I'm over 40 years old and am just about to try DE shaving. My daily routine has been born out of necessity/efficiency and involves shaving in the shower (with a cartridge razor) currently.
I usually shave first and then wash my face with a particular Dove facewash (deep clean or something) which seems to be the only thing which stops me getting acne (at 40 years old). As I've read a lot of people's routines seem to be to wash the face first before shaving, I tried changing the order with my cartridge razor yesterday so I washed my face first, then shaved. I had a breakout of 2 awful deep painful spots, and I'm concerned once I start using a new shave cream (rather than canned gel), and mess with the order, apply after shave products, etc., etc. I'm going to have a hard time of it. I'd rather have a bad shave than a face full of spots.
Has anybody any advice on the approach to minimising these sorts of problems? Are there minimalist no-nonsense products out there I should try first? Does it matter if I skip the aftershave arena completely?
I usually shave first and then wash my face with a particular Dove facewash (deep clean or something) which seems to be the only thing which stops me getting acne (at 40 years old). As I've read a lot of people's routines seem to be to wash the face first before shaving, I tried changing the order with my cartridge razor yesterday so I washed my face first, then shaved. I had a breakout of 2 awful deep painful spots, and I'm concerned once I start using a new shave cream (rather than canned gel), and mess with the order, apply after shave products, etc., etc. I'm going to have a hard time of it. I'd rather have a bad shave than a face full of spots.
Has anybody any advice on the approach to minimising these sorts of problems? Are there minimalist no-nonsense products out there I should try first? Does it matter if I skip the aftershave arena completely?