Your Guide to Smarter, Healthier Shaving
Shave Your Way to Healthier Looking Skin
Given the importance of this routine, it's important to know the proper shaving techniques to avoid common issues like razor burn, redness, skin darkening...
Mastering Tough Beards: Expert Tips for a Smoother Shave
Have you ever wondered if your beard qualifies as 'tough'? Or, if it does, how you can achieve a more comfortable shave? Let's dive into these questions.
Identifying a Tough Beard
First, let's figure out if you have a tough beard. You might relate to one or more of these signs:
Is Shaving Making Your Skin Appear Darker?
A close shave can reveal more than just a smooth face and defined jawline—it can also uncover the less desirable effect of skin darkening. If you've noticed darker patches on your face post-shave, rest assured, it's not just your imagination. This phenomenon, known as "hyper-pigmentation," can indeed result from your shaving routine.
Understanding the Cause:
The root cause of this discoloration often lies in...
Winter-Ready Grooming: Elevate Your Routine for the Chill
Here's a top tip: As the weather cools, so does your body. One of the best ways to prepare your skin for this drop in temperature—particularly your scalp—is to..
Alcohol as a drink. But, definitely not on your face.
Did you know that hikers apply rubbing alcohol to their feet and guitar players to their fingers, to harden their skin? What a great idea if it makes hiking and guitar playing easier!
I’m not convinced; however, that the benefits have the same value when applied to the face. Sure, as a last resort it can disinfect a cut, but there are so many less painful options… right?
Effects of alcohol on the face can include:
- Painful burning
- Darkened skin
Warm Water Makes Your Shave Better. Here's Why!
Warm water is the perfect temperature to get the closest most comfortable shave and here's why!
Water, breaks down the hydrogen bonds that keep hair firm, therefore making the hair follicles fragile or weak and much easier to cut. Warm water activates
The Best Shave Ever? Here's How!
Schools cover so many great topics. But nothing on how to get the best shave? Who’s gonna help you with that…? Me of course!
Welcome to the shortest class you’ll EVER take!
My Quick & Classic Shaving Tips
Prep: Moisture is Key
- Choose your favorite face wash to create a clean surface to aid in softening the hairs, while further reducing the chances of skin irritation from excess oil and dirt.
Stop Razor Burn For Good
Razor burn... Just saying the words make me angry! Why? Because it should never happen to me or anyone else.
We should all hate it. The redness, burning, itching, over-sensitivity... these are all symptoms. And the worst part is that these symptoms can lead to more visible frustration, razor bumps!
How you get it and its severity depends on many reasons (will discuss below). But the bottom line is, it ranges from person to person and I promise... if you haven't already experienced it, you don't ever want to!
Here are a few reasons why:
- Blade/s too sharp
- Blade/s too dull
- Too many blades
- Too many passes/strokes
Itchy Beard? Not A Problem.
A new beard doesn't come without a price… All you beard growers know what I'm talking about: the new beard itch!
How many of you remember those long days of trying to ignore how itchy your face felt in the beginning? Well, it's safe to say that if you want to grow a beard you'll get this itch, at some point.
