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I have a mirror in my shower.I'm mainly referring to the shave/ beard guys that make videos on their elaborate routines for what is a pretty simple process. The shave gel works fine, nothing to clean up. Pack of 8 Razor blades lasts me a year. Shave in the shower or at the sink, makes no difference aside from not being able to see anything you missed in the shower. If I were shaving daily or even every other day I might be looking for better alternatives. I generally only keep my beard in the cooler months, so I'm at the sink trimming that up every few weeks as well.
Many years ago I had a highly polished stainless steel mirror that attached to the shower. It ran the water behind it to keep it from fogging. Somewhere along the years it got away from me, but it was really handy.I have a mirror in my shower.
I got one of these when I had some surgery to my face and they said I needed to use an electric razor for the duration. It still sucks badly compared to even an average blade shave. I've had just about every electric shaver technology over the years from the Remington (Bruno, shave Mr. Kayam incredibly close), a couple of Norelcos, and the Braun 7. I still keep going back to the blade.Braun Series 7 electric. Has a cleaning station built into the charger. Works great, had it for years. Just replace the cutting head every year or so at $40. Who has the time to shave manually?
THAT right there is the only downside I've found to using a safety razor. I used to be able to get a blade or thee past TSA in my carry-on with near 100% success (flaw in their process). Now it's 0%, and most places I go you simply can't buy blades, or at least blades that are better than the aforementioned Ka-Bar. So, it's check a bag for $30-60, or hope for the best, or just break down and carry a stupid disposable.But a pain when traveling.
Took me about a month to find a safety razor brand that I liked... I never understood why so many people recommended that you try multiple brands with a 'sample pack' until I did just that. There are some safety razor brands that are just don't feel good (aka dull glass being dragged across your skin).I do the mug, brush, safety razor routine almost every morning. It takes maybe half a minute or so longer than it did when I was using canned shave cream and disposable razor. Like anything, I found there's an online community that can make a career/passion/obsession out of simply shaving in the morning if you really want to go down that rabbit hole of silliness, but I guarantee your father and grandfather didn't spend any 12-20 minutes a day shaving.
I was paying quite a bit even for Dollar Shave Club and Dorco disposables. Now I buy a 100-pack of double edge blades for about 10 bucks and it lasts me, on average, between 18-24 months. If I splurge on the really, really nice shave cream I'll spend about $20-25 annually on it... a guy could certainly use the canned stuff, I just prefer to use the brush.
Happy Astra shaver here too. I haven’t tried but a couple others… always wanted to try Feather, though. But where do you buy yours? I’ve seen Russian made and Polish (or was it Czech) made.Took me about a month to find a safety razor brand that I liked... I never understood why so many people recommended that you try multiple brands with a 'sample pack' until I did just that. There are some safety razor brands that are just don't feel good (aka dull glass being dragged across your skin).
Best fit (for me) is Astra platinum and a box of 100 lasts well over a year and costs $9.
LPT: I don't order blades off ebay, turns out that counterfeit blades are a real issue.
You don’t use real poo, just the sham stuff?Shave in the shower, just use shampoo.