How do You Define "BBS?"

[JLStorm]

What does BBS stand for...when I was starting we called it faceturbation cause the skin was so soft in all directions you couldnt stop stroking it lol.

[Shorty]

BBS as far as I know has always meant "babys butt (or bum) smooth", B.B.S.

This is a phrase that I can recall from my college days when whiskers were being nuked wholesale (along with skin) by a whole host of crappy cartridge bladed razors.

"That shave was GREAT, my face is as smooth as a babys bum!" (BBS) for example.

On reflection, some 20 years later I can look upon that saying and safely say that shaves back then were not as BBS as shaving with a straight razor!

[izlat]

Already been said - just count me

BBS - can't feel anything in any direction (I myself settle for less than that almost all of the time)

Perfect shave - for me it must not only feel good, it must still be reasonably close but without any cuts and irritation

I also do not think that BBS is good for all people, all of the time - but I guess some people can get away with a BBS every day.

Cheers
Ivo

[Friggin Joe]

I rub my fingers against the grain in the various zones of hair growth and settle for minimal to no stubble feeling when I press.
I don't shave against the grain much any more, I take each section wtg than a couple cross-grain angles. As long as I get that smooth feeling on a plain touch, I'm ok.
Don't wanna pull the hairs up and have them retract under too much skin.

[Ron A]

OK.
Thanks.
I feel better.

[Wayne D]

a BBS for me is no stubble in any direction, this usualy takes me 3 passes;
If I'm in a hurry in the morning I only do 2 passes as it looks and stills feels better than using a disposable razor.

But if I have the time to do a 3 pass and I'm going to be doing anything special like going out or meeting a Lady I will do.

[RichZ]

I can tell if I got a BBS shave the prior day, when I go to shave. If it is hard to find a lot of stubble to shave off, the prior days shave was BBS..

[Sunsi]

I have only gone BBS a couple of times, and it was the most frustrating thing EVER waiting for the hairs to grow back enough to shave again.

I am acheiving a way closer shave then I have ever done with mush 3 using only a single wtg pass with a straight - the problem is that it raises the bar so much higher then the mush 3 that you feel you should go BBS just because you can.

Si

[steve]

I agree that BBS is not feeling any stubble in any direction. However, I used to be one of these guys who NEEDED a BBS shave every time I shaved and since I now shave daily, I find that doing this every day starts to irritate my skin by the 6th or 7th shave. I find I can go very close with just 2 passes, wtg and xtg, which is enough for me on most days.

So, I'm taking to doing a non BBS shave one day and a BBS shave the next (unless I have a special event that I want the extra closeness). My skin feels a little healthier doing this (no, I have no double-blind, reproducible scientific study - just a gut instinct).

[ucliker]

I do just about the same as Steve! BBS one day 1-2 passes the next. i dont really get razor burn but my skin just needs the break.