Just found this page and I guess I should have started keeping a journal sooner (about a year ago but I wasnt a member here yet just an active lurker). Anyway ive been a shavette user for about 11 months now. Got my parker shavette and omega 48 online and I have a Universal from italy in the mail just waiting for it to arrive.
Shave for today using an omega 48 and gillette super stainless blades on my parker sr1 . I went for full BBS Which takes 3 passes and a touchup pass on my neck. Its my last workday since its friday here and im going to be too tired to care since i have mma/ muaythai training on saturdays and kali training early sundays so I needed a smooth shave that should last at least until sunday morning.
For the life of me I just cant bowl lather with my omega 48 so i face lather instead which has worked out just fine. My preshave oil is a bottle of extra virgin coconut oil. My shaving cream is still my barely used bodyshop macca root shaving cream.
I am a mix of hot and cold water shaver. I prep with a hot shower and a glycerin based soap then put on my oil and then face lather but afterwards I rinse with cold tap water (which can be cold in the mornings)
2nd pass I usually tend to skip the preshave oil and just face lather again , I dont follow the usual with the grain and xtg passes since ive basically mapped out my facial hair and i can get BBS on most places in 2 passes but since im going for the closest shave i need a third pass
3rd pass i put on coconut oil again and face lather one last time (loading my brush a little bit once again , about three swirls in my tub of cream since the lather gets thinner by the third pass) the only areas i need to pass are my cheeks going across the grain. A third buffing pass on my neck and chin and across the grain on my goatee. I usually get BBS on my moustache in 2 passes so i just did a third wtg pass although i didnt need to.
Finished with another cold water rinse and an alum block. i used to have all sorts of aftershaves and an alcohol splash but after a while i settled on an alum block rub and dont bother rinsing it. So far this was the best aftershave routine ever. No irritation redness etc. It stops any bleeding instantly aswell. And never had any breakouts.
Im still rubbing my chin while typing this , I dont usually go for full BBS since i dont really need it and usually stop at 2 passes, but theres something thats satisfying when you cant feel any stubble anywhere on your face. Everybody in my muay thai class has some sort of facial hair and I think im the only clean shaven guy there hhahaha.
Shave for today using an omega 48 and gillette super stainless blades on my parker sr1 . I went for full BBS Which takes 3 passes and a touchup pass on my neck. Its my last workday since its friday here and im going to be too tired to care since i have mma/ muaythai training on saturdays and kali training early sundays so I needed a smooth shave that should last at least until sunday morning.
For the life of me I just cant bowl lather with my omega 48 so i face lather instead which has worked out just fine. My preshave oil is a bottle of extra virgin coconut oil. My shaving cream is still my barely used bodyshop macca root shaving cream.
I am a mix of hot and cold water shaver. I prep with a hot shower and a glycerin based soap then put on my oil and then face lather but afterwards I rinse with cold tap water (which can be cold in the mornings)
2nd pass I usually tend to skip the preshave oil and just face lather again , I dont follow the usual with the grain and xtg passes since ive basically mapped out my facial hair and i can get BBS on most places in 2 passes but since im going for the closest shave i need a third pass
3rd pass i put on coconut oil again and face lather one last time (loading my brush a little bit once again , about three swirls in my tub of cream since the lather gets thinner by the third pass) the only areas i need to pass are my cheeks going across the grain. A third buffing pass on my neck and chin and across the grain on my goatee. I usually get BBS on my moustache in 2 passes so i just did a third wtg pass although i didnt need to.
Finished with another cold water rinse and an alum block. i used to have all sorts of aftershaves and an alcohol splash but after a while i settled on an alum block rub and dont bother rinsing it. So far this was the best aftershave routine ever. No irritation redness etc. It stops any bleeding instantly aswell. And never had any breakouts.
Im still rubbing my chin while typing this , I dont usually go for full BBS since i dont really need it and usually stop at 2 passes, but theres something thats satisfying when you cant feel any stubble anywhere on your face. Everybody in my muay thai class has some sort of facial hair and I think im the only clean shaven guy there hhahaha.
