Well it's called wet shaving for a reason, so is necessay feel the skin wet.
Recently I see some videos from a barbershop that suggest to apply a pre-shave (1) between each pass.
I tried it, when the soap or the skin need some more help and I found that this work, instead of only add water and/or soap.
Naturally is necessay to be more carefull when using a cream so if the cream have dried out and adding water disappear or became too thin is just necessay add more cream.
Anyway in shaving exist other aspects underestimated that make any precautions and attention nullified or unnecessarily complicated, as for example the followed trend of three pass shave or the necessity of a BBS.
Each shave isn't exactly good for the skin, regardless of the absence of irritation and cuts, so using less pass, for frequents shaving, and don't push for a BBS at all cost, it is more helpful to preserve the skin, respect the rest.
Note:
1) While the use of a preshave is essential unecessary, with certain quality soap, because they have already plently of ingredients on them able to take care of it.
Recently I see some videos from a barbershop that suggest to apply a pre-shave (1) between each pass.
I tried it, when the soap or the skin need some more help and I found that this work, instead of only add water and/or soap.
Naturally is necessay to be more carefull when using a cream so if the cream have dried out and adding water disappear or became too thin is just necessay add more cream.
Anyway in shaving exist other aspects underestimated that make any precautions and attention nullified or unnecessarily complicated, as for example the followed trend of three pass shave or the necessity of a BBS.
Each shave isn't exactly good for the skin, regardless of the absence of irritation and cuts, so using less pass, for frequents shaving, and don't push for a BBS at all cost, it is more helpful to preserve the skin, respect the rest.
Note:
1) While the use of a preshave is essential unecessary, with certain quality soap, because they have already plently of ingredients on them able to take care of it.
I lightly splash water after each pass as I also like to feel how efficient the shave is going.
I used Proraso cream for a long time (white and blue). I found adding a little water to my face or brush was highly desirable for the cream.
Now I use Ethos pretty much for almost all shaves so I adjust based on if it’s creme, s or f base or a stick while traveling.
Hope you find your groove as to what works best for you!
I used Proraso cream for a long time (white and blue). I found adding a little water to my face or brush was highly desirable for the cream.
Now I use Ethos pretty much for almost all shaves so I adjust based on if it’s creme, s or f base or a stick while traveling.
Hope you find your groove as to what works best for you!
I wash all the old lather off my face between every pass and therefore my face gets wet between passes.
When I was getting into wetshaving I remember an old head saying something to the extent of, “Anytime you can introduce more water into the shave (without overdoing it) is a good thing.”
That has served me well. I don’t want to speak for him but I think we’d agree a preshave between every pass is unnecessary.
When I was getting into wetshaving I remember an old head saying something to the extent of, “Anytime you can introduce more water into the shave (without overdoing it) is a good thing.”
That has served me well. I don’t want to speak for him but I think we’d agree a preshave between every pass is unnecessary.
(This post was last modified: 11-21-2023, 08:57 AM by SWCT.)
(05-08-2023, 04:01 PM)Oregon Wrote: I shave every morning after my shower. I moisten my face with warm water and apply a pre-shave conditioning cream (Proraso), lather up, and make my first pass (wtg). Lather up again and make my second pass (sideways grain), lather up again and make my final pass (atg) with a little buffing.
Do others apply additional conditioning cream along with a lather between passes, and do others apply additional moisture before the next lather and pass?
Believe it or not, most folks do shave after a shower. They say its because your whiskers get already softened up, from all the hot water, which makes sense if you think about it. I however don't shave after a shower, instead, I begin by washing my face with hot water, and Stirling bar soap in my sink, then I apply my PAA Ice Menthol 2.0 Pre-Shave Cube after.
Then while the Pre-Shave is doing its job on my face and neck, I then begin working up a lather in my shave bowl. I like to go for the creamy yogurt consistency, because I feel that provides the best balance, between enough soap, and well hydrated, for the supreme slickness I desire. To be honest, I really could just shave off of the Pre-Shave alone, but whats the fun in that?
Mmmm, creamy delicious!
I don't know about other folks, but I find lather to dry quickly, causing it to lose slickness for my razor to glide properly. How I combat this, is I use a Flairisol mister spray bottle. I spray a mist on my face and neck, and work that H20 into the lather. I then do my first WTG passes, and when I am finished, I give a quick rinse, leave my face wet, and then apply the lather for the XTG passes. I then give my face and neck another few sprays, and work that into the lather with my brush. Then another quick rinse, and then begin applying lather for my ATG passes, and once again, applying a few sprays of H20, to re-hydrate the lather.
Something that I had to learn the hard way in my first year of traditional wet shaving. Hydration is key, to keeping things slick, without that, you risk your lather drying up, and your razor no longer glides, and instead it scrapes and skips along like a bunny. Creamy Yogurt is the best lather consistency, at least for me! And, due to the fact that I have course thick and dense whiskers, a pre-shave is absolutely necessary, because its really not just about the whiskers, its about the skin conditioning too, just like you said.
I have what I like to call an odd set of circumstances. At the same time I have course, dense, thick whiskers, I also have sensitive skin. And I gotta say, it doesn't take much to irritate my skin. Most of the shaves that I do, I will end up having at least a tiny patch of miner irritation, nothing to freak out about however. But if I use the wrong razor, wrong blade, or wrong technique, or just overall bad lather job, I could have extreme level's of irritation. And I tell you what, there is no better way to find out how your shave has gone, then to use an alum block.
I use Stirling & Osma alum blocks, and I tell you what, if you did a bad job with your shave, those alum blocks will provide you the feedback on your shave. lol I am an advocate for using post shave products as well however. It don't matter if the shave went well, OK, or bad, I will always apply an aftershave splash, or aftershave balm. And I also like to apply witch hazel as well, especially if I am using a balm. They say if you take care of your skin, it will take care of you. So I'd say you are on the right track, with your shave regimen.
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