Ciao! I would like ask how many of you guys shave every day BBS. I shave every day: I didn't succeed in having a BBS everyday (my skin doesn't tolerate), but it's not important for me. It's enough being fit to be seen, after a good shaving, so I don't share with the idea of having a BBS every day. This is not the tale about the Fox and grapes. I don't want to be polemical, I only like to know if I'm a clinical case or what :sick007. My own choice let me shaving twice in a day, if I need, with very good results. I'm waiting for your replies . Regards!
i dont need to be clean shaven per se. i usually shave every 2 days or so and get better results on resting days. i feel it would be shaving nirvana if i could figure out how to shave every day with my straight and not look like i hadnt shaved...haha
Ive said it before................ I only go for BBS on "Date Night". Never ATG for me but I will sometimes throw in a N-S XTG pass for a little closer result.
The same for me: nobody shows me N-S XTG and so I'm very proud of having found it. It works very well and isn't ATG. :happy088
I prefer BBS every day, but I can't do it consistently with a DE without irritation. I can with a Mach 3, but that seems so...distasteful! So, I'm learning to use a straight. I've had very good luck over the past few weeks with one WTG and a second XTG pass with the straight, followed by a very light finishing ATG pass with the M3. BBS every time! And usually NO irritation! And after two passes with the straight, I don't feel so guilty using the M3.
Good shaves mean NEVER having to say youre "sorry". Ive admitted in the past to using an electric razor after ther shave just to knock down the stragglers.........still do.
When I first began to wetshave with a DE about two years ago, I tried everything I could get my hands on...vintage Gillette's, new Merkur razors, blades galore, soap, creams, aftershaves, moisturizers, etc. Some mornings resulted in frustration not being able to attain BBS. Some days were outstanding & others not so much. After my acquisition phases I settled on the Merkur razors and Derby blades - this was about a year ago. I sold off the soaps and creams that didn't work as well as others and trimmed it down to one that I enjoy the most & get the best results from. A few months of shaving fidelity resulted in BBS just about each and every morning. I still try a new blade here and there or some new aftershaves but I'm fairly certain I now have the best products for me. I am now mildly intrigued with the aspect of shaving with straights after viewing Padron's excellent SOTD pics.
Ohhhhh my. I get just about a bbs shave every time but my skin doesnt tolerate ATG shaving. Usually its pretty damn close to BBS though and works for me. I could just grow a beard out and never shave but I prefer to shave every day. I think I'm the only one of 25,000 students at my school who does.
I don't go for BBS every shave. I save that for Saturday shaves. Monday - Friday I settle for 1 WTG, a hybrid XTG/ATG, and a touch up. The more I shave with a DE, the closer the shaves get and the less irritation there is (mainly around my Adam's apple).
I get BBS shaves about four out of five times without particularly trying. I'm retired and don't leave the house most days so it really doesn't matter. If I want a really smooth shave after my skin dries I shave again with a Norelco and follow that with an old barber's trick putting on a light dusting of shave talc that makes my skin feel BBS even if it's not. It's usually the first or last day of a blade where I don't get BBS. Richard
Its taken a year, but I finaly get zero irritation for the most part, even on my adams apple and bad spot on my neck. Its all coming together now
Since Method Shaving, BBS every day. On the days I shave in the evening as well as morning, BBS again.
with my beard being very heavy, and tough, I can still shave really BBS, but only twice a week. The rest of the week, I settle for clean, and presentable.
Unless I really don't feel like it I get close enough to BBS without killing my skin. I doubt anyone could tell between how close I get and true BBS.. so no need to break my back with 2+ minor clean up passes after my normal three.
I don't always take the time for BBS , sometimes all I have time for is a quick one pass straight shave.....if I am in a real hurry I will use a DE... One pass on the straight with a little touch up often yields acceptable results good enough for a day in the office...... I can get a near BBS shave with a 2 pass straight shave...If I go for a 3 pass shave time permitting the results are BBS I mostly do a 1 or 2 pass shave as that provides a nice enough close shave that my wife likes.....Time permitting the 3 pass is always a nice luxury