Anyone Else A Night Shaver?

Discussion in 'General Shaving Talk' started by Legend In My Spare Time, Feb 11, 2017.

  1. Legend In My Spare Time

    Legend In My Spare Time Well-Known Member

    I've never been a big fan of shaving in the morning before work. I always felt rushed since my wife and I share one bathroom. Plus, dragging a razor blade across my throat at 4:30AM, when I'm groggy and inattentive doesn't sound like the best plan, haha. Wet shaving to me is almost zen-like. It is my chance to zone out and focus on something for about 20 minutes. Letting my mind relax and unwind. :D

    I prefer to shave at the end of the day. Once I'm home from work, dinner is cooked, all the chores are done - I take a nice, hot shower and get myself prepped. Now, the bathroom is completely mine, everything is done for the day, and I sit back whip up some creamy lather and enjoy my little hobby.

    Also, I use 100% Pure Rosehip Seed Oil as an aftershave balm, which can make myself look a little shiny, lol. This gives my face the chance to absorb the oil and relax for a few hours while I sleep. I wake up with a silky smooth and irritation free face everytime.

    Anyone else happen to exclusively shave at night?
     
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  2. HolyRollah

    HolyRollah BaconLord

    Not exclusively.
    I do on occasion break out the gear for a relaxing evening shave.
    Usually this arises if I have a pre-dawn morning start and thus an evening shave makes practical sense.
     
  3. Shadesfanclub

    Shadesfanclub Member

    Generally, I have worked jobs that required me to get up really early in the morning, so I am usually relegated to nights, but I just switched up careers. I am now going to have the opportunity a leisurely morning shaves. I am not going to know what to do with myself.
     
  4. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    I usually shave in the afternoon. I have to be at work at 6:30am, and so my normal routine is to shower and shave in the afternoon after I get off work. It's far more important to me to be clean and presentable to my fiancee, rather than my co-workers. Weekends I do shave in the morning.
     
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  5. Jim99

    Jim99 Gold Water Shaver

    I was a night shaver for about 10 years, but switched over to morning shaves because I didn't like 5 o'clock shadows by noon. My daily weekday shaves happen by 4:15am.

    I have been known to do an evening shave on occasion on the weekends.
     
  6. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    Back before I retired, I was an evening shaver. It made my morning routine less rushed. Now, I enjoy the morning shave.
     
  7. Badgerstate

    Badgerstate Well-Known Member

    Yup. 2nd shifter here and not a morning person, so I always shave when I get home from work, after I take a shower. Its a nice to way to decompress after a hard day of work.
     
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  8. lightcs1776

    lightcs1776 Well-Known Member

    I almost exclusively shave at night. Mornings are too rushed.

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  9. Spyder

    Spyder Well-Known Member

    I primarily shave in the evening, unless I have an important meeting during the day. I shave in the mornings on the weekend.
     
  10. Matt0210

    Matt0210 Well-Known Member

    I only shave at night. Never in the morning. I usually wait till everybody goes to bed and then I shave. It's my time.
     
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  11. brit

    brit in a box

    nights only for me too,watch the new paul h etc, beer or 3,me time,try out what the mailman sent,all hobby.
     
  12. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    I can shave every 24 hours, but a 36 hour rotation works out better. You know how good it feels if you skip a day and have that heavy stubble?
    So mornings, evenings? Sure!
     
  13. '65 G-Slim

    '65 G-Slim Well-Known Member

    Since I, too, have to be up by 0430, I shave in the evening. Much more pleasant to be able to spend 20 minutes (or more) with a sink full of hot water, a badger, and a vintage razor.
     
  14. brit

    brit in a box

    you bet,tried every day a couple of times,far better with a day or 2s growth.razors seem to work better.
     
  15. DesertTime

    DesertTime Well-Known Member

    I'm retired so I have all day to shave. I usually shave late afternoons, around 3:30 - 4:00 pm. I shave almost every day.
     
  16. baddog24

    baddog24 New Member

    +1
     
  17. Straight razor dandy

    Straight razor dandy Stuck cleaning the house himself PERMANENTLY

    I shave when I get the chance, but I often work evenings, so that chance frequently happens at night after work.

    If you ever look at my SOTD time signatures, most of them happen from 11pm-2am.
     
  18. Kenneth Sampson

    Kenneth Sampson Well-Known Member

    I shave at night 99.9% of the time. After everyone else is in bed and my wife is reading or searching pintrest for my next project, I take a nice shower and shave. I work from home most days and the 1 day a week I don't I'm out of the house by 5 am. The 4 days I start my day at home I roll out of bed around 6:30 and start work by 7. I'm not a morning person, my alarm is set for 6am.

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  19. Houdini5150

    Houdini5150 Member

    I dont get up early enough in morning to shave so I take my time and do it after my night shower.
     
  20. alpla444

    alpla444 That's sweet!

    late evening for me as I am in work for 6am (Not that I need to shave for my work) also with using striaghts and honing my own, I tend to hone in evenings and test them afterwards.
     

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