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General Category => Just for fun => Topic started by: Charger on July 30, 2018, 02:44:10 AM
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So how do you shave your face? Or do you?
And sure if you shave other parts of your body feel free to share that too if you like...
I'm an old school kinda guy and I have my Gillette...it is the one with the vibration though...I use the new Gillette Fusion Proglide blades...they are pretty good..
My beard doesn't grow much so I only need to shave twice a week which is nice I suppose... On the down side I grow a hair here another one there so I can never grow a beard without it looking like the ass end of an opossum with mange...so sadly covering my ugliness with a beard does not work....so I shave.
And you?
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I use 2 blade throw-aways with a flexing head and twice a week is all I need to shave. I have a goatee that I use an electric trimmer on but could never grow a full beard (see opossum comparison). And I don't do any other kind of "man-scaping".
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Actually been thinking about the "hipster" option lately, but for now i'm a caveman, apparently... :)
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Basically I'm electric (Braun), but I do tidy up/finish off with a disposable razor
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Actually been thinking about the "hipster" option lately, but for now i'm a caveman, apparently... :)
Yeah I knew that...I was thinking about naming that option Billy! ;D
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I'm currently running with a Schick pro glide 3 with Schick shaving gel. Best blades I've ever used.
I'm a bit lazy when it comes shaving though. Once a week and I don't change a blade until after about ten shaves. ;)
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I'm a bit lazy when it comes shaving though. Once a week and I don't change a blade until after about ten shaves. ;)
10 shaves?? I change the blade once in about 4 or 5 months!!! ???
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I'm a bit lazy when it comes shaving though. Once a week and I don't change a blade until after about ten shaves. ;)
10 shaves?? I change the blade once in about 4 or 5 months!!! ???
Ok I'll admit, I can stretch it out that long too :whistling:
Was to embarrassed to admit it :)
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Old School : I use 2 blades flexing head disposable Gillette. one by 4/6 weeks .
Can't stand a too irritating 3 days beard. So when I'm on vacation it's a shave every 2 days.
52 , a large majority of my hair is still very black but my beards are almost all white. I hate that.
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I had a beard for nearly 20 years (22-41) I used to keep it neat a tidy with a trimmer and razor. And whilst my hair was dark brown the beard was flecked with all sorts of colours which probably reflects that when I was born they thought I was going to be ginger!
And I had a moustache when I was 14...
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52 , a large majority of my hair is still very black but my beards are almost all white. I hate that.
Well think of it this way if you'd grow a proper beard you could be Santa quite easily during christmas! ;D
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I let the beard grow until it becomes unbearable and then I go to the barber. I hate shaving.
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My option is more "Mossad style: shaving is a waste of time, but I'll clean up if I have to see a customer or it's long enough to be grabbed in hand-to-hand combat."
Shaving: I work from home, so I let it grow while I'm at home. Just before I go to a customer site, which happens at least once a month, I'll run a trimmer over everything and then go at it with a throwaway 2-blade. I'll use the same 2-blade for the week I'm at the customer site, and then I'll toss it in the hotel trash can.
When I do shave, I have a regimen that reduces shaving rash significantly. I'll share that in my next post.
Haircut: I get a very short haircut, a fade, about once every 2 months. I'd prefer having the barber shave it all down, the full Kojak look, but my wife refuses. But, having it close in allows me two grooming pluses:
1. If it rains, I just push the water off my head and carry on.
2. When I wake up, I look in the mirror and smile at that which needs no brushing.
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OK, now my regimen...
1. Pre-shave: rinse face with hot water, opens up the pores.
2. Lather: some would have me first apply a layer of coconut oil, but that's too much hassle for me. I just lather. However, I use a lather without any nasty chemical abrasives or crazy stuff. I use Dr. Bronner's products, and they have a shaving lather that's perfect. It's peppermint scented with natural peppermint oil, which is very soothing.
The lather stays on my hands and can nest in my goatee. This is because I will re-apply the lather after each pass of the razor, as long as the lather lasts.
3. Shave face with downward strokes only.
4. Re-apply lather, shave face with upward strokes only.
5. Re-apply lather, shave face with strokes going from side to middle.
6. Shave face with strokes going from middle to side.
7. Feel over face, touch up areas as needed.
8. Rinse first with hot water, then immediately with cold water - hot to get the stuff out of my skin, cold so nothing gets into those open pores.
9. Apply a lotion on the shaved area. I turn again to Dr. Bronner's, and employ their peppermint lotion, very soothing and smells wonderful.
No pimples, rashes, or other irritations and my face is as smooth as a very smooth thing, indeed!
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I'm actually a bit of three.
Since I shave maybe once a month I can look a bit caveman like. When I do shave I use an electric to get it closer to the skin. After that I use a razor. If it was up to me I would never shave, but the wife does not like that. Sadly I am at that age where I have more hair on my back, ear and nose than on my head or face.
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I'm actually a bit of three.
Since I shave maybe once a month I can look a bit caveman like. When I do shave I use an electric to get it closer to the skin. After that I use a razor. If it was up to me I would never shave, but the wife does not like that. Sadly I am at that age where I have more hair on my back, ear and nose than on my head or face.
Ear and nose hair is the worst. Back hair, I can trim my neck and wear a shirt... Ear and nose hairs always make themselves evident at awkward times.
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Nose hair is a bitch...I use either a nose hair trimmer or if I like some pain I'll just pull them out...
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Nose hair is a bitch...I use either a nose hair trimmer or if I like some pain I'll just pull them out...
I just deal with the pain and pull 'em out. I usually discover them in a meeting or at lunch when I have one bump into my lip as I'm talking or chewing. A quick visit to the washroom, and the offender is gone.
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Nose hair is a bitch...I use either a nose hair trimmer or if I like some pain I'll just pull them out...
http://lescouteaux.com/4941-home_default/pince-a-epiler-crabe-mors-carres-ref-5092.jpg
the best for these horrors, including the more than 1,5 cm eyebrows . More and more whites in my very provided blacks. At first, I tore them up but stopped when I noticed that the whites were gradually gaining the fight. Fucking old age.Sometimes, the hairdresser proposes to me to cut them after the hair. I'm sitting because it's better for a professional to do it. No error is tolerated. It's like that every 2 months.
...Unfortunately, these white hairs appear everywhere, really everywhere and I'm not talking about arms !! :'( :whistling: :zomgwtfbbq:
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My grandfather was all white too...well from his head and beard anyways...never checked elsewhere...So that might be my future as well.
I've noticed a couple of chest hairs growing!!! Never had those before...I doubt I'd be Sean Connery if I'd reach 80 but still...another place where hair did not grow a year ago..
Atleast I've made the decision that I'd I'm gonna go bald I'm gonna go all Raymond Reddington and get a hat! Not enough people wear hats anymore these days...that is the one fashion thing I really really really miss from the times past.
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I let the beard grow until it becomes unbearable and then I go to the barber. I hate shaving.
Do you ever scare children? :))
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I let the beard grow until it becomes unbearable and then I go to the barber. I hate shaving.
Do you ever scare children? :))
:partay: yes - all the time :rofl:
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Not enough people wear hats anymore these days...that is the one fashion thing I really really really miss from the times past.
:yes: :yes: :yes:
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52 , a large majority of my hair is still very black but my beards are almost all white. I hate that.
I feel your pain.
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Electric only. Never even tried a blade. I use a Remington for general shaving and a Remington DuraBlade (pictured) for detailed trimming. It was inexpensive ($30) and the blades never have to be replaced. Some of you that complain about shaving may like to try this. It works quite well.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AycAAOSweCVZyOsO/s-l300.jpg)
I have a heavy beard so I have had every style imaginable: side burns, mustache, goatee, van dyke, full beard, you name it. Some of the hair comes in white, so I use a mascara brush to color it in. Don't laugh, my barber suggested it and it works great.
I am usually clean shaven in the hot summertime, then some type of facial hair for the winter. Near the end of September I let it grow because each year in October on Columbus Day I go with a group of friends to a renaissance faire dressed in period clothing. Here is a shot of me from several years ago dressed as a musketeer.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/n5olswfm5/King_Richard_s_Faire_09_15.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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I'm a bit lazy when it comes shaving though. Once a week and I don't change a blade until after about ten shaves. ;)
Same except only maybe less than ten times.
Combination of choices one through three, although one is the primary choice. When I get my hair cut, I ask to trim my eyebrows so they're less bush looking, and get the shirt line buzzed. If I had a heavy beard I go get it shaved there also, while cleaning up the rest at home. I plucked mole hair should it grow back, sometimes nose hair as well.
As far as shaving anywhere else.... I sometimes shave my privates. *nods head* Yes I'm aware of what I just said.
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As far as shaving anywhere else.... I sometimes shave my privates. *nods head* Yes I'm aware of what I just said.
:kramer:
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^I'm reminded of that episode where Jerry shaves his chest, and Kramer reveals the after effects of doing so. :))
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^I'm reminded of that episode where Jerry shaves his chest, and Kramer reveals the after effects of doing so. :))
Exactly my thought. :smug:
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I toyed with the thought of body waxing due to excessive body hair, being Greek descent has the side effect of Wookie.
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I am usually clean shaven in the hot summertime, then some type of facial hair for the winter. Near the end of September I let it grow because each year in October on Columbus Day I go with a group of friends to a renaissance faire dressed in period clothing. Here is a shot of me from several years ago dressed as a musketeer.
Wow that's very cool! :)
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I am usually clean shaven in the hot summertime, then some type of facial hair for the winter. Near the end of September I let it grow because each year in October on Columbus Day I go with a group of friends to a renaissance faire dressed in period clothing. Here is a shot of me from several years ago dressed as a musketeer.
(https://s20.postimg.cc/n5olswfm5/King_Richard_s_Faire_09_15.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
d'Artagnan ? Athos ? Porthos ? Aramis ? ;)
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@Charger: Merci beaucoup.
@Tyr66: Take your pick.
Side note: The boots are from my hard rock night clubbing days. :)