wet shaving of course is one
of the best ways to
upgrade or enhance your morning routine
and if you're someone
that doesn't like
shaving in the morning
more likely than not
it's because you've never
had a proper wet shave
with a double edge razor
now the first step
in a wet shave is
beard prep then you're
going to develop a nice rich
lather i've done this
with my badger hair brush
shaving cream bowl
and some taylor of old bond
street almond oil shaving cream
but now it's for the
fun part which is shaving
so i'm going to use my
muhle r41 this is
an open comb double edge
razor i'm going to set that right
here and then let's get
started so since it's been
a while since i got my beard
wet i'm going to re-wet
my beard then i'm going
to lather and we're going
to get into it
now of course prepping the beard
is something you don't
want to rush
the more you can allow
the beard to soften
those hair follicles to loosen
and release really the
better shave that you're going
to get with less irritation
so the first thing i like
to do is to massage this
into the skin
very generously
this is another opportunity
to really prep the beard
and then at the end
what i like to do is something
that's called painting the lather
onto the face i've got these
thick peeking so i
just want to use the badger brush
and smooth that out
so whenever i'm shaving
i always like to do
my first pass either down
or across the grain
and you want to use your hand
as much as possible
to kind of pull the skin around
i start on the right side
of my face then i work up on the neck
and then for the adam's apple one
of the tricks is to take
your hand and to pull the skin
to the side
before shaving
i always like to take
a little bit of
extra water over my face
just to feel whether or not
i've missed anything
i have a few small nicks
that's honestly a little normal
maybe i shaved a little too quickly
for the video or maybe my lather wasn't
frothy enough but i'll just
let this dry
maybe apply a little bit
of an alum block
to the actual skin
to kind of close that
pore off so the last step
is to apply a little bit
of an aftershave balm
this is the cedar and sandalwood
essential oils aftershave balm
from castle forbes
but actually one of my
favorites probably this lavender one
so let me apply this
smells great
the last step is to just
clean your badger brush
you want to get
any of the residual
shave cream out
and then i like to
just dry that off
with my towel
and there we go
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