Dear B&B,
After lurking I decided to register and post here on this informative site.
I'm 21 years old, been shaving for around 5/6 years now, with alot of problems. Compared with peers and friends I think I have a pretty rough beard. I started out with cheap disposable blades in holders. They hurt my skin and I got alot of bumps and razor burn. Then I got my dad's old Philips electrical shaver, It solved some of the problems but got me a dry non-smooth skin. Then I got a offer for a new Philips electrical shaver, with the Philips/Nivea coolskin substance. Been using that for over a year now and had good and bad times with it. Ofcourse it's not BBS but acceptable, I started shaving daily with it but recently I've been getting alot of bumps and grown-in hairs which I remove with tweezers. I decided to research the matter a little and wanted to get the most recent Gilette shaving system, until I found out that there are alternatives.
In summary, now I'm using cheap unbranded shaving gel (normal skin) + Philips coolskin in the shower + Gilette aftershave. I think the only good current thing that really helps is the Gilette aftershave, it feels really great and smooth after putting it on and removes the red razor burn.
So after reading about shaving I composed a (shopping) list:
Bowl (use soup bowl)
Merkur 34C
Feather double sided blades
Proraso cream or soap normal skin or De Vergulde Hand soap (review here: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?ltr=D&t=10722) or Tabac shaving soap/cream
Alum block (any brand, I use 'Kruidvat')
One of the cheaper Omega brushes, got one but it's old I think, will do for now
Tweezers
Proraso pre/post shaving cream
Nivea sensitive balm (white bottle) (because my Gilette is almost depleted)
Dior Fahrenheit eau de toilette (review here: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?ltr=F&t=169478), Cheap Mexx eau de toilette, Tabac cologne (remember my dad using it!)
Items in BOLD are already obtained. I found some shops here in The Netherlands and I can get all those products and hardware.
I plan to transition as follows. First I don't shave for 2/3 days to give my skin some rest and then start using the products from my shopping list following the guidelines in the (very informative!) wiki here. Before going to bed in the evening I carefully wash my face with cold water (especially now in the summer) to give acne less chance. I will try to update this OP frequently.
Tips, feedback and comments are very, very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
After lurking I decided to register and post here on this informative site.
I'm 21 years old, been shaving for around 5/6 years now, with alot of problems. Compared with peers and friends I think I have a pretty rough beard. I started out with cheap disposable blades in holders. They hurt my skin and I got alot of bumps and razor burn. Then I got my dad's old Philips electrical shaver, It solved some of the problems but got me a dry non-smooth skin. Then I got a offer for a new Philips electrical shaver, with the Philips/Nivea coolskin substance. Been using that for over a year now and had good and bad times with it. Ofcourse it's not BBS but acceptable, I started shaving daily with it but recently I've been getting alot of bumps and grown-in hairs which I remove with tweezers. I decided to research the matter a little and wanted to get the most recent Gilette shaving system, until I found out that there are alternatives.
In summary, now I'm using cheap unbranded shaving gel (normal skin) + Philips coolskin in the shower + Gilette aftershave. I think the only good current thing that really helps is the Gilette aftershave, it feels really great and smooth after putting it on and removes the red razor burn.
So after reading about shaving I composed a (shopping) list:
Bowl (use soup bowl)
Merkur 34C
Feather double sided blades
Proraso cream or soap normal skin or De Vergulde Hand soap (review here: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?ltr=D&t=10722) or Tabac shaving soap/cream
Alum block (any brand, I use 'Kruidvat')
One of the cheaper Omega brushes, got one but it's old I think, will do for now
Tweezers
Proraso pre/post shaving cream
Nivea sensitive balm (white bottle) (because my Gilette is almost depleted)
Dior Fahrenheit eau de toilette (review here: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?ltr=F&t=169478), Cheap Mexx eau de toilette, Tabac cologne (remember my dad using it!)
Items in BOLD are already obtained. I found some shops here in The Netherlands and I can get all those products and hardware.
I plan to transition as follows. First I don't shave for 2/3 days to give my skin some rest and then start using the products from my shopping list following the guidelines in the (very informative!) wiki here. Before going to bed in the evening I carefully wash my face with cold water (especially now in the summer) to give acne less chance. I will try to update this OP frequently.
Tips, feedback and comments are very, very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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