Shaving, Skin, and Body Care

I hate to say this but hard water is the Enemy. Soft water is so much better for lathering goodness.
 
Also true. But the combo of boar and hard water is doubly devious as the boats have more trouble with water from what I've seen.

I lather my face and by the time I'm done shaving half of it the other half has flakes of lather snowing down on me.

Either way I want to make the change to something else.
 
For me the issue with shaving is the blades. I tried Feather (very very sharp) but I always cut myself with them. Gillete 7o'clock and Laser. The latter ones are the best.

I also use them 3 times before replacing them., I don't know if I am doing something wrong with my technique but I get the best shave when the blade is a bit used. Would try next time Merkhur blades

I will never go back to disposables.

I have no issues with soap/water. I sometimes use pre-shave oil and my soap is from an English company called Men-U. Can't find the link now.
 
robertito said:
For me the issue with shaving is the blades. I tried Feather (very very sharp) but I always cut myself with them. Gillete 7o'clock and Laser. The latter ones are the best.

I also use them 3 times before replacing them., I don't know if I am doing something wrong with my technique but I get the best shave when the blade is a bit used. Would try next time Merkhur blades

I will never go back to disposables.

I have no issues with soap/water. I sometimes use pre-shave oil and my soap is from an English company called Men-U. Can't find the link now.
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7 O'Clocks are a solid choice. The blues were my choice before I got on Personnas.

Blades do need one or two shaves to set the edge. If you look at them under a microscope, the edges have scrathces and gouges on them still from the grinding process. Using them pretty much acts like a strop does for a straight razor, smoothing them out. Eventually they get smoothed to the point of dullness unfortunately..
 
I have tried almost all the blades out there now and 7'Oclocks are amongst my favorites. doghouse doghouse which personas?

I tried scouring the B&B section for Simpsons and came up empty. That place is fucking ACTIVE.
 
Rambo said:
I have tried almost all the blades out there now and 7'Oclocks are amongst my favorites. doghouse doghouse which personas?

I tried scouring the B&B section for Simpsons and came up empty. That place is fucking ACTIVE.
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Either the Labs or the Med Preps, they are pretty much the same blade, one is just packaged as sterile for the medical field.

You mean B/S/T on B&B? That place moves quick.
 
doghouse said:
Either the Labs or the Med Preps, they are pretty much the same blade, one is just packaged as sterile for the medical field.

You mean B/S/T on B&B? That place moves quick.
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What the fuck ones are those? All I know are the Reds and the Israeli's.

Yeah, it really does. Brushes go up and brushes go down.
 
Rambo said:
Oh yeah, I remember seeing those. I couldn't find them in anything less than a 100 pack so I never bothered trying them. There was some other medical blade that I had the same problem with.
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I buy the 100 packs so I don't have to worry about stocking up. If you want, I'll send you a few Labs and Med Preps to give a try.
 
Rambo said:
What do you say?
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They are the same. If there is any difference, I would say my only quibble with Personna Labs is they can have a bad blade or two every so often ( 7 O'Clocks have this too), and the Meds seem slightly more consistent in edge quality. That is anecdotal though. I wouldn't pay the difference in price again, I just bought one box of Meds to see what the fuss was about. Like I said, I'm happy to send you some of each and you can decide for yourself.
 
doghouse said:
They are the same. If there is any difference, I would say my only quibble with Personna Labs is they can have a bad blade or two every so often ( 7 O'Clocks have this too), and the Meds seem slightly more consistent in edge quality. That is anecdotal though. I wouldn't pay the difference in price again, I just bought one box of Meds to see what the fuss was about. Like I said, I'm happy to send you some of each and you can decide for yourself.
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I appreciate the offer. I'm just going to buy a box. If they don't work out then I'll send them to you along with a liquidy bowel movement, gift wrapped of course.
 
Rambo said:
I appreciate the offer. I'm just going to buy a box. If they don't work out then I'll send them to you along with a liquidy bowel movement, gift wrapped of course.
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I'm pretty set on blades and poo already.
 
doghouse said:
Some people claim the Meds are smoother. Most people, including Personna, say they are exactly the same, just the Meds have an extra sterilization wash for hospital use.
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I've had dermatologists whip out the blue-wrapped Personna blade twice, and I giggle thinking that I shave with that exact same blade at home in the morning.
 
So, I was experimenting in the laboratory of Doom HQ and I think I've come up with a tolerable aftershave milk. Still a bit heavy, and I should get some menthol crystals and lavender EO to replicate the Proraso formula, but at least I have a start and a good direction to pursue
 
doghouse doghouse those Personnas were real nice. Got my first shave in with them today. Very smooth and left me with little to no burn.

The EJ brush is not bad. Its a bit floopy and the handle is kind of tiny. Going to keep looking for alternatives while trying it out.
 
Rambo said:
doghouse doghouse those Personnas were real nice. Got my first shave in with them today. Very smooth and left me with little to no burn.

The EJ brush is not bad. Its a bit floopy and the handle is kind of tiny. Going to keep looking for alternatives while trying it out.
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Most excellent.
 
My bathroom sink places me at over an arm's length from the mirror. This is no good. I dream of some accordion-hinged mirror. Any suggestions besides some stupid shower mirror?
 
Russell Street said:
My bathroom sink places me at over an arm's length from the mirror. This is no good. I dream of some accordion-hinged mirror. Any suggestions besides some stupid shower mirror?
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Why not get the nice accordion-style, or arm-style, mirror then?
 
As a renter, I really can't go drilling holes in the wall. And I'm not finding them too readily anyway.
 
Rambo said:
It's two tiny holes.
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Considering that I got my full deposit back last time despite very obvious fire damage, I'll consider it. Any suggestions beyond checking Amazon or whatever? I worry about some flimsy thing that will disappoint.
 
Russell Street said:
Considering that I got my full deposit back last time despite very obvious fire damage, I'll consider it. Any suggestions beyond checking Amazon or whatever? I worry about some flimsy thing that will disappoint.
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I got one from Lowes and another from Bedbath. They're basically the same.

There are some swanky ones at places like Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware.

There is also a swanky new lighted one from Simple Human. It's not cheap.
 
I start my mornings by washing my face with Kiehl's Facial fuel after this I proceed to put some pre shaving oil by the art of shaving (usually sandalwood) once it is there I put some Jack Black's shaving cream which then I proceed to use my Mach 3 razor after this is done I proceed to put Tea Tree on my face and then a after shave lotion again by jack black and the razor bump relief by Kiehl's.

Yours Truly
The Spic
 
Ended up finding my replaceable straight razor and blades, so I figured I'd dust that off and cut up my face. Wish me luck, as I have no fucking idea what I'm doing.
 
Rambo said:
Ended up finding my replaceable straight razor and blades, so I figured I'd dust that off and cut up my face. Wish me luck, as I have no fucking idea what I'm doing.
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You still alive? - its now 34 minutes since you said you were going to use a cut throat razor. You might wonder why they are call cut throat razors.
 
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