The Perfect Shave (or as close as we can hope for)
March 9th, 2008
Yes, you’ve all heard this before. Give this step-by-step process a try and say that I’m wrong.
- Wash your face with soap & hot water.
- Rub a teaspoon or so of The Art of Shaving’s unscented pre-shave oil into your beard. This really does work. In fact, it may be as vital to this process as the choice of razor.
- Lather up with Edge Gel for Sensitive Skin (or any quality gel or foam that’s similarly free of perfumes and dyes), and then wait at least 5 minutes, but not so long that the lather dries out.
- While waiting for the later to soften your beard, take a Gillette Fusion Power (the vibrating one, which also really does work) equipped with a non-Power Fusion blade (I can’t figure out the difference other than price), and soak the blade for a couple of minutes in hot water.
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