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For those guys who need to shave everyday, have you mastered this fucking pain in the arse? If you have, what's your secret? Electric or blade? Before or after shower?
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Blade, in the shower with fog free mirror
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Why does my fog free mirror fog up now?
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The coating wears off over time..
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I use a Gillette Mach3. The only "trick" I find is to keep your blade clean and new. With a new blade I do it with just water and nothing else. It hurts a bit, but nothing I can't deal with. If I let it grow a little, a bit of shaving cream makes it feel like nothing at all.

I'm considering getting one of those battery powered submergible shavers for use in the shower, they kinda look nifty. I might as well put the time I waste sitting in the shower to good use.
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When I'm at home, during the shower, usually w/o a mirror and with a bit of caution, when I'm at uni, when ever I get round to shaving... *rubs chin* hmm, that might be in about 5 mins actually...

Electric razors have never worked for me, they never give me the smooth feeling, wet shaves tend to be a lot more effective (now, if only I had someone to appreciate the smoothness, *sob* ;) ), and I only cut myself very rarely these days... however, I do tend to bleed for 3 hours when I do slip. :mrgreen:
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Im not very good at shaving, I dont get a close clean shave like others. I think it is related to my skin or beard. I think as you get older it must toughen up or something. I remember being able to shave with cold water when I was 19. If I tried that now, it would not even cut the hair.

Electrics seem to irritate my skin for some reason and leave a little rash, so I use a Gilette Mach 3.
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[quote="The_Lumberjack"] when I'm at uni, when ever I get round to shaving... *rubs chin* hmm, that might be in about 5 mins actually...
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It's that I NEED A SHAVE FEELING...

I only tend to shave when you can't tell the difference between the stubble and the goatee. I tend to use an electric beard trimmer to hack off most of the stubble then have a shower then have a wet shave. I find that having a hot shower help's to soften the stubble so I don't cut myself as often. Mind you when I do cut myself it's almost always in the same place, nice lines parallel to my sideburns.
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Norelco electric BEFORE shower. Every other day.
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What is this "shave" you speak of?
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Dalton wrote:What is this "shave" you speak of?
Normally I'd agree with you there but I'm going to have to start shaving every day when I start work

D'oh :banghead:
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I shave with an electric razor about once every 1-2 (sometimes 3) weeks. I first use the pop-up clippers to shave it all, then go over it with the actual roters.

The entire operation doesn't really bother me. What bothers me more is when I don't shave for a very long time, because those semi-long whiskers start to get bitchingly irritating. :roll:
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I stopped shaving for a month, to see what I would look like with a beard, was hoping for either an Aragorn-esque or a Gandalf-esque beard, but was reliably informed by my mate that I looked like a Spanish terrorist. After a week of being kept awake by the beard rubbing against the quilt, I gave up, shaved it off, and was then told that I suited it... curse those mates of mine...
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Never get started on electric razors

They are a bitch to clean, get dull fast, and don't give you the closeness and comfort of your average razor

Get a Mach3 :)
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Heh, I probably haven't cleaned mine for almost a year. :)

But that's because I use the clippers first before the razors. It virtually eliminates the ammount of trimmings that get inside. :P
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Dalton wrote:What is this "shave" you speak of?
This thing my work colleagues do every morning. Take a sharp object, like a blade, and scrap it over your nut sack.
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Bic disposables.
All those expensive 'lady shave' pieces of shit are a waste of money and don't work.
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I use both a Mach 3 and an electric. Allow me to explain:

Mach 3 is good for shaving against the grain and removing all those annoying little stubs- it's also just fine for going with the grain too. Electric just isn't as close. That's fact.

HOWEVER

I have the annoying tendency to cut myself in the same places AGAIN and AGAIN. So I avoid those places with the Mach 3 and use the electric. I don't understand how I keep cutting myself. If I shave against the grain in a certain area, I just get cut. I don't know why.

As for minimizing the pain

1: if you're using a conventional, PUT SOAP all over your face while you're in the shower. This will soften the hair.

2: Once you get out of the shower, CLEAN IT OFF WITH HOT WATER. This will stimulate the hair to rise.

You'll shave *much* easier.
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Vympel wrote:I use both a Mach 3 and an electric. Allow me to explain:

Mach 3 is good for shaving against the grain and removing all those annoying little stubs- it's also just fine for going with the grain too. Electric just isn't as close. That's fact.

HOWEVER

I have the annoying tendency to cut myself in the same places AGAIN and AGAIN. So I avoid those places with the Mach 3 and use the electric. I don't understand how I keep cutting myself. If I shave against the grain in a certain area, I just get cut. I don't know why.

As for minimizing the pain

1: if you're using a conventional, PUT SOAP all over your face while you're in the shower. This will soften the hair.

2: Once you get out of the shower, CLEAN IT OFF WITH HOT WATER. This will stimulate the hair to rise.

You'll shave *much* easier.
You shave everyday? Your advice goes against current Internet wisdom on shaving. Apparently it takes a week or more for your face to properly adjust to either an electric or blade...
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Zoink wrote:With a new blade I do it with just water and nothing else.
Ok, mutants with cool regenerative powers please don't add advice.
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verilon wrote:Norelco electric BEFORE shower. Every other day.
Why before?
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BoredShirtless wrote:
You shave everyday?
Certainly not. Only when I'm going out-out (gym doesn't count).
Your advice goes against current Internet wisdom on shaving. Apparently it takes a week or more for your face to properly adjust to either an electric or blade...
Maybe so, but I can't stop cutting myself, don't understand why, so I just have to mix and match (it's majority Mach 3, with electric getting the cut-zones).
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BoredShirtless wrote:
verilon wrote:Norelco electric BEFORE shower. Every other day.
Why before?
Because if you use an electric razor *after* a shower, it will pull up the skin and cause *really nasty* razorburn.. And yes, it hurts. A lot.
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verilon wrote:
Because if you use an electric razor *after* a shower, it will pull up the skin and cause *really nasty* razorburn.. And yes, it hurts. A lot.
He's right you know. Listen to this man.
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verilon wrote:
BoredShirtless wrote:
verilon wrote:Norelco electric BEFORE shower. Every other day.
Why before?
Because if you use an electric razor *after* a shower, it will pull up the skin and cause *really nasty* razorburn.. And yes, it hurts. A lot.
I hope you moisturise properly and use a good cream, ver, else, you'll look 40 when you're 25.
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