Shaving

  Know your… 1. Water Water temperature and moisture is key to getting a great shave. Warm water softens the beard and skin allowing the blade to do its job better. The moisture produced is what is needed to make your shaving products work to their maximum potential. 2. Skin Everyone’s skin reacts to shaving [...]

How does a man determine which shaving tool to use, razor or electric? – Michael F. The best way to choose the right shaving tool, is to see how your skin reacts to their use. The curlier the beard, the more aware one needs to be with how close the hairs are cut. Ingrown hairs are [...]

Created by Ludovico Martelli over 70 years ago in Florence, Italy.  This shaving cream remains on the top of the list for the quality lather that it can produce.  It is also known for being “the” shaving cream, that many other shaving creams try to imitate. The name?… Proraso Shaving Cream At times this cream can be very hard to [...]

We’ve all seen the the shaving commercials, whether it is for wet-shaving (Gillette) or dry-shaving (Braun).  They are all promoting the same thing… a smooth, close shave.  Nothing wrong with that!  After all, I think we all can appreciate a  close shave, including myself! But what about those guys that suffer with irritated skin after such a close shave?  No [...]

I believe if you always approach your shaving regimen as if you have a tough beard… 90% of your shaving issues should disappear.  The other 10%, is all about taking your time. _____________________________________________/ I received a few questions regarding my previous post (Multiple razor blades…gimmick?). The first one…How does someone determine if they have a tough beard?  And the second… How [...]

Ah, yes!  The wonderful feeling of prepping your face with a shave brush! I know, I know, you’re busy, but just pick one day out of the week and give yourself this royal treatment. Based on the emails regarding Friday’s post – (A single blade that gets it close!), I can see many of you are interested…and rightly so! It’s great [...]

I’m going to get right to it on this post.  Schick Quattro Titanium Trimmer.  Have you seen them in the shaving aisle?  They’ve been on the market for sometime now; however, I have always written them off as something that couldn’t possibly work (I know, I know…).  So the other day while on a cruise, there just [...]

                  I found  a few illustrations that gives a visual as to how the hair on your head and more importantly, how the hair in your beard grows.  Why?  Well, many men who suffer from irritation especially razor bumps and ingrown hairs typically fall in the beard growth category of “Wavy Hair” & “Curly Hair”. The above illustrations, give the best example [...]

  Don’t you hate shopping for refills of you favorite razor blades?  It always seems that as soon as you’ve purchased a pack, you have to go out for more!  Well, times are hard, and we are ALL looking for ways to stretch our money; so, here are a few tips on how to make those blades last [...]

So I shaved a few guys recently none of whom have ever experienced a straight razor shave.  Prior to starting any shave, I generally ask a few questions about my clients shaving practices at home. During this discussion, I discovered that all of them mentioned they “dry shave”.  Simply put, they use their razor blade without the assistance of any lubricating agent – no water, shave cream, pre-shave [...]