Apply gel on top of shaving oil?

[Jibbom]

I saw a recommendation to preapre for a shave by washing, applying shaving oil and then applying shaving gel on top.

Can this be right?

Surely the alkaline pH of the gel would remove the oil?

I wonder if some of the oil might soak into the skin and stubble before getting neutralised by the gel.

Does anyone use this method of preparation?

Any view are welcomed.

 

[SydneyShaver]

when necessary I use pre-shave oil and then apply foam, gel, lather etc. I find that it doesn't get neutralised and the sensation on the skin while shaving is different when only using the lather or oil on their own. I typically do this when I breakout with blemishes or my skin is particularly irritated. It helps for me but as I say, you have to know your skin, to know if this would help.

 

[Hair Scraper]

I use La Tourangelle roasted walnut oil as a shaving oil with Van Der Hagen Shave Butter over it. If I’m just going to clean up my neck on non-shaving days I’ll use Cremo shave cream (in the tube) over the oil. (just to finish up the tube)

I can feel more irritation and after-burn without the oil.