Any one day a week shavers?

[duotone]

For the last 3 months I have been just shaving on the weekend.

I dont need to shave for work, so partly down to lazyness, the cold weather and life generally getting in the way I have just left it.

It felt so good to shave off a weeks worth of growth with such minimal irritation, just some stinging when I applied some aftershave balm.

1) Today I shaved with a lather of Nivea shaving gel applied by a brush, left it on for a minute then washed it off with warm water.
2) Applied a warm towel
3) Applied some Taylors cream with the same brush & shaved my face with my shavette, then shaved my neck area with the merkur futur (set on 1.5)
4) Lathered up some Taylors cream again
5) Warm towel on face and wiped off excess cream, then applied some Taylors cream again
6) Trimmed sideburns with the shavette, then shaved the whole face/neck area with the merkur futur (set on 2)
7) Wiped off any left over cream with a warm towel
8) Rubbed ice cube over face & neck area
9) Dabbed face dry with towel
10) Applied Marks & Spencers "Woodspice" afterhsave balm.

Any others on here? Longtime once a week shavers? Your tips/ advice would be welcome.

 

[njpaddy]

My once a week shaving ended when I dumped the cartridge. Since going DE I shave every other evening and actually look forward to it.

 

[Rei]

I just started no-shave november, and will going into weekly touch-ups of the beard line until february. Then it is back to a regular shaving schedule.

 

[Popeyeguy]

I used to be 1-3 per week but that was before DE shaving. Now I'm every second day and love it!!!

 

[Obi Wan]

My once a week shaving ended when I dumped the cartridge.

+1

My tips are

• Trim your stubble as short as possible with a beard trimmer.
• Give your weeks growth a good wash with shampoo/conditioner.
• really work that lather into your beard with your fingers for a minute or two before evening out the lather again with your brush.
• Use short strokes with a fresh sharp blade like Feather or Gillette 7 o'clock SharpEdge 'Yellow'.

 

[kg4ghn]

I have went a week without shaving before when I had a lot going on at one time. I usually don't wait that long because after about 3-4 days it starts to itch pretty bad.

 

[buyandhold2018]

My once a week shaving ended when I dumped the cartridge. Since going DE I shave every other evening and actually look forward to it.

Same with me.

A wonderful tool for multi-day growth shaving is an open comb razor.

 

[DFrancis]

My once a week shaving ended when I dumped the cartridge. Since going DE I shave every other evening and actually look forward to it.

Same here again. Though I am trying to switch to shaving every day.

 

[Rei]

Ahem:

The Rules

You do not shave in November.
You DO NOT shave in November.
If you shave you are out.
No trimming, no waxing.
No shaving can go on as long as you want it to.




It's two weeks late! Hopefully your steel has been dry in the den since then.

My last shave was the morning of Nov 9.

...and my brother, realizing that I'm growing in my winter coat, promptly went out and bought me a tube of bigelow green to try and tempt me to try it!

 

[Sledgehammer39]

No says I.. I shave everyother day mostly.

 

[duotone]

Same with me.

A wonderful tool for multi-day growth shaving is an open comb razor.

In what way does it help?

 

[salisburyyates]

If I go longer than 3 days I feel kind of like a dirtbag and shave it off. I cant stand the prickly feel past 3 days.

 

[odbonsv]

once or twice aweek with a shavette and i keep it simple shower or hot water to the face lather shave two passes and a touch up rince with cool water and thats it