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its actually impossible for most people, and its impossible for perhaps 90% of the people who claim to get that mythical BBS shave... and do note that 100% of those people claiming to get the mythical BBS shave also swear by using aftershaves and face balms that contain 2-4 TIMES the legal allowed menthol content of over the market PAIN CREAM..I Think the bottom line is a BBS is not achievable for many a person.
Have you ever tried mapping your face with cotton wool ?
Just a thought it might help
its actually impossible for most people, and its impossible for perhaps 90% of the people who claim to get that mythical BBS shave... and do note that 100% of those people claiming to get the mythical BBS shave also swear by using aftershaves and face balms that contain 2-4 TIMES the legal allowed menthol content of over the market PAIN CREAM..
I don't think its impossible at all, but in my experience, BBS is a lot to do with how carefully you tighten / stretch the skin to present the hair properly for the blade to cut it close to the root, coupled with keeping a precise and accurate shaving angle.its actually impossible for most people, and its impossible for perhaps 90% of the people who claim to get that mythical BBS shave... and do note that 100% of those people claiming to get the mythical BBS shave also swear by using aftershaves and face balms that contain 2-4 TIMES the legal allowed menthol content of over the market PAIN CREAM..
Doesn't have any bearing in achieving a close shave?menthol is used as a topical againt for NUMBING the skin.
look at aftershave, the chemical ingredients that do anything in it are ALCOHOL and MENTHOL>...
thus when people scrape away at the face and do 3, 4, 5 passes in that silly WTG< ATG< PTG< etc, they irritate the face so much that they need the menthol to dull the pain away.
Its why people love that frostbyte aftershave..
and the aftershaves are actually using up to 4-5 times the legal concentration allowed in an over the counter topical pain cream such as sold by Ben-Gay, Bio Freeze, Berri Freeze.
Its why when gillette and the other companies started making shaving goo in a can, menthol was a major ingredient. And when they started making "fancy" versions of their two blade cartridge razors, they merely glued a strip of material containing a gel with a high concentrate of menthol to the cartridge head.
more blades, more irritation, but that menthol strip was a nearly instantly dose of pain killer on the just tortured skin and with the tingly sensation men all over forgot about the BURN..
I'm.glad you asked as I was confused...The simple solution is to not chase BBS.
It is DEFINITELY possible for everyone to achieve BBS.
No one person can categorically say that it is impossible for 90% of people to get BBS, and expect people to believe it. . . . .Actually . . . .
Remember, you're only 'expert' at shaving your own face
Permitted levels of menthol? - what's that got to.do with getting a close shave??
you werent paying attention.Doesn't have any bearing in achieving a close shave?
Quoting muscle pain heat rub creams isn't relevant and is out of context here
Tell me, are you this rude to all strangers or am I receiving special treatment?you werent paying attention.
they only reason that people chase the mythical BBS shave is due to the ability to have a shave soap/cream that has more numbing power then ben gay, with an aftershave and even a pre shave with just as much pain killing power. HENCE, the 12 - pass shave that leads to BBS nirvana will NEVER cause irritation.
just lead to a menthol overdose.
This is completely wrong, in my opinion.you werent paying attention.
they only reason that people chase the mythical BBS shave is due to the ability to have a shave soap/cream that has more numbing power then ben gay, with an aftershave and even a pre shave with just as much pain killing power. HENCE, the 12 - pass shave that leads to BBS nirvana will NEVER cause irritation.
just lead to a menthol overdose.
Gone, gone, gone . . . .Tell me, are you this rude to all strangers or am I receiving special treatment?
You really are a charmer aren't you?
Sat behind your screen dishing out your sermons to people who clearly don't give a damn about what you're on about.
Do yourself a favour and chill out - it's only shaving.
Eh?I've heard stories of Ben Gay. Of course, it was all "hush, hush" stuff.
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