Gentlemen, Antonio here.
Seven steps to the best shave of your life.
In today's video, guys, I'm going to be talking going through how to get the best shave out
there.
I'm not going to talk about an economical shave, I'm not going to talk about the practical
shave, I'm going to talk about the best shave that you can get.
Now, many of you guys are wondering, Antonio, why why take this route?
Well, this weekend I had a great experience.
I drove a Ferrari F430 and I can tell you it's not practical, it's not necessarily something
I would do all the time, but it is an experience.
It's an amazing experience.
It's the I mean to go from point A to B normally I'm driving a Chevy pickup truck that's almost
20 years old.
I've got a, you know, we've got a minivan we've got a Honda Odyssey, but I can tell
you that this Ferrari was an amazing experience.
The point being when you go for the best when you look to take your experience up to the
next level, you all of a sudden start looking at different options, you look at different
tools. You examine your routine and the way that you do things and you look to improve
them.
Now, one of the products that is featured in this video is going to be OneBlade.
They partnered with me on this video, guys, and I can tell you I've been using this for
sixty days, an amazing shaving experience.
I'll talk about at the end of the video why it's such a unique blade and I think well
worth your money.
But, I'm going to link to them right over here, guys, and I want you to go check them
out.
I've got an amazing deal, but right now let's go ahead and let's get into the content of
this video.
Seven steps to the best shave of your life.
Step number one.
Prepare the shaving surface.
We want the skin to be well-lubricated and your facial hair to be soft.
To achieve this, shave immediately after a warm shower or take the time to moisturize
your face with a warm wet towel prior to starting your shave.
Ideally, you let the warm water do its job for one to two minutes.
Next, we want to apply the pre-shave lotion.
The goal here is to further soften the hair and provide the base surface over which the
razor will glide
using a high-end pre-shave lotion without oil. Although oil is popular it can be difficult
to clean off of a razor.
Preparation of the shaving surface aka your face is one of the most important steps in
a quality shave.
Step number two.
Apply shaving cream.
Most men use a poor quality shaving cream.
The kind widely available in aerosol cans is full of chemicals.
A quality shave cream should have simple ingredients.
The first step in using a quality cream or soap is to build up a lather.
A badger hair brush is the gold standard for shaving cream application.
Now, the reason you want to use a brush instead of your hands is it -- it will better place
the shaving cream on the face especially at the base of the hairs.
Step number three.
The two-minute wait.
An often neglected step, the two-minute wait think of it as a recommendation for men who
have extremely tough beards.
I personally find the step a great time to multitask.
Ideas for using the two minutes?
Brush your teeth, reading a quick book chapter, checking out what's new at Real Men Real Style
via our free app.
Step number four.
Choose your blade.
Cartridge razors, they're fine if shaving is just something you got to do.
That was until now.
For this demonstration, I'll be using the latest in shaving technology, the OneBlade
razor.
It's been my go-to razor ever since I received it two months ago.
Think of the OneBlade razor as a straight razor shave that's easier and safer to use
than an actual safety razor.
Step number five.
Shave your face.
All right gents, time for the main attraction.
First, shave with the grain.
This means shaving in the direction your hair grows.
The grade of growth is different though for every man out there, so you're going to need
to find it for you.
When shaving, you want to use short small strokes.
Most men overdo it and they try to take and shave too much.
Follow this up with a quick cleaning of the razor.
Third, shave with light pressure.
Don't press the razor up against the body, let the weight of the razor blade actually
do the cutting.
Fourth, try to avoid backtracking and shaving over the same area twice or even multiple
times.
This leads to razor burn.
Finally, pay close attention to hard to shave areas.
For me, this is up and around the neck.
Now, it's time to wash off your face and survey your work.
Oh wait. You missed a few hairs in some hard-to-reach spots?
Not to worry.
That takes us to step number six.
Step number six.
Re-apply shaving cream and shave again.
A huge misconception out there is that you only need one pass to get the perfect shave.
Not the case, gentlemen.
After your first rinse, identify areas where you missed patches of hair. Apply lather to
those areas and go in for another round.
For this video, I re-shaved my entire face oftentimes against the grain.
Finally, step number seven.
Post-shaving care.
Okay.
So, let's go ahead and let's rinse off your face with cool water.
You want to use cool water as it's going to help close up the pores.
Finally, you want to use an aftershave lotion.
There's a wide range of lotions out there, but I'm always looking for ones that have
natural ingredients either you're going to see balms you're going to see lotions you're
going to see gels.
Find what works for you and go for it.
All right, gentlemen.
So, hopefully you enjoyed that tutorial.
I had a lot of fun going through it and, yes, I actually did shave in that video.
So, notice I only had one tiny nick up there, see if you can go back and spot that.
But, guys, I know that missed some things and maybe some of you guys have some shaving
secrets that you want to share.
Let me know in the comments down below.
And if you're interested in OneBlade, let me tell you.
So, for sixty days I have been using this and it's an amazing experience.
It's not a safety razor it's not a straight razor, this is something that they spent millions
of dollars, I the story is amazing and you can read more when I link to them right over
here, guys.
You can read the story and everything that goes into this.
But, we're talking over a million dollars of research that went into developing something
that gives you a straight razor shave.
But more, this is safer than a safety razor.
I know because sometimes I get a little bit careless.
You guys probably noticed that my technique, I could improve a bit.
But, the point is is this gives you an amazing shave.
And, if you've been looking for the Ferrari of razors, this is it.
Guys, go check them out.
I've got a great deal for you.
And I will see you in the next video.