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quattrojames said:Personally "if" I use alum I use it after a warm water rinse, leave it 45 secs to a minute and then rinse it off with cold water. If I leave it on it makes my skin feel tight.
new2DE said:Hi guys,
I've literally just shaved and by the 3rd pass it was great! Stupidly i felt my neck and was tempted to stab at my throat with a 4,5,6th passes with thinning lather and now my throat stings with the alum block on it.. Besides my inability to avoid temptation I was just wondering if someone could advise me what to do next? i.e. Do I wash off the alum block stuff from my face or should I leave it on and apply aftershave, or should i wash it off and apply aftershave, or don't i even need aftershave?
Many thanks
The noob.
Gingerpose said:Just my 2p worth. (I admit I have been guilty of overdoing it myself, so I do know where you are coming from)
Yup, Shark, three was fine for me but i tried to catch the hairs in the dips in the throat. I couldn't get the razor to touch my throat in places and it left long hairs there. When i try follow my grain (which is sideways on the throat) I don't get hairs off. I have to go 90 degrees to the grain and that doesn't get rid of a lot of the hairs. Anyone have any suggestions for a throat with sideways growing hair? By sideways i mean if the throat is top to bottom the hair growth direction is left to right. :/huxley said:With the shark i assume?
Three is plenty, heck i can get away with 1-2 with the right razor.
Have you thought of borrowing a more aggressive razor, it should do away with the temptation for more passes.
new2DE said:Yup, Shark, three was fine for me but i tried to catch the hairs in the dips in the throat. I couldn't get the razor to touch my throat in places and it left long hairs there. When i try follow my grain (which is sideways on the throat) I don't get hairs off. I have to go 90 degrees to the grain and that doesn't get rid of a lot of the hairs. Anyone have any suggestions for a throat with sideways growing hair? By sideways i mean if the throat is top to bottom the hair growth direction is left to right. :/
huxley said:Good to hear you liked the shark. Like i said before sounds like you need to try a more aggressive razor. I did have an 89l and it was far too gentle for me to get a decent shave.
new2DE said:huxley said:Good to hear you liked the shark. Like i said before sounds like you need to try a more aggressive razor. I did have an 89l and it was far too gentle for me to get a decent shave.
thinking of getting a muhle r89 - is that more agressive, or should i jump straigh to a merkur?
just had my 7th DE shave and it was much better than yesterday's shave. I stuck to three passes and have no throad irritation. Face feels good
3 passes for the win! Just canned the 1st shark blade. now to try stig's greek one again i think.
same head! too bad :/ I really like the look of it [i think i'm addicted to shaving - going through a phase where i want to buy cool shaving stuff :/ ]chrisbell said:The Muhle has the same head, IIRC, as the Jagger. I think until you can stop yourself doing umpteen passes, you really ought to steer clear of a Merkur.
chrisbell said:new2DE said:huxley said:Good to hear you liked the shark. Like i said before sounds like you need to try a more aggressive razor. I did have an 89l and it was far too gentle for me to get a decent shave.
thinking of getting a muhle r89 - is that more agressive, or should i jump straigh to a merkur?
just had my 7th DE shave and it was much better than yesterday's shave. I stuck to three passes and have no throad irritation. Face feels good
3 passes for the win! Just canned the 1st shark blade. now to try stig's greek one again i think.
The Muhle has the same head, IIRC, as the Jagger. I think until you can stop yourself doing umpteen passes, you really ought to steer clear of a Merkur.
chrisbell said:The Muhle has the same head, IIRC, as the Jagger. I think until you can stop yourself doing umpteen passes, you really ought to steer clear of a Merkur.
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