Does your face LOOK hair-free?

[JMan424]

Hi all

After a shave, even after a great shave, it is still visible where my facial hair growth is. Even if a part feels BBS it's still visible. I don't mean stubbly, just visible in a dotty kind of way.

However, if I turn on the tube the prime time stars are shaven so clean it looks like they've never needed a shave, even in HD. I swear I can see pores but not a trace of facial hair even on a dark-haired manly David Boreneaz (sp?) on Bones.

Is this due to make-up or something or is their shave really that much better? Do any/all of the experienced wetshavers here get a shave that looks that clean? I'm curious if this is a level I have to look forward to as I improve or if this is just a make-up / camera trick of some sort.

 

[SpyvSpy]

Yes if I have the time to do 3 WTG and 1 ATG pass.

 

[O.G.]

When I shave I don't see any hair. When I began wet shaving I used to see what looked like a shadow but I figured that was actually my skin and not hair. As I shaved more the exfoliation cleared my skin and my face began to look clearer.

 

[ShaveAddict]

Of course yes,,sometimes i would even want to make another pass to get more the BBS shave but i stop ,,i prefer the no irritation shave.

 

[plaidman]

Yes, especially around the chin area. One of the plagues of dark facial hair. =(

 

[tpoof]

embrace your gender

 

[JdB]

Yes, it's the black-colored base of the hair (or something like that) at or just below skin-level.

It makes you feel miserable after doing 4 passes, but nothing you can do about it. It also depends of the light I guess.

 

[JMan424]

Any of the guys who do NOT have this below-the-skin shadow even with a fresh BBS shave also have dark facial hair?

I'm curious if the split falls along the lines that guys with dark/thick facial hair have it no matter what but those with fair/fine hair can eliminate it with skill.

 

[sonny123]

I have dark facial hair. I try to shave everyday because of the fast growth and tough hair.

With a DFS i don't get the 'dots' you guys are reffering to, and with a BBS + good quality AS balm, I certainly don't have them, unless you go really really close to my face to have a look.

Maybe you have bigger pores?

 

[raisindot]

I definitely get 5:00 shadow even with a BBS shave, especially around the moustache area. The curse of genetics, I guess.

Stars don't have shadow 1) because their faces are CAKED in makeup that covers everything, including blemishes; 2) film, in particular can make people look better due to lighting and focus techniques (which is why "soft focus" was so popular in the 1930s and 40s and why many commercials features older actresses are soft-focused to the point of blurriness). Of course, it possible that some of them use eletrolysis.

And these same stars probably don't look as "clean shaven" on video, particularly HD, when tends to show every skin flaw.

Jeff in Boston

 

[guru]

I answered no. I have fairly light brown hair and beard, though it is getting mostly grey now, and a fairly light beard. When I shave to BBS, I cannot see the hair at all. This is probably due to the light color and light texture of my beard. I can't grow a decent beard, which I always considered a flaw, but it shaves great and easy.

 

[The Mick]

there is always hair showing on my face.

 

[SecretAsianMan]

I have thick dark hairs, so yes - but only if you get close enough to look.

 

[Wingnut]

Having worked in the film business before starting to commit avaition, I can tell you that, both for film and TV, makeup is essential and quite heavily applied (especially for TV). Thus, even if someone had a "caveman beard" it probably wouldn't show up on camera.

That said, even though I have quite a light beard (in diameter, not color), I still get a bit of that "Homer Simpson" look - even right after a BBS. D'oh!

 

[jpkunst]

However, if I turn on the tube the prime time stars are shaven so clean it looks like they've never needed a shave, even in HD. I swear I can see pores but not a trace of facial hair even on a dark-haired manly David Boreneaz (sp?) on Bones.

Is this due to make-up or something or is their shave really that much better? Do any/all of the experienced wetshavers here get a shave that looks that clean? I'm curious if this is a level I have to look forward to as I improve or if this is just a make-up / camera trick of some sort.

Make-up.

If you are white and have dark hair a faint "beard shadow" even when clean shaven is usually inevitable. And there's nothing wrong with that, we are
grown men, not prepubescent boys, right?

 

[JMan424]

Make-up.

If you are white and have dark hair a faint "beard shadow" even when clean shaven is usually inevitable. And there's nothing wrong with that, we are
grown men, not prepubescent boys, right?

Grown men striving to describe our faces as baby butt smooth but grown men, yes.

 

[Luc]

I voted yes as I was told that the hairs look 'lighter' (not as dark as usual).

 

[Hughies_online]

Due to my dark hair, I get a slight green tinge (or maybe I'm colour blind). Anyhow, yes you can see hair.

 

[infotech]

You can tell I have facial hair after I shave. Even with the closest BBS I can get there is still a slight shadow. One of the things that amazed me about my first really good shave with a DE was just how light it was compared to the years of crappy mach3 shaves I was getting. I don't have a very thick beard, but it is black.

 

[PatrioticWhisky]

Funny you should say this as I was thinking about it just now.

I have very dark and very thick facial hair and after a shave it looks like I'm still all stubbly. But it's BBS. This morning I did 5 WTG passes, 3 AGT and it looked just the same.