For some reason I stopped shaving after a shower and just lather and shave. Dont know what it it is but I like the shaves I get better from face lathering and going for it.

Originally Posted by Speedster

I also use hot towels courtesy of my espresso machine.

Does your username mean you have a Speedster espresso machine? I'm kickin' it old skool with the Cremina.

Originally Posted by ace

I've tried hot towels to see if they made a difference, and they didn't. It is a nice ritual but one without any impact on my shave quality. I splash my face with warm water five times, lather quickly and shave. My results are fine.

+1...I tried with for a week and without for a week and found no difference

Hot shower/face scrub-->hot water from brush on my face--->extended lathering on face--->shave

seems to be what i do now

I tried a hot towel on and off for the first six months and like Ace, found that it made no difference. (If I want to feel pampered, I'll pour a J.D. on-the-rocks.) ;-)

I wash my face with Noxema because it seems to cut the oil better than soap, apply some hair conditioner while I build a lather in my scuttle, rinse then apply some shaving oil before going to town.