Thread: What is your preshave routine?

1) Wake up
2) Strop
3) Make coffee
4) Strop while coffee brews
5) Drink some coffee
6) Strop
7) Drink more of my coffee
8) Strop
9) Finish my coffee
10) Finish stropping
11) Set up shaving supplies on counter
12) Fill plastic container with hot water and let my shaving brush sit in it
13) Shower
14) Immediately apply Proraso pre/post shave cream
15) Take brush out of water and flick it in direction of shower or someone I don't like
16) Make some lather with either Proraso tube cream or Proraso tub soap and apply to face
17) Shave
18) Lather my face with remaining cream (after the shave is complete) and let sit on face to soothe said face
19) Clean up shaving supplies and dry razor
20) Rinse and pat dry face
21) Apply either Proraso pre/post shave cream or Cromwell and Cruthers shave oil (whichever suits my fancy that day)
22) Strop
23) Go on SRP and lurk
24) Strop
25) Shoot either aliens or other Spartans on Halo 4 or get myself shot on Halo 4

Oh wait....that last part has nothing to do with shaving...sorry

1) I wake up.

1/ coffee
2/ strop while shower comes at the right temperature
3/ shower
4/ face lather
5/ shaving

I love to sleep in as late as possible because I hate the fact that I have to wake up at the crack of 6. So I don't shave in the morning anymore since I've been shaving with straights. I shave at night, and now I shower (with a shower scotch, highly recommended), and because I have thick stubble, before I dry my face I put on Proraso preshave cream, then lather with soap/cream of the day, then shave, then post shave products in my rotation. Then usually more scotch.

Does anyone else do it the night before?

Originally Posted by RMarsh

I love to sleep in as late as possible because I hate the fact that I have to wake up at the crack of 6. So I don't shave in the morning anymore since I've been shaving with straights. I shave at night, and now I shower (with a shower scotch, highly recommended), and because I have thick stubble, before I dry my face I put on Proraso preshave cream, then lather with soap/cream of the day, then shave, then post shave products in my rotation. Then usually more scotch.

Does anyone else do it the night before?

During the work week I generaly shave in the evenings

On the weekend it is whatever suits my fancy, today it was mid afternoon

Lately, I've just been doing a hot shower with Nancy Boy face wash and have been getting great results. I find that pre-shave oils and creams and stuff don't do much for me.

Coffee
Tune in to CBC radio 1
Stropping
Hot Shower
Proraso preshave
lather of my liking
Shave

Originally Posted by RMarsh

I love to sleep in as late as possible because I hate the fact that I have to wake up at the crack of 6. So I don't shave in the morning anymore since I've been shaving with straights. I shave at night, and now I shower (with a shower scotch, highly recommended), and because I have thick stubble, before I dry my face I put on Proraso preshave cream, then lather with soap/cream of the day, then shave, then post shave products in my rotation. Then usually more scotch.

Does anyone else do it the night before?

I do it the night before as well, its somewhat easier and more relaxing because you know you will have a hard next day, makes the next day easier IMO. The availability of cold water is also more at night. Btw I have to wake up for classes at 9 am, so its not as hard as you waking up at 6 am, but I still like shaving at night, like the atmosphere.

Originally Posted by Man

I find that pre-shave oils and creams and stuff don't do much for me.

I dig it !

Originally Posted by pfries

During the work week I generaly shave in the evenings

On the weekend it is whatever suits my fancy, today it was mid afternoon

Exact same thing here.

Originally Posted by Man

I find that pre-shave oils and creams and stuff don't do much for me.

I have only recently started using the proraso preshave, and honestly I don't know if it has a placebo effect, I suspect it might... either way I suppose I just like to buy all this crap just because it fuels my obsession!