Do you rinse between passes?
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You've confirmed my suspicions. Now to test it out.
Thank you gentlemen.
Thank you gentlemen.
I'll give a different story.
I used to assiduously rinse before relathering. Now that I face lather, I find it unnecessary. The lather itself holds to my skin better without it.
I've also found that cutting down on the rinsing during the shave helps the moisture balance of my skin later.
I used to assiduously rinse before relathering. Now that I face lather, I find it unnecessary. The lather itself holds to my skin better without it.
I've also found that cutting down on the rinsing during the shave helps the moisture balance of my skin later.
originally posted by mantic
i give myself a quick splash between passes. The way i figure it, water does the "heavy lifting" in shaving so i'm giving the lather a nice "foundation" to work with.
--mark
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If for no other reason you should re- wet your face prior to re- applying your lather, part of the deal when WETSHAVING
Hot in between, cold at the end!
I don't like/make sloppy lather. So I always put some extra water on my face between passes.
this is exactly one of the reasons I wet my face between lathers. It hydrates the face keeps it nice and slick.
I splash some water on between passes. It seems to help when I relather.
I used to, then I stopped and didn't notice any difference.
I rinse between passes using the "soup" in the sink.
Before every pass---cleans things up and allows me to find the areas that need more attn that day.
I rinse between passes. I find it refreshing and it keeps my face nice and wet... This is wet shaving after all!
I put water on my face but not with the aim of rinsing off remaining lather, more just trying to add "wet" into the wet-shaving equation.
I do to make sure my face is wet and lubricated for each pass. It has helped me eliminate irritation.
always do a quick rinse between passes. Lets me know if I have been missing any spots, and helps a smooth next pass.
I do not rinse between passes. I just lather on top of the lather left on my face. I used to wipe my face off between passes, but found that caused irritation.
I've tried rinsing, but then I've found that the lather tends not to "stick" well when my face is wet. I think this may be more of a problem with the lather consistency so far, but adding that extra unmixed water on my face to what seemed like a properly-mixed lather caused the lather to just slide aside and break down. In other words, it seems like the brush just cuts right through the lather layer, so that if I rub the brush against my face, it seems to be removing more lather than it's adding.
Dabbing my face with a towel and then "wiping" the lather on with the sides of the brush seemed to do better for getting the lather to stick and not reduce immediately to a thin film. Perhaps the need to do so is indicative of problems elsewhere.
Dabbing my face with a towel and then "wiping" the lather on with the sides of the brush seemed to do better for getting the lather to stick and not reduce immediately to a thin film. Perhaps the need to do so is indicative of problems elsewhere.
I do a rinse between every 2-6 passes with almost-scalding hot water, then dry it off on my robe or a towel. I think the heat improves the cutting.
