I've got seriously awful crustache + five-hair soul patch + a small colony of chin hairs + five or six random bastards spread throughout the underchin, and if genetics are any guide, this is how it's always going to be.
Guys with the contiguous facial hair don't have to worry too much about the super close shave, especially since three-day-stubble is all the rage, but if I go 18 hours without dragging a razor against the grain on my lip, it looks like I've been enjoying a lovely lunch of topsoil.
Aside from general tips/experiences/commiserations, I'm mostly asking how to keep your face as smooth as possible for as long as possible. I've tried lots of different things, but painful against the grain shaving is the only thing that gets it to the point where you can't see any hair anymore.
― en i see kay, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:37 (seventeen years ago)
painful against the grain shaving it is. total shaving solution or a similar product helps makes this more bearable.
― darraghmac, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:44 (seventeen years ago)
i would just like to say that i swear by shaving against the grain. the trick is you have to go with the grain first, and then against the grain to smooth it. best feeling ever.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 17:57 (seventeen years ago)
You can shave in a way that's not against the grain? Of course I had to figure this shaving thing out myself; dearest father was too busy beingg coked out with tranny hookers in hotels somewhere to teach much while mother and I worried about where he was all night. As insane as that sounds, I wish it weren't true. ;[ and as much as that last part sound slike a joke, it's totally not.
― burt_stanton, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:22 (seventeen years ago)
well geez burt i'm sorry :/ but i'm glad you still learned how to shave!
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:32 (seventeen years ago)
I thought everybody but women and electric dorks shaved both ways
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:38 (seventeen years ago)
I always do my stache straight down and then diagonal up. I've never been happy with shaving only one direction on anything but my sideburns
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:39 (seventeen years ago)
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― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:39 (seventeen years ago)
and btw I highly recommend shaving in the shower with hot water. in no time you'll have it down and never need a mirror again
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:42 (seventeen years ago)
^^ this but I never shave against the grain, it is not worth it at all.
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:45 (seventeen years ago)
shaving against the grain makes my skin soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo smooth. kind of amazing.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:48 (seventeen years ago)
the moustache part doesn't connect with the beard part. so i trim the moustache v tidy and clean up the natural growth line on my beard. looks alright. i haven't been clean shaven in about a year.
tho when i trim the top of my moustache (to prevent it from looking like it's growing outta my nose) i also shave with the grain then against the grain.
― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 17 July 2008 12:10 (seventeen years ago)
-- El Tomboto, Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:42 (Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:42) Bookmark Link
^^ this
but I never shave against the grain, it is not worth it at all.
-- Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:45
^^^ this
― hyggeligt, Thursday, 17 July 2008 12:18 (seventeen years ago)
yeah I don't see the point really
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 17 July 2008 13:48 (seventeen years ago)
people who shave against the grain don't know how to shave!
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:23 (seventeen years ago)
people who don't shave against the grain never really shave close enough! eww i can't imagine leaving all that stubble on my face.
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 14:25 (seventeen years ago)
sargent to thread pls
― Surmounter, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:47 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, shaving down is weird... it doesn't get everything.
― burt_stanton, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:56 (seventeen years ago)
Unlike you Surm I have very light facial hair that's not that thick. I can get away with not shaving against the grain.
― hyggeligt, Friday, 18 July 2008 14:11 (seventeen years ago)