In my mind yes. I use just enough water to make my skin wet again, but make no effort to remove any residual soap.
I don't cup my hand and bring water to my face, rather, I rub my skin with my wet hand. Not exactly rinsing or semantics.
If you are rubbing your skin with a wet hand, then you are bringing water to your face Just messin', Chris
Not really a difference to me. I re-wet/rinse between passes. Not really trying to get off all the soap as much add water to my face and feel the amount of reduction from that pass.
At most I might re-wet the tip of my brush to reactivate the lather but I see no reason to wet my skin again, it only removes more of the slickness remaining from the first lathering.
If you *rinse* your face, you remove all soap that's on your skin. If you rub your damp hands over your skin, soap remains and becomes slicker.
Just the last few shaves I started rinsing between passes to hydrate my face and I found the added benefit of being able to feel any spots I missed much better this way.
I give my face a rinse, partly so as to feel where I need to concentrate for the next pass. I am mindful not to keep my face too wet as I find that if I've got my lather perfect then a too wet face changes the ratio of water.
Hmmm.... I guess I am in the minority of those who do not rinse or add water to their face between passes. I do have a followup question: Assuming that you rinse or add water between passes, do you also add more pre-shave oil?
I always have a thorough cold water rinse between passes...Reduces the risk of irritation in my books... Billy..
