shaving (products): c/d, s/d

I used to get a lot of spots on the right hand side of my chin. I changed my shaving angle and it totally made a difference! However, I seem to have started getting spots on the *left* side of my chin now instead, despite, as far as I can tell, using exactly the same motion. I guess the sebum has to get out somehow...

As far as I remember I was never taught to shave. That's why this thread is so urgent+key.

Search (for sentimental reasons): my ancient philishave tracer, who cares if it don't work so well anymore?

also soap dries out your face so = bad.

oh, and aftershave = alcohol which is painful and dries yr skin up - wtf?

I heard it was better to use cold water on your blade and face so that the stub. would be clenched by your contracting skin and more uprighted. this seems to work OK.

what do you mean you can't see what ur doing! if u can see flesh instead of white you've been there already move on

aftershave sux go 4 creams, lotions etc

Then copious cold water afterwards.

I find that a decent soap does not particularly dry my face, and I have quite oily skin anyway so face drying = good thing.

Shaving daily: Dud. It makes my skin feel weird and constantly irritated, and when I was younger it made me more prone to breaking out. I shave every other day; I don't work in an office, so I could have a floor-length beard with a flag hanging out of it and be perfectly all right.

Expensive, quality razors (like the Mach 3, etc.): Dud, just cause they cost so damn much. I can never use one more than twice, and even twice is sometimes pushing it. I have better luck using disposable Bics, a fresh razor every time I shave, than trying to squeeze a third use out of the quality blades.

I wouldn't have thought it poncey N. - just insurance for the future.

(I wish that wasn't a true story)

I found out. Ouch. OMG. Ouch. I bruised *so* badly.

"After I shower I apply some aftershave balm, usually a Clinique product (Happy! for men these days, though I also have some Hugo Boss stuff that stings a lot more that I use when I'm feeling down on myself)"

Bryan, I want to sniff you....

Me: electric Braun razor. Yay.

Just like the time I put chewing gum in my boyfriend's hair for a *joke*...

(Also: Lara's related to The Hairy Man!)

I've heard good things about pre-shaving oil but have no experience.

Burt's Bees sells a great shaving mug and brush and a great-smelling bay rum soap that fits in the bottom of the mug.

My BF is part German and part middle Eastern, and he got stuck with fair sensitive skin but coarse curly facial hair. He uses a Mach 3 (as do I when I can be arsed to shave) and gillette shaving gel, which I hate, so I bought him Kiehl's alcohol-free aftershave and close shavers white eagle, both of which he used up. Then I got him two Philosophy Common Man, which he likes, and Razor Sharp, which he says shaves too close and so I use it and like it.

It's a bit gross now that I think that my razor is, eh, 8 years old! Eww... maybe it's time to buy a new one?

You're kidding. The Venus is the only blade I can use. It's the only one that 1: Doesn't give me a rash; and 2: Shaves close enough so that I only have to shave once a day.

And no scars, yet.

(I've tried waxing. Doesn't work on me, for some reason.)

Mach 3 Razor.

Being shave by a barber though, now thats the way to go.

I had a friend who waxed his head. It bled very badly.

whoah, yeah. i've tried shaving against the grain (up) on my neck a few times and it was a nightmare. i actually ~only~ shave with the grain, period. am i doing it wrong? also, i don't fuck with y'alls fancy stuff, just a mach3 and a can of walgreens w/e foam

i go with the grain for one pass and then usually against the grain where it needs a little more.

i need a shave, didn't have time this morning.

with the grain, if i need closer i'll shower first and go with then against i guess.

Today's shave was much better, and it's all about the blade. I'd been using the Shark blades that came with the razor, and though I understand that they're not terrible blades overall, I should know better than to use the accessories that "come-with." (See: iPhone earphones.) The Merkur Super Platinum blades that I got in the mail this morning did an astoundingly better job, and I doubt that I have gained that much skill with the razor in two days. I hear that Derby is the gold standard, but I'm totally good with these for a while. At any rate, no more Shark.

i havent shaved in 2 weeks, look like a bum, and its great. except for how it looks, i guess.

When my whiskers or hair or fingernails start to get out of control, I start having anxiety dreams about them, the way other people do about their teeth falling out.

I would like to announce that that about a week ago I had completely shaven every hair on my legs & bum and now enjoy the itchiest existence I'll ever know.

For Halloween, I shaved my arm hair. Thereafter followed a not very fun or attractive two weeks.

I tend not to notice (ever) the amount of hair on one's arm...??

It's inconspicuous enough now (though at least to me, noticeably less hair than my usual sasquatch arms), but for a while there it was dark, heavy stubble. I didn't want to roll up my sleeves. Plus, itchy.

I'm an old hand at shaving or closely buzzing my legs by now. I do it every three or four months just for maintenance purposes. Reduces goat-like appearances and leg dandruff, which is exactly as disgusting as it sounds.

beard now needs exfoliating badly. Any special 'beard only' product i should be looking into? Shampoo in the shower? Anyone?

because of flaking? Just use dandruff/dry scalp shampoo, but wash your whole face with it.

nah, the bristles are digging in a bit.

those merkur blades are top notch. wilkinson swords are shit.

We always buy the generic blades from Walgreens. Is this wrong?

VERY.

Damn and blast! Macy's had a fancy shaving section. I will check for better blades on my lunch break.

What type of blade?

These Merkur things, I guess?

for a safety razor yes? merkurs are the way to go. if you can find them at macys, i order mine from amazon.

The ones at walgreens are , no need to go to fancy shaving store to pick them up.

Are merkurs that is.

really merkurs at walgreens? hmm, never seen them around here.

They are just Walgreens brand.

Wal-kurs!

lies. that aint a merkur. those things are like shaving with a tin can. when i really want to be a man i shave with cold water and a k-bar.

Wal-kurs!

LOL

I am going to solve this mystery at lunch. I need something to break up the monotony of my day.

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so i ran out of safety blades and used an old excel...today I have the worst razor burn. I feel like an asshole brushing on a fine shaving cream only to shave with such a shit razor.

I got a safety razor for x-mas, after reading this thread, but butchered my face the one time I tried to use it. Guessing it might be the blade that came with it, but I haven't gotten around to buying new ones yet. Still using Nivea and applying by hand... possibly this is the reason?

Fuck the Art of Shaving imo.

I'm going back to crude, unartful shaving where I don't bleed.

I'm a devoted brush n soap man myself!

I never investigated better blades.

I've stopped shaving entirely

I finally had to buy a new beard trimmer. Probably have saved a bunch of cash on razors and soap, though.

aftershave is for drinking

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Jack Black makes nice stuff.

I'm going back to crude, unartful shaving where I don't bleed.

Yeah, I really wanted to do the whole fancy shaving w/ brush & safety razor thing. ordered some nice stuff and straight butchered my neck the first two times I tried it, then went right back to the Mach 3. I hate how wasteful and expensive the Mach 3 stuff is, so I'm psyching myself to try again soon. Going to invest in some nicer razors this time around.

Proraso shaving creams are excellent but absurdly expensive in London.

ordered some nice stuff and straight butchered my neck the first two times I tried it, then went right back to the Mach 3.

I mean I got a lot better at it over time, but it's been a couple of years and I STILL give myself a nasty slice every few weeks or so. People say "slow down," which I do, but it's the one shave or even one split second during a shave that you don't slow down that always creates the problem, and that's usually the time when you're on your way to a job interview or getting ready to go to a nice dinner. And the gravity of the mistake with an old fashioned razor is just way worse than with a newfangled razor. I do hate the expense of the cartridges, especially since I already have my chrome safety and the blades are so cheap -- maybe I'll just try to always shave on the lowest guard setting from now on. Can anyone recommend a good product for nicks?

You can find a styptic pencil at most pharmacies and department stores next to the shaving supplies. They run about $2 and last forever. Very good for small nicks.

I mentioned this on a different thread, but re: Mach 3 and beyond, it helps to a) fully dry the blade after use and b) sharpen it on your arm like a leather strap (basically, rub it across your arm in a reverse-shaving motion, with the blades rather than against them). I've literally gotten months of use out of a single cartridge where once I needed to change out every week and a half or so.

no patchoulio but this stuff is pretty great

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huh *makes mental note*