Soap/Brush/Aftershave: daily
Razor: semi-weekly
Razor: semi-weekly
Do you rotate your soaps daily or weekly?
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I periodically change. For a long time, I rotated over 15 soaps daily. About five months ago I took one soap and one cream and rotated that daily. Now I have two soaps and one cream I rotate daily. I have so many partially used soaps that I want to use up.
I really enjoy variety, so I rarely use a soap twice in a row. I just sort of grab whatever moves me that day. I have whittled my den down to soaps and splashes that I love, so they are all winners!
Do whatever makes you happy. I rotate mine daily.
Monthly.
I approach my "stash", musing "what I am I in the mood for today?"
So, "random rotation", I suppose...
So, "random rotation", I suppose...
I just pick one at random, based on my mood.
Same here
When my 1 year old Grandson is visiting I'll let him take a good smell of each of them and choose the one he leans in for a second or third whiff of (or tries to bite). I also run the brushes over his cheeks & chin to let him choose (usually a badger because they tickle his chin and give him the giggles). Suffice to say, he's not a big fan of Proraso, Williams, or boar brushes, but gravitates to the nicer Barber Shop scents and aftershaves. I keep about four soaps and two soap samples (trying to use up) that I choose randomly, but if I'm trying a new razor I use Proraso Green pre & soap to take that variable out of the evaluation.
Thank goodness I’m not the only one that chooses at random.
I never rotate there is no system just my mood and maybe the working or not working day. There was a time I switched every day and currently I dunk a piece of soap in a loading bowl and either face or bowl lather until it is gone….
And sometimes that can take weeks which 1 cm Arko is trying to prove in week two…
And sometimes that can take weeks which 1 cm Arko is trying to prove in week two…
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I pick four to match the season. Rotate those four and pick another four for the next season. Some soaps may be carried over from the previous season.
On sundays I choose one soap or cream and a razor for the rest of the week.
No variation in the brush I use.
No variation in the brush I use.
Soap, monthly; razor & blade, weekly, brush, daily. That seems to work for me in that it provides a mix of both consistency and variety.
I have a soap/brush combination for each day of the week. I occasionally break this routine, but I find it helps control AD.
I pick whatever speaks to me on the day. I do tend to stick with the same setup for about a week at a time. No hard and fast rules though.
I think that people use the term "rotation" differently. Me? I have way too many soaps and I use whatever strikes my fancy as I'm getting ready to shave. While I might consider that my "rotation", others might say that a "rotation" is using a specific group of soaps during a specific period of time. Kind of like how an NBA team can have 15 players in their roster, 13 active from game-to-game, and a regular rotation of the eight players that will always play. This isn't too say that the other players won't get into the game, but they do so in a much more "as needed" basis, whereas the rotation players tend to play a predetermined number of minutes (excluding those in foul trouble, etc). I think that this is a pretty analogy, but hey, what do I know? I'm a sports fan, after all!
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Daily and seasonally.
I have about 20 spring/summer soaps on the go now and when the weather turns, I will put most of them away and bring out about a dozen fall/winter soaps.
I almost never use the same soap in consecutive days and even twice in a week is rare for me. I like variety and using different soaps is a fun part of the hobby aspect of shaving IMO.
I also rotate a bunch of brushes, different blades and sometimes razors.
Not a formal rotation by any stretch. When I put away my soap, razor and brush after shaving, I pick replacements for the next day. No set schedule, whatever I am in the mood for.
I have about 20 spring/summer soaps on the go now and when the weather turns, I will put most of them away and bring out about a dozen fall/winter soaps.
I almost never use the same soap in consecutive days and even twice in a week is rare for me. I like variety and using different soaps is a fun part of the hobby aspect of shaving IMO.
I also rotate a bunch of brushes, different blades and sometimes razors.
Not a formal rotation by any stretch. When I put away my soap, razor and brush after shaving, I pick replacements for the next day. No set schedule, whatever I am in the mood for.
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I used to use a different soap everyday when home and a single soap when traveling. On one trip I realized that repeated use of the same soap really helped me to dial in that soap. I then began using the same soap through each of my regular brushes (grew from 5 to now 8). This worked well untill I discovered MdC.
I like the MdC so much that my 8 days with MdC keeps being repeated. I will occasionally rotate into other soaps again but for now the MdC could be my first 3017 soap since I Egan exporting soaps.
I do still find that continued or repeated use of the same soap leads to a more consistent and better lather experience for me. YMMV.
I like the MdC so much that my 8 days with MdC keeps being repeated. I will occasionally rotate into other soaps again but for now the MdC could be my first 3017 soap since I Egan exporting soaps.
I do still find that continued or repeated use of the same soap leads to a more consistent and better lather experience for me. YMMV.
I've honestly tried to keep to one soap for more than a day, but I just came to the land of liberty and unlimited choices far too late for that.
...and while I did live in the world of lack and limitation, it seemed like you just had to finish that can of lighter-gas-permeated-synthetic-snot before you had to open the next one. I think it was called being - smart, or frugal, ...diligent?
What with all these soaps being able to sit happily in their well-sealed dishes and such today? Life can be a torture of opportunities.
Just ask all us'n in the SAD support groups at the local Y, colleges, police stations, barracks, and VA.
