Cold water shave

So today was the mark of a new era(not really). I decided to go out of my comfort zone and had myself a nice long cold water shave. To be honest it went quite but thought it would be a bad experience. Didn't have any irritation/ nicks, smoother face, felt like I didn't need any moisturizer(but used some anyways) and also felt pretty damn refreshed even though I live in NJ which is cold right now.

So all in all it went very good and will try it again next time i shave. A+++ even thought I still like hot shaves.

I cannot remember the last time I used hot water for a shave.

Neither can I.

This is refreshing news. I will be traveling to Haiti in May for a mission trip. I was dreading the thought of a cold shave. Now if I could only get used to a cold shower...

I thought it was going to be worse then it actually looked. It was a little rough at first but then it went fine.

Trifern said:

This is refreshing news. I will be traveling to Haiti in May for a mission trip. I was dreading the thought of a cold shave. Now if I could only get used to a cold shower...

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Cold showers I can't do

I always take cold showers, but I tried a cold shave once and it wasn't for me.

CDN1 said:

I always take cold showers, but I tried a cold shave once and it wasn't for me.

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Its just preference i guess

For the cold water shavers....what kind of prep do you do? Do you still take a hot shower or steam towel your face? Or are we talking cold water rinse, cold lather and all?

thaudout said:

For the cold water shavers....what kind of prep do you do? Do you still take a hot shower or steam towel your face? Or are we talking cold water rinse, cold lather and all?

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I shave before showering as I'm a somewhat enthusiastic lather, if you know what I mean. My prep is pretty basic, fill sink with cold water, soak brush in cold water, decided on soap/cream etc, rub cold water on face, make lather and have at it.

thaudout said:

For the cold water shavers....what kind of prep do you do? Do you still take a hot shower or steam towel your face? Or are we talking cold water rinse, cold lather and all?

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What i did was i took a hot shower and then like an hour after i then shaved. Everything was cold as in lather,rinse, soaking the brush, etc...

bosseb said:

Neither can I.

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I don't remember the last time Marty used hot water for a shave, either.

To be honest im surprised this isn't practiced more. There is something about cold water shaves that do wonders for your skin. I can't go back to warm water!

Weel, my hats off. You guys are some tough sum bucks.

Wow!...glad to hear this as I am new to WS and have been doing the traditional hot water shaves for the last 2 weeks. I live in south Louisiana and the summers here are brutal. I was wondering if I'd even go back to electric during the summer as I would rather have infected rope burn than take a hot shower and shave in the mist of summer. I will definitely have to give it a try come the hotter mo's. Right now we are having one of the coldest winters here ever so I'm enjoying the hot shaves.

i like a lukewarm lather (almost room temp) and i rinse my razor with ice cold water. sometimes i use a warm towel sometimes i don't, but i always use prorasos pre shave. i always get irritation when i use hot water.

We don't have hot water to the the sinks here and it's only tipical to light the water heater for showers so cold shaves are the norm. I got a scuttle for winter though as the water is in plastic tanks on top of the houses and it gets below freezing. When it's not cold I prefer a cold water shave.

BlackBard said:

I don't remember the last time Marty used hot water for a shave, either.

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Too funny

I always enjoy the cold water rinse at the end of a nice warm shave. The water is out of my tap is ice cold this time of year so it is very refreshing. I might give the cold water shave a try.

pbkid6974 said:

i like a lukewarm lather (almost room temp) and i rinse my razor with ice cold water. sometimes i use a warm towel sometimes i don't, but i always use prorasos pre shave. i always get irritation when i use hot water.

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Agree. My skin doesn't like temp extremes. Cool water works the best for me.