Learned my badger brush feels scritchy in cold water and pleasant in warm water. Don’t know if it’s the interplay of the water and the bristles or if it’s the lather being easier to make with warm water.
What did you learn from your last shave?
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I’ve learned in my last few shaves how to successfully shave ATG on my chin without nicking, cutting, or lacerating the area. This using a Rocca razor with a Feather blade. VERY happy about this!
If you don't have to shave, and you're not feeling it, don't. The Corollary being there's nothing like a good blood-letting to make a Tuesday feel like a Monday.
Sometimes a ‘forgotten’ blade in the bottom of my drawer proves to be a real gem.
That has certainly been the case with this Silver Star, now on day 6!!
That has certainly been the case with this Silver Star, now on day 6!!
Mitchell's Wool Fat (with tallow, thank-you) is magical.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
I'm now doing a three pass shave because I realized that my neck has a mix of growth directions so beard mapping while correct was mapping the most distinctive direction.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
Generally with college football... all the teams below the Mason-Dixon beat up on the teams above. It's like down there it's NC Triple A. A whole 'nother level up.
I'm a Minnesotan so occasionally we know off the badgers. But then if we meet OH State we're buried and then if OH state meets someone from down South they are buried.
I guess Arkansas' only problem is they are not far enough South. Good luck.
Delta Home Rosemary Mint Hand Soap from Dollar Tree (hopefully still to be carried when they fully merge with Family Dollar) with a little water is better than I’ll ever deserve.
That the Rockwell Swedish Stainless Steel blade isn't as bad as some of the reviews that I read. No, it's not the sharpest or the smoothest, but for a straight stainless blade, it does the job. 4th shave today with the blade and I still got a DFS. YMMV, of course.
To shave with? Or just handwashing?
Shaving.
That I prefer a mild razor and doing some extra clean up to get a smooth shave. Starting out I was thinking a more aggressive razor would get me better results because I was taking fewer passes, but I was causing more irritation doing that.
I learned that a one razor can tug a little while wanting to peel your skin off
while a different razor can tug a little while wanting to give you a really nice shave
while a different razor can tug a little while wanting to give you a really nice shave
My skin prefers cold water shaves.
That slant razors are where it's at for a quick shave.
The fact that I need an aggressive razor for my beard type. I purchased the Fatip Gentile after reading a couple reviews about it online. It's a nice razor but IMHO way too mild for me. I still get great shaves out of it but I prefer the Fatip OC.
I think I learned that Cella Extra Extra Extra Extra Extra Extra Extra Bio – the citrusy cologne-smelling stuff in the blue green tub labeled “aloe vera” – is gentler on my skin than ARKO! and at least one variety of Saponifico Varesino (the great-smelling, fun-to-say Cubebe. It is pronounced “chew bay bay,” right?).
As a lurver of ARKO! shaving sticks and thorough enjoyer of the scent of SV’s 70th and Opuntia (pronounced “O punch ya?”), this discovery cuts dearly through my teeny tubs of SV from @MilkCrate and my 10.62 remaining sticks of ARKO! shave soap.
As a lurver of ARKO! shaving sticks and thorough enjoyer of the scent of SV’s 70th and Opuntia (pronounced “O punch ya?”), this discovery cuts dearly through my teeny tubs of SV from @MilkCrate and my 10.62 remaining sticks of ARKO! shave soap.
brush burn...hahahah I never heard the term until combing around here...so lathering the brush with bowl, squeeze the lather from brush, apply to face with hand...no more brush burn and the later hydrates the follicle better...wow...wow.
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I learned that it is better to keep your head still while shaving.
Yes, I managed to make a horizontal move with my head, and suffice to say the Wolfman won
Yes, I managed to make a horizontal move with my head, and suffice to say the Wolfman won
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