Everyone is different so what may be good for me may not be what's best for you but I always shower and use soap, not always the same soap before I shave. Soap can strip your skin of too much natural oils, so to combat this I apply a small amount of oil to my skin as soon as I'm out of the shower, by the time I'm ready to lather up most if not all of the oil has been absorbed into my skin and it feels soft and hydrated. This works for me and I feel it is of some benefit.At the opposite end of things to the 'Post Shave Minefield' topic I started recently, I have started to think more about what happens pre-shave, which I gather can be near enough as important as the shave itself. Given that I have sensitive / easily irritated skin, anything I can do to better prepare my skin for a shave will help me a lot.
Aside from your hot shower / bath, what else (if anything) do you do to your face before applying your soap / cream? I am interested to see what combination of the following people have found to work for them:
Face wash
Face scrub
Pre shave lotion
Pre shave oil
I've just used a sample of Edwin Jagger Hydrating Pre-Shave Lotion which came with my DE89 and I was quite impressed with the results, though couldn't quite make up my mind if I like my face feeling like I'm in the arctic due to the menthol in it.
It was also my first DE89 shave though, so perhaps introducing another variable at the same time was a bit silly. The shave was superb but until I do it without the lotion I suppose I won't know how much of a difference it made or if it was simply the change to the DE89 itself that made the shave so good.
There are no rules so just do what works for you
I apply lather to my face and shave,... the only thing I do before that is pick my brush and make the lather, on a hard soap that has not been bloomed.
It's not rocket science, less is more.
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