One for the lads...

Steveire

...and girls who shave their face. q;-)

Any shaving tips?
Here's what I do:

1. Wash face
2. Rub face w/ hot facecloth
3. Use 'aviNe for men moisturiser'(its an anagram, i dont know if i'm supposed to use real product names on this thing).
4. Apply shaving gel
5. Use 3 'chuck yeagers' (Google it to see what he did), and warm - Definitely Not Hot - water, and shave with the grain
6. Repeat 4. and 5., this time shaving against the grain
7. Use aftershave stuff of some sort (i use a balm by aviNe)

Shave everyday, whether you need to or not.
You should get smooth results, and no cuts.

If you think my method needs refining, or it's completely mad, let us know, and post your own method, so we can give them a go.

cheeers.

LegacyUser

How much time do you spend shaving?

I use an electric shaver. Very smooth. No rash and leave a tiny bit of stubble.

tman

1 - wet face with warm water/step out of shower half way through...
2 - apply 'king of shaves' gel (teh shiznit)
3 - shave with the grain, or against it if it's the weekend...
4 - clean face/jump back into shower
5 - pat face dry with a towel and apply some nivea for MEN aftershave balm

mach 3/mach 3 turbo all the way tbh

Giblet

Get razor, put foam on, shave, call people who put to much effort into trivial things morons.

Steveire

yeah, mach 3 turbo.
It takes a bit longer, cos of the shaving twice, but it's the only way.
electric is just not close enough for me.

fragile

Originally posted by WATCH_OUT
Shave everyday, whether you need to or not.

Why

jesus_thats_gre

Originally posted by tman
1 - wet face with warm water/step out of shower half way through...
2 - apply 'king of shaves' gel (teh shiznit)
3 - shave with the grain, or against it if it's the weekend...
4 - clean face/jump back into shower
5 - pat face dry with a towel and apply some nivea for MEN aftershave balm

mach 3/mach 3 turbo all the way tbh

Ah man, you ****ing fairy!

munkeehaven

nothing wrong with a guy that takes care of himself==ask any girl and they will agree(including me)....though i have a penchant for the ''rough look"'

Karl Hungus

1. Run electric shaver over facial hair untill there's nothing left in desired area
2. Wash face

Done.

tman

Originally posted by jesus_thats_gre
Ah man, you ****ing fairy!

i have sensitive skin:(

the methol king of shaves stuff truly does roxor though. worth every penny (best part of €7 for a tube:dunno: )

munkeehaven

tman dont take those kind of remarks to heart.....guys have just as much of a right to use creams et al as we do!! they gots to look gooooood too. a lot of men in the usa wear make up ........ben affleck any one?( a bit orange)

Man Time

1. Wash with Nivea sensitive face wash *
2. hot face cloth on the face for 2 minutes
3. Nivea sensitive shaving gel
4. Mach 3 Turbo to shave, with the grain (against sometimes for my gf)
5. splash with cold water
6. pat dry
7. Then Nivea sensitive after shave balm or sensitive daily moisturiser
8. Once a week a trim down below is in order

*twice a week this is replaced by Nivea deep cleansing face scrub

There's nothing wrong with a man who knows how to take care of his skin and bodily hygiene. I wouldn't be attracted to a women who didn't look after her bodily hygiene properly so why should she have to put up with me being dirty?

tman

Originally posted by munkeehaven
tman dont take those kind of remarks to heart.....guys have just as much of a right to use creams et al as we do!! they gots to look gooooood too. a lot of men in the usa wear make up ........ben affleck any one?( a bit orange)

i shave to get rid of stubble, and use aftershave balm to soothe the razor-burn... doesn't mean i'm about to chop my twig & giggleberries off and start using makeup

munkeehaven

i didnt mean that ...im just saying each to their own ..and who cares??/ its a means to an end..not that i am in any way a machivellian.....

tba

I use one of those hair shaving things that you use on your head, but with no plastic shield. Leaves a little bit of stubble but who really cares about that huh, those clean shaved conservative rights thats who!

munkeehaven

stubble is sexxxxy

tman

Originally posted by munkeehaven
i didnt mean that ...im just saying each to their own ..and who cares??/ its a means to an end..not that i am in any way a machivellian.....

cool, just so long as you're not comparing me to that Asslick feller

whosurpaddy

i use a deep pore cleanser lotion, in the shower i use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. then i apply an herb mint facial mask, which i leave on for 10 minutes while i prepare the rest of my routine.

I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alchohol because alchohol drys your face out and makes you look older. then moistureiser, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by final moisturising protective lotion. . . .

there is an idea of a patrick bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusiory, and though i can hide my cold gase,and you can shake my hand and feel flesh griping yours and maybe your can even sense our lifestyles are even comparable, I simply am not there . . .

tba

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
i use a deep pore cleanser lotion, in the shower i use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. then i apply an herb mint facial mask, which i leave on for 10 minutes while i prepare the rest of my routine.

I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alchohol because alchohol drys your face out and makes you look older. then moistureiser, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by final moisturising protective lotion. . . .

there is an idea of a patrick bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusiory, and though i can hide my cold gase,and you can shake my hand and feel flesh griping yours and maybe your can even sense our lifestyles are even comparable, I simply am not there . . .

Glad to see you take care of yourself, now if you'll excuse me I have some videos to return.

Tusky

against or with the grain ? I dont understand , does it matter ?

tman

Originally posted by Tusky
against or with the grain ? I dont understand , does it matter ?

against the grain - closer shave with the downside of shaving rashes

with the grain - not so close, your face doesn't feel like it's been rubbed with sandpaper afterwards though:dunno:

took about 3-4 years of shaving before i started to get shaving rashes though

Steveire

oh yeah, the post-shave-cold-water-splash is v. important.

it matters with and against the grain, but i dont remember why anymore.

Kobie

Holy sweet Jaysus on a poggo stick. Moiturisers, cleansers, hot towels?

Wasn't there a thread during the week wondering if men are less masculine these days?

Give me a dollop of motor oil and a rusty dagger any day.

dahamsta

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
i use a deep pore cleanser lotion, in the shower i use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. then i apply an herb mint facial mask, which i leave on for 10 minutes while i prepare the rest of my routine.

I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alchohol because alchohol drys your face out and makes you look older. then moistureiser, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by final moisturising protective lotion. . . .

there is an idea of a patrick bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusiory, and though i can hide my cold gase,and you can shake my hand and feel flesh griping yours and maybe your can even sense our lifestyles are even comparable, I simply am not there . . .

ROFL

Blisterman

I shave sideways to the grain, what does that do? Best of both worlds?

Oriel

Blisterman, "to the grain" means shaving in downward strokes. Upwards is closer, but more irritating and painful.

Thing is, warm water is always important and I shave in accordance with a shower.
So, which is better - having a shower to soften up the hairs and then shaving - making shaving easier, or shaving from scratch, then showering to get rid of the crap and making sure you're clean and done?

S.

smoke.me.a.kipper

wash face.
use electric shaver.
wash face.

thats of course only on the times i could actually be arsed to shave.

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
i use a deep pore cleanser lotion, in the shower i use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. then i apply an herb mint facial mask, which i leave on for 10 minutes while i prepare the rest of my routine.

I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alchohol because alchohol drys your face out and makes you look older. then moistureiser, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by final moisturising protective lotion. . . .

there is an idea of a patrick bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusiory, and though i can hide my cold gase,and you can shake my hand and feel flesh griping yours and maybe your can even sense our lifestyles are even comparable, I simply am not there . . .

Absolute genius man!

neXus9

Those 3 drop shaving oils can work quite well.

Rinse with warm water before shave to open pores, rinse with cold after to close pores.

Agent Smith

i just dont shave....

Sleepy

King of Shaves is the sh|t. No more shaving rash for meh

gobby

Ye dont really need any of that nivea schtuff tbh. All ye need is a good few splashes of cold water to close up your pours. Then maybe some aftershave for the same reason.

The nivea stuff is plenty expensive and not really needed so fup it!

JackKelly

take razor in hand
put razor in water
put razor on face
put razor down.

Cake Fiend

So where do you Nivea boys get the time to paint your toenails in between all that moisturizing??

joe_chicken

along the lines of some of the things so far....



shave. stop shaving.


(apart from when my beard has got long, in which case put in a few owwwss and eeeesss and ooossss)

MrNuked

Surprisingly helpful thread for me, since I spend significant time each day converting my face and neck into a mass of razor rash and cuts, and still have a permanent sandpaper effect.
So these Mach 3 turbo things are good then? Better than Sensor XL, which is what I use now?

rymus

Three simple steps

1. Press power button on electric shaver
2. Shave
3. Open top and wash out.

Five minutes flat, twice a week. Nivea for men my arse...

EKRIUQ

Jump out of bed, walk into bathroom, bit of water on my face. Cheap Lidl blades up, dow,up, down, up, down face all done and Jes what a stud I am

Tom Dunne

Slightly OT, but I was shopping with herself at the weekend and she purchased that Veet stuff (the hair removal stuff that used to be Immac).

Anybody ever try this on the face? I have always wondered why you can't use it on the face. If it worked, it would be the job, no more razor burn, no rash.

DMC

LOL @ the google ads with this thread

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by tom dunne
Slightly OT, but I was shopping with herself at the weekend and she purchased that Veet stuff (the hair removal stuff that used to be Immac).

Anybody ever try this on the face? I have always wondered why you can't use it on the face. If it worked, it would be the job, no more razor burn, no rash.

i personally wouldnt trust anything that dissolves hair like that, has to be bad for ya.

Badbonez

I googled "Chuck Yeagers" and found nada...wtf is it?

aidan_dunne

Chuck Yeager was a legendary American test pilot and the first person to break the sound barrier in the rocket-powered Bell X1 plane in 1947 (I think! or was it '48? Sometime around then, anyway! )

In case you didn't know, the speed of sound is often referred to as "Mach 1". There you go, work it out for yourself now. I can't give you a bigger clue than that, can I?

Badbonez

Originally posted by aidan_dunne
Chuck Yeager was a legendary American test pilot and the first person to break the sound barrier in the rocket-powered Bell X1 plane in 1947 (I think! or was it '48? Sometime around then, anyway! )

In case you didn't know, the speed of sound is often referred to as "Mach 1". There you go, work it out for yourself now. I can't give you a bigger clue than that, can I?

Yah, I know who Chuck Yeager is (I am a yank after all). What I didn't know was what "3 Chuck Yeagers" meant in relation to shaving. I guess you mean Mach 3. What a friggen stretch!

Steveire

cheers aidan_dunne. i'm just surprised everyone got it for so long.

Zulu

I don't "apply" nuttin. I just shave.

kano476

Originally posted by whosurpaddy
i use a deep pore cleanser lotion, in the shower i use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. then i apply an herb mint facial mask, which i leave on for 10 minutes while i prepare the rest of my routine.

I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alchohol because alchohol drys your face out and makes you look older. then moistureiser, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by final moisturising protective lotion. . . .

there is an idea of a patrick bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusiory, and though i can hide my cold gase,and you can shake my hand and feel flesh griping yours and maybe your can even sense our lifestyles are even comparable, I simply am not there . . .

reminds me - must read that again.

electric is better for sensitive skin.
exfoliators and moisturisers all the way!
wax the old pubes once a month too.

Zoton

Personally i just use hot water, some shaving foam and a wilkinson extreme 3. Shave, then splash cold water. Somethimes use a balm.
Always wait a while before applying aftershave. The alcohol is very harsh on the raw skin.

LoLth

cold water. Bic disposables. gilette foam. only do it when the "catweasel" "grizzly adams" and "jesus" jokes start.

Saves time, money and effort.

So you can spend more time, money and effort doing nice things for (or to ) the female in your life.

Sarky

Lather.
Shave downwards, along the grain.
Wash.
Lather.
Shave upwards, against the grain.
Wash, cold water.

Shave against the grain second. It' removes the irritation and gets a closer shave.

I find shaving is almost like meditation. It clears my mind of everything except the horribly sharp edged steel I'm holding to my face. Good way to prepare for all the crap the day has ready to throw at you.

Electric shavers are all well and good, but, well, they're not.

RE*AC*TOR

On one of those stupid channel 4 programs, (think it was something like Ten Years Younger) - they suggested shaving twice, once with the grain (ie downwards) and once against the grain. Also sugeested a gel instead of foam as it softens bristles better.

I tried womens hair removal stuff once (imac or the like), did nothing - hair too coarse I reckon.