I got into DE shaving about 2 months ago. I don't have ADs, but the elaborate shaving routines I learned here were getting out of hand. Too complicated and long of a shave:
1) Fill Scuttle with hot water to warm it up. Set aside.
2) Soak brush in hot water. Set aside.
3) Wash face with scrub.
4) Press hot towel against face for several minutes.
5) Throw away Scuttle water.
6) Refill Scuttle with freshly hot water.
7) Load brush with soap.
8) Lather in Scuttle (also annoying that the Scuttle is big and heavy to handle).
9) Apply lather.
10) 3-pass shave.
11) Cold water rinse.
12) Balm application.
13) Clean all this freaking mess !
Well I'm done with all this non-sense. I've found beauty in a more simplistic shave, without a lot of unnecessary, excessive steps and shaving gear more over-hyped than a Gillette Fusion Proglide commercial. The point I'm trying to make is, and this is probably mostly for the newbies, more gear and more steps don't always equal a better shave. This is a wrong assumption that newbies easily fall into. Keep it simple. It will be more satisfying in the long run. All this excess crap eventually gets annoying.
Another point is that a lot of people who make these extremely long routines shave at night, because it's too long to do it in the morning before work. If you're the shaving guru in the office, your face should be the one looking the cleanest shaven, not the guy who shaved in 5 minutes in the morning with a cart. But he will look cleaner shaven than you if you decided to shave at night.
So here is my new, simpler routine:
1) Swirl brush in water for 10 seconds.
2) Load brush with soap.
3) Lather in small, easy to handle, and cheap bowl.
4) Splash warm water in face. (Face will have already been soap washed from shower)
5) Apply lather.
6) 3-pass shave.
7) Cold water rinse.
8) Balm application.
9) Not so much to clean (Less messing around with water, less water spilled).
Long routine takes about 45 minutes, short routine takes about 20 minutes.
Enjoy the simple pleasures of DE shaving !
1) Fill Scuttle with hot water to warm it up. Set aside.
2) Soak brush in hot water. Set aside.
3) Wash face with scrub.
4) Press hot towel against face for several minutes.
5) Throw away Scuttle water.
6) Refill Scuttle with freshly hot water.
7) Load brush with soap.
8) Lather in Scuttle (also annoying that the Scuttle is big and heavy to handle).
9) Apply lather.
10) 3-pass shave.
11) Cold water rinse.
12) Balm application.
13) Clean all this freaking mess !
Well I'm done with all this non-sense. I've found beauty in a more simplistic shave, without a lot of unnecessary, excessive steps and shaving gear more over-hyped than a Gillette Fusion Proglide commercial. The point I'm trying to make is, and this is probably mostly for the newbies, more gear and more steps don't always equal a better shave. This is a wrong assumption that newbies easily fall into. Keep it simple. It will be more satisfying in the long run. All this excess crap eventually gets annoying.
Another point is that a lot of people who make these extremely long routines shave at night, because it's too long to do it in the morning before work. If you're the shaving guru in the office, your face should be the one looking the cleanest shaven, not the guy who shaved in 5 minutes in the morning with a cart. But he will look cleaner shaven than you if you decided to shave at night.
So here is my new, simpler routine:
1) Swirl brush in water for 10 seconds.
2) Load brush with soap.
3) Lather in small, easy to handle, and cheap bowl.
4) Splash warm water in face. (Face will have already been soap washed from shower)
5) Apply lather.
6) 3-pass shave.
7) Cold water rinse.
8) Balm application.
9) Not so much to clean (Less messing around with water, less water spilled).
Long routine takes about 45 minutes, short routine takes about 20 minutes.
Enjoy the simple pleasures of DE shaving !
