― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 3 November 2003 04:55 (twenty years ago) link
Body hair is a funny thing - we meet women who'll do anything to be rid of it, men who will stop at nothing for a glimpse of it, people who make a living ripping the stuff off in clumps so that other people can stick it back on again in lumps.
[N,S] [WS] 55 mins
― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 3 November 2003 04:58 (twenty years ago) link
OK, now you can carry on.
― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:23 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 3 November 2003 16:36 (twenty years ago) link
― jed (jed_e_3), Monday, 3 November 2003 20:02 (twenty years ago) link
If it did then I have severely underestimated Australian television.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 3 November 2003 20:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 09:51 (twenty years ago) link
I use a Mach 3 rasor and yes it is a close comfortable shave but that's not the best reason to use it. The best reason is is the fact that it's the only disposable razor blade you can effectively wash the soapy hairy crud out of.
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 10:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Mandee (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:13 (twenty years ago) link
Mark, only *occasionally* do you have a crap?
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:17 (twenty years ago) link
Has anyone noticed, since the recent introduction of the Mach 4 and the Wilkinson Sword competition, that getting blades for existing razors is getting difficult? I bet they're deliberately holding the stock back so that people might decide to give a new razor a try.
― Alfie (Alfie), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:38 (twenty years ago) link
― danielle g. (danielle g.), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
(nb - the schick quattro does not count as it's a rip-off and it sucks).
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:42 (twenty years ago) link
well, i supposed that SOMEONE was going to post this, sooner or later.
― Kingfish (Kingfish), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:11 (twenty years ago) link
― jadrenos (jadrenos), Thursday, 6 November 2003 10:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 6 November 2003 11:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 6 November 2003 11:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 6 November 2003 11:31 (twenty years ago) link
― jadrenos (jadrenos), Thursday, 6 November 2003 15:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnney B (Johnney B), Thursday, 6 November 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Chuck Yeager (daveb), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:17 (twenty years ago) link
i've noticed it's becoming more of a problem. i had to buy some aftershave (odorless) to try and prevent the occasional ingrown hair proliferation but what do you know, after about a month without one, i find one today on my jaw line.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:42 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:44 (twenty years ago) link
http://a1377.g.akamai.net/7/1377/5720/20020604232152/www.sephora.com/assets/dyn/category/C7087/C7087_hero.jpg
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:45 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:46 (twenty years ago) link
that looks very ridiculous and expensive. you have to be kidding me.
your pal,
gygax!
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 6 November 2003 17:56 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 6 November 2003 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 6 November 2003 18:06 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 6 November 2003 18:07 (twenty years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Monday, 6 February 2006 12:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― beanz (beanz), Monday, 6 February 2006 12:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, who wants smooth face?
― Dave will do (dave225.3), Monday, 6 February 2006 13:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.webvitamins.com/image/14/100/341.jpg
― Thea (Thea), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Monday, 6 February 2006 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link
If you cut yourself regularly (>50% of the time), you should switch something. Honestly.
www.thegroominglounge.com
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 6 February 2006 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 6 February 2006 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link
-- slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (thebing...), February 6th, 2006 11:45 PM. (later)
I read somewhere that two blades (ie, the standard Bic disposable razors) are optimal - anything more shaves too and leads to razor burn and ingrown hairs.
― S- (sgh), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 01:53 (eighteen years ago) link
thank you, all. got myself some of the nivea and bought escape eau de toilette to scoosh on ... after all these years, i just don't want to change smell :)
― grimly fiendish, Thursday, 7 February 2008 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
One blade just doesn't compare to three.
― calstars, Saturday, 21 January 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link
Splash water on face
Rub soap on face
Break nearest glass bottle
Sharpen against other broken glass
Slide down on flesh and repeat
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Saturday, 21 January 2017 22:25 (seven years ago) link
I just shave by feel with hot water in the shower, no cream, no soaparound the beard, I touch up right afterwards with hot water over the sink
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Saturday, 21 January 2017 22:33 (seven years ago) link
i don't use a blade - just a peanut and i trim to a #1. what do u guys do to clean up all the hair (assuming you shave infrequently enough that there's a sizable amount). i grab a plastic bag, open it as wide as possible, place it in the sink and trim over it. inevitably lots of little hairs end up all over the place - in the sink, around the sink, etc and i have to spend 10-15 min finding them all to clean them up. surely there must be a better way! i once saw a clipper that advertised a hair collection feature so it left no mess but - get this - it didn't work at all.
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 January 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
i stopped shaving.
trim once a week into sink and rinse sink.
― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Saturday, 21 January 2017 23:16 (seven years ago) link
feel like there's too much hair and it clogs the drain
― Mordy, Saturday, 21 January 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
not enough drain
― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Saturday, 21 January 2017 23:38 (seven years ago) link
i stopped shaving when my first son was born bc it just took too much time and i always hated it anyway. my beard is too thick and dark for me to ever look clean-shaven, even immediately after a close shave I look like I have a 5 o'clock shadow.
now I use 1/8" guard on my hair clippers once every 3-4 weeks. I put some paper towels flat in the sink to catch the whiskers and then to wipe up other loose hairs after.
― marcos, Sunday, 22 January 2017 00:13 (seven years ago) link
In the shower, with bath gel. The limit for marginal returns is reached with 3 blade heads, and the most important quality of a head is an open, unobstructed back so whiskers can be rinsed out in the spray between strokes. Basic Mach 3 is fine, but drug-store knockoffs are equally good. Used to like these slender two blade heads that could be turned to my advantage in nostrils, but now just play masochist with good tweezers.
― this device is capable of killing you without warning (Sanpaku), Sunday, 22 January 2017 00:24 (seven years ago) link
what do u guys do to clean up all the hair
I shaved my beard ATW TFO this morning and my new 1 Weird Old Tip for this is to get your beard completely soaking wet first before taking the Peanut to it.This makes the hair weigh more and clump together so it vastly, vastly decreases the amount and breadth of discrete scattered hairs.
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Sunday, 22 January 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
clean yr razor with an old toothbrush after every shave obv
― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Sunday, 22 January 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
Never heard of the peanut before.
I shave my head and beard from monday through thursday, then let it grow out over the weekend.
I use a Dorco Pace 6 with Aveeno moisturing lotion as a shaving cream in the shower. I wish there was a better combo though. There are always patches that I'm just unable to get on the first pass that I'll have to go over again once I've been out of the shower for a while and let the skin on my head calm down.
― how's life, Sunday, 22 January 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
Shaving a head is obviously a completely different thing than face-shaving. My set-up works just fine for that part.
― how's life, Sunday, 22 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
this is the silliest thing I've wanted to purchase for some time
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0632/2213/products/BEARD_KING_Beard_Bib_White_01_1024x1024.jpghttps://thebeardking.com/products/beard-bib-black
― niels, Sunday, 5 March 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link
then you can proceed right to lobsterfest without even removing it
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Sunday, 5 March 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
I trimmed as soon as I got out of the shower this morning, beard still soaking wet - basically got like 8 stray hairs on the edge of the sink, everything else stuck to the trimmer in clumps and went right into the drain. Easy.
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Sunday, 19 March 2017 22:25 (seven years ago) link
a few days later I had to go back in with the trimmer while it was dry because trimming wet creates pretty uneven results. However, I will say the mess left just evening things out was much less than usual and only a few strays escaped the sink. I think the TOMBOT TANDEM is the way to go from here on out.
― Not the real Tombot (El Tomboto), Saturday, 1 April 2017 12:56 (seven years ago) link
I have... ... I have begun shaving with a homemade bib :/
but it works!!!
― niels, Saturday, 1 April 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
I'm killing the beard tomorrow. It was super nice outside today, and while I was walking to the local fancy-stuff grocer and back, I noticed far too many carefully tended facial hair arrangements on the other dudes in my neighborhood, sitting outside at the various dining establishments. Fuck that. I'm done being part of a trend. Back to the once-a-week all-around stubble.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 10 September 2017 03:53 (six years ago) link
my 6yo, realizing change was in the air, requested extra beard scratching on her head at bedtime. alas.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 10 September 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link