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05-07-2010, 02:25 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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When I roll out of bed and still in a daze, I'm...
When I roll out of bed and still in a daze, I'm thinking "why am I doing this", Then when I feel the blade on my face and hear that bread knife on toast sound...aaah!
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05-07-2010, 01:36 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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This morning's shave
This morning's shave was the best yet! Didn't use my glasses at all. Afterwards I ran my hand, then my safety over my face, I hardly missed a thing and zero nicks! I did 3 passes - WTG, XTG, ATG. ...
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05-06-2010, 02:09 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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Just had to add this comment
An incredibly smart & funny female friend of mine just put this on my FB post announcing that I've taken up SR shaving:
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05-06-2010, 02:02 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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Thursday's shave
Today went great, and my confidence is building. I only had to use glasses when doing my neck below the chin. My "trouble spot" seems to be the 1-2" of my left cheek immediately adjacent to the...
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05-05-2010, 06:15 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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Obie's Gems
Obie,
Thanks! I'm definitely in this for the long haul. As you know, being husband, dad, and bread-winner means a lot of sacrificing of one's time. Straight shaving is a little daily retreat... -
05-05-2010, 04:56 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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An Epiphany
Obie,
Glasses:
Last night in between chapters of a good book (love that phrase about waiting on a eunuch to get …) I had an epiphany. I went to my shaving den and picked up my razor. You see,... -
05-05-2010, 02:30 AM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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Neutrogena & Essential Oils
Obie,
My errands at lunchtime turned into somewhat of a fiasco. As I mentioned, B&BW didn't have the Proraso-like product in anything but a foam. I guess I got confused about the... -
05-04-2010, 07:54 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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Pseudo-Proraso
I went to Bath & Body Works at lunchtime. They said they had the C.O Bigelow Proraso-equivalent shaving cream. When I got there, they didn't - actually they had the shaving foam in a can. I was...
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05-04-2010, 04:59 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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Blade angle, glasses, shaving cream
Thanks Obie,
As a novice, I couldn't swear to you that the angle of my blade to my face is the textbook 20-30 degrees, but for the sake of this discussion let's assume I'm spot-on in that... -
05-04-2010, 03:19 PM
Thread: Getting to know my face
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Getting to know my face
It's amazing that I've had this same face all these years and not noticed all of its peculiarities. This morning was my second str8 shave and overall things went great. I did a first & second WTG...
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