Getting rid of razor burn and shaving like your grandpa

[pete02]

I use the mach3 turbo from gillete, never had problems, it's always smooth and clean.

I too use a Gillette. The fusion power razor comes with five blades and costs around ten bucks. It always gives me a clean shave as well. The refills are where they try to get you but all Gillette refills pretty much fit all of their razors so I just buy the cheaper ones to refill and it works fine for me.

On a side note I've also found a product called Burt's Bees shaving cream. It doesn't lather up like some of the other canned stuff but it seems to be mostly natural ingredients and leaves my skin feeling calm with no irritation at all. It smells nice too!

 

[Thor]

Shane - good info. I will try to see if I can get a hold of a safety razor once my stock of five-bucks a pop Gillettes run out.

However, to those of you who are considering a straight razor, I advise caution. I thought it would be cool to use one such about 15 years ago and spent a lot of time tracking it down along with the leather "belt" for whetting/sharpening. However, I only used it about 5-10 times as it requires some serious skill. I would look like someone who had had a bad date with Edward Scissorhand and I just never got the skill down.

I talked to a barber who told me that as part of their training they had to practice on balloons that are all lathered up but even though I managed that, I still cut myself up pretty badly.

 

[dant]

Even with a 3-blade Gillette, I can still cut myself
from time to time, especially the brand-new ones

 

[EmeraldHope]

For any of you that may be hesitant to use a straight razor but still would also like to save money on blades, I have a suggestion . I bought a "save a blade" for my son a little over a year ago. We have not had to buy blades since then. ( He uses a mach 3 razor with disposeable blades) He has to shave every day for work. It is a blade sharpener that even works on disposeable razors. My son is only 21, and seems satisfied with it, but I am not sure personally how well it works, as I use a razor that is not compatible with it.

 

[lamalamalamalama]

Why is shaving considered standard behavior anyway? My guess is that is all guys didn't shave, then any guy who did shave wouldn't be attractive to females. Anyone think it has to do with the lizard part of the brain, or perhaps more social conditioning?

 

[Beau]

Why is shaving considered standard behavior anyway? My guess is that is all guys didn't shave, then any guy who did shave wouldn't be attractive to females. Anyone think it has to do with the lizard part of the brain, or perhaps more social conditioning?

As I wrote earlier in this thread, I think a very large majority of men shave because their employer requires it. There's also the fact that some people are just not comfortable letting their beard grow, it can cause irritation and itchiness. Also, in consideration of someone else a man would keep his face cleanly shaved, like for example his girlfriend/wife if she preferred it.

 

[go2]

As I wrote earlier in this thread, I think a very large majority of men shave because their employer requires it. There's also the fact that some people are just not comfortable letting their beard grow, it can cause irritation and itchiness. Also, in consideration of someone else a man would keep his face cleanly shaved, like for example his girlfriend/wife if she preferred it.

Ninety percent of American men shave. Employers require shaved employees and girlfriends/wives prefer shaved boyfriends/husbands. A man must shave his facial hair to enter the workplace or participate in family life in the regimented pathocracy of American. Our sports and military heroes, politicians, and professionals are presented in public relations campaigns as clean shaven. Looks like shaving is wise, as Mourvieff famously said, “We must feed the crocodile, lest it devour us!”

Cutting our facial hair apparently qualifies us to be good Americans, trustworthy and normal, at least from the outside. Why do employers and women prefer men with shaved facial hair? Is it a signal of submissiveness? Is it a sign that a man will sacrifice his body parts for the tribe? What is going on when every morning 93,000,000 men get up and shave the hair off their face? Is this a ritual of identification and membership similar to the wide spread circumcision of men..a mass hypnosis? Do beards frighten employers and women? A shaved face apparently signifies a well trained military man, a good husband, and a dependable corporate employee. It seems the grooming style of the mass man and a sign of the times.

Good grooming and hygiene are the mark of a responsible man, not the stereotype of a clean shaven Ken doll presented by Madison Avenue. Anyway, it is no wonder some brave soul has initiated a Beard Liberation Front.

The Beard Liberation Front (BLF) is a British interest group which campaigns in support of beards and opposes discrimination against those who wear them. It was founded in 1995 by socialist historian Keith Flett who continues to organise and represent the organisation. Apart from its numerous campaigns in support of beards and against discrimination in the workplace and against those who wear beards as part of their religion, it currently hosts the annual Beard of the Year award.[2]
On the face of it the campaign is semi-humorous, with its outwardly frivolous aims, its occasionally outlandish claims of discrimination and conspiracy and its founder, who is also the spokesman for the Campaign for Real Conkers.[3] However, the organisation has drawn attention to more serious issues, having spoken out against, among other incidents, the suspension of a fireman for refusing to shave off his goatee and the banning of beards among ExxonMobil oil workers (in both cases employers claimed that beards interfered with breathing apparatuses).[4][5] Flett believes that an issue of "real discrimination" exists against men with beards. Although he admits that a beard, unlike race and gender, is a matter of choice, he has claimed that beardism is associated with more serious forms of discrimination:[6]

Those employers who ban their male workers from having beards - a growing number, incidentally - are also the same employers who demand that their female workers wear skirts not trousers, and who rigorously discriminate when it comes to annual appraisal time against anyone who does not conform to the stereotype of a young, single white man in a suit.

Edit: You would think a guy with beard has horns and tail!

 

[Thor]

When I was in Turkey many years ago and had a professional shave at a Turkish barber shop, the barber would dip the razor in a cup of water that had just been boiling. I continued this practice when I got home and was quite happy with it for a while. However, as my skin is quite sensitive, I have now installed a "anti-fog" shaving mirror in the shower so I can shave whilst the pores of the skin are entirely open and softened by the steam and that works even better IMO.