I'll put medicated vaseline on my feet at night and then put socks on them. My feet probably weren't fit for the movies but they were soft lol
Improve your skin condition...Improve your shave! (Turning "pre-shave" on it's head)
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Very interesting thread. My wife has a bottle of CeraVe... I think I'm going to steal it and give it a try!
Completely agree with the original post. Take care of your skin and the shaves get much better.
Jim, I read this decades ago in a magazine when I was a teen. I was flabbergasted when I read it. I remember some of the actors and actresses they mentioned like Doris Day, Rock Hudson, and Ronald Reagan. It mentioned that it was a habit of many.
Now how true it is may be a matter of debate but those folks they mentioned did stay very young looking for a long time.
I've followed the advice since my teens and have been called a vampire on many occasions after being asked if I ever age. Hopefully I am aging gracefully.
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Having continued my review, outlined in OP, I must say it has kept up with the increasingly harsher climate.
My hands got all dry and torn up so I had to start putting some of my wife's lotion but my face has kept up it's condition and shaving is still a pleasure.
I did switch the face moisturiser to an organic Australian made product called Gaia Organics. It's very light, absorbs instantly and works great. I still add the 3 drops hyaluronic acid to it.
As suggested by a couple of people, I did try a pure glycerin face bar as pre shave but my skin felt tighter after the shave, shop I had to cease using it.
I'm back to just splashing some cold water and lathering up.
PS I'm by no means advocating an exact process or products...I'm only illustrating the concept of skin condition and its impact on shaving.
My hands got all dry and torn up so I had to start putting some of my wife's lotion but my face has kept up it's condition and shaving is still a pleasure.
I did switch the face moisturiser to an organic Australian made product called Gaia Organics. It's very light, absorbs instantly and works great. I still add the 3 drops hyaluronic acid to it.
As suggested by a couple of people, I did try a pure glycerin face bar as pre shave but my skin felt tighter after the shave, shop I had to cease using it.
I'm back to just splashing some cold water and lathering up.
PS I'm by no means advocating an exact process or products...I'm only illustrating the concept of skin condition and its impact on shaving.
Have been using Nivea (occasionally Aveeno, or more recently Neutrogena) products on hands and face for years, nothing fancy, just the ordinary cream or lotion.
It’s pretty much a habit imprinted on me in the 50’s by my mother, who always seemed to have the ubiqiotous blue tin of Nivea cream handy, and now at 66 it seems to have taken good care of me and often people are (pretend to be??
) surprised when I tell them my age.
After the shave and aftershave, I apply a small amount to my face and massage the rest into my hands and lower arms. If the aftershave comes in form of a thicker balm or lotion, however, I may skip this routine.
If some bloke should think this is not the “manly” thing to do, so be it.
What do I care?
As an engineer by training, I believe that if you look after the machinery, the machinery will look after you.
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It’s pretty much a habit imprinted on me in the 50’s by my mother, who always seemed to have the ubiqiotous blue tin of Nivea cream handy, and now at 66 it seems to have taken good care of me and often people are (pretend to be??
) surprised when I tell them my age.After the shave and aftershave, I apply a small amount to my face and massage the rest into my hands and lower arms. If the aftershave comes in form of a thicker balm or lotion, however, I may skip this routine.
If some bloke should think this is not the “manly” thing to do, so be it.
What do I care?
As an engineer by training, I believe that if you look after the machinery, the machinery will look after you.
B.
I use Nivea Men Creme each morning after my shower, I should probably use it each night as well.
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Yeah, exactly!
All those blades I threw out in winters after just a few shaves and in this winter, with the skin looked after, I'm up to shave #23 today with the same Polsilver blade!
Give it a go.
I'm not sure you'd need it in the Aussie summers. It'd definitely help in the winter months I'd say.
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