Shower vs. hot towel.

Of course its a vaste, but its not like I need all the other stuff I have...I don't think we have terry towels in Norway.

Kristoffer

I have tried towels a couple of times, and it IS a nice feeling, I will give you that Kristoffer. But to me it feels just as efficient to just keep my face right in front of the shower-head for a minute, and maybe some hair conditioner.
A bit of the problem is that there are limited space for drying towels when you live in an apartment with four other guys. Maybe when I get a more roomy place to live.

Just to share another one of my crazy ideas... British Heart Foundation shopping store
"Moist heat pad." Says it all really.
I bought one of these and it works well, is the right size and leaves your face hot and wet. It has to be safer than microwaving a wet towel.
Unfortunately my microwave is too far from where I shave, so that's a deal breaker for me.

I do not use a full size towel. I use one that is just big enough to wrap around my face and tuck into itself behind my neck so that while I am heating the beard up I can strop and make lather. Saves time and you don't have a huge wet towel.


Take Care,
Richard

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Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin

I don't think we have terry towels in Norway.

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Seriously? - Thank God for the internet, then!

First off, I decide if I need to wash my hair. I have quite long hair (heck, I'm a bassist so what did you expect). This usually is every 3 days or so, so if I don't feel I need to wash it I then decide if I need a shower, which depend from day to day, so it's about a 50% chance I shower before shaving in the morning.

If I take a shower, I wash my face with some Addidas Facial Cleanser and then proceed to shaving, which is just hot water splashed on my face before face-lather. This give a quite good shave, but we can do better.

The hot towel treatment (towel dipped in warm water) work a bit better for me, plus it's really nice. I think the reason I get better shaves w/out showering is because I spend more time preping, and because my face isn't really saturated with water, so when I do the prep my facial hair gets softened enough for the razor to do it's work, but my skin is still dry enough to withstand the exfoilating of the razor.

i find the hot shower works the best but i mostly use a towel due to the time i have

Impossible to truly prefer one over the other. I guess (keeping in mind that 'better' is a subjective term, cats being better than dogs because they can care for themselves more, but dogs being better than cats because they interact more) I'd have to conclude that a shower is "better" for me because I use it more frequently to prepare. Or more accurately I use it to avoid preparing with the hot towel. Not that I dislike the hot towel prep. I quite enjoy it on those occasions when it has been employed. it is better than showering in that it gives a few moments of luxurious calm before the shave begins. I don't get hat in the shower while digging wax out of my ears. The main reason I use the shower to prep is that it happens while I'm washing. No extra effort. Conservation of motion.

X

I would say shower,but due to back problems I actually take a long hot bath and just use a good moisturizing shampoo on my beard. I can't stand for any longer than 15 min.,so if I stand for the shower, I won't be able to stand and shave, so I chose the next best option. :o

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Originally Posted by Stuggi

and because my face isn't really saturated with water, so when I do the prep my facial hair gets softened enough for the razor to do it's work, but my skin is still dry enough to withstand the exfoilating of the razor.

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This is a good point. Not so much for the exfoliating but if your skin gets too hot and hydrated it swells which means less of the stubble is exposed.