Stoppels are a no go because you have a representative job and you simply have to look and driven. Unless you have a neatly couffed beard, shaving is usually an essential part of your morning regime.
The shaving result can regularly be a bloody battlefield. You sometimes manifest yourself unintentionally into the skin of the skin. You just don't know any better. But worn patterns are simply there to break through. You can also make a sultry spa ritual from shaving.
Many Alpha Broeders preceded you and now know how to use 't Mes in an almost academic way. Then Shaving suddenly becomes the highlight of your morning!
Adequate instruments & shaving soap Is of course very important but also: the correct order! In this article we will clearly explain to you how you will rise to art as smoothly as possible and without damaging the skin and it will really like it.
OK Captain Smooth!
You miss the right pre-shave routine
Try to take a little more time before you get started. So don't immediately apply the soap to (dry) unheated skin because that is asking for an uncomfortable shaving moment with a heartbreaking outcome.
To achieve a perfect shaving result, you must first heat your face. So spoil the face with warm water before you get started. For example, a hot shower is the perfect start to prepare the skin for a comfortable shave. About 3 minutes 'da face' with a warm towel Covering is also excellent. Hot Tawel Treatment. Barber Style! Although that naturally requires some preparation.
In these ways you get out of the starting blocks because after heating the face, the pores open and the beard hairs are noticeably softer. That makes it much more pleasant to remove the stubble painless and comfortably. After heating, applying a preshave Also recommended to use. That makes the skin even smoother and Ready to Go For a pleasantly comfortable shave.
Your current razor blade is not sharp enough
Generally shave We worldwide with the plastic shaver including coupled disposable cartridges. The familiar disposables. Not very environmentally friendly. These systems have various gadgets on board such as rubber strips, grouped blades and a light Grip.
In the commercials, high athletes. In itself you can also shave well with that and many men swear, out of habit, for many years with these tools. Although with these disposable blades you can also get skin irritation because hairs, due to the multiple blades in the cartridge, can shoot under the skin and therefore you run the chance of shaving pimples, ingrown hairs and even inflammations.
An alternative is then the scraper, also called safety razer. You can shave your skin with the right technique, then (also) smooth. The same also applies to an open knife that a barber usually uses. But you really have to learn to deal with that because there are no safety features.
Main part: razor -sharp steel! So always make sure that you always work with a super sharp knife. It prevents those painful bumps, ingrown hairs and skin irritation. This applies to the disposables, Safety Razors and open razors. That you know for a moment.
Low quality shaving products
As we already turned above, you simply do not achieve an ultimate shaving experience with low quality blades or a worn one. You think you are in the right place in the competition because you are not aware of the sharpness of the knife. That you occasionally open is the risk of the profession.
That you still feel a stubble here and there after a shave is part of the game. Tip: Invest in good knives and change on time! This applies to a disposable as well as to the old -fashioned scraper Slash Safety Razor with Double Edge blades. These are considerably sharper than disposables but also requires a different shawl.
Good Safety Razor Is initially an investment, but you will earn it back quickly with the Double Edge blades. They are many cheaper than the disposable cartridges. And you save on the mountain of waste. Just like the disposable copies, these sustainable instruments have an increasingly larger group of fans.
Also an essential part of a less successful shave: the standard buses with shaving foam or gel. The spray cans that you buy in the supermarket simply contain too few fats and oils to have a knife do its work comfortably.
You also need relatively much of it to get reasonable. And what about the material itself. Such an empty bus must also be thrown away. Anno actually no longer to explain. There are cheaper and high -quality alternatives such as the shaving soaps or creams that you apply with a brush.
They come in various (vegan) species and qualities. A Quality shear soap Can initially seem more expensive than the standard buses, but you also do it many times longer and that is ultimately (much) cheaper and so much better for the environment.
Shed
If 1 is made wrong, it is a hasty mood in a hasty mood. You not only run the chance of wounds, but the shaving result is usually not to write home about. So make sure you take a few minutes extra when you get started with the knife.
If you display more concentration, you prevent wounds and the result is simply much better. It also prevents those nice Blood stains in the neck of your precious shirts. You usually find out if your colleague has alerted you to it. Nasty! Tip: You can of course also brush the night before you go to bed and let the knife slide over the skin.
Then you also look like the next day To through a ring to get.
You shave against the hairs
A way not to cause wounds, irritation bulbs and other unlawful painful spots is to always shave with hair growth. So never against the hair. Then the chance of wounds, inflammation of the follicles and other discomfort is very high. If you use the knife in this way, you prevent irritation, shaving pists, ingrown hairs Or other damage to the skin. Check!
How do you take care of the skin after shaving
After shaving you need the skin a correct one post -treatment Give so that the pores close again. 1 way is rinsing with cold water. Are you also really awake. In addition, a cooling tonic, cream or aftershave The solution. We naturally have very nice Aftershave Balsems With which your (after) shave becomes an extremely pleasant experience. Spa Like!
Starter sets for a perfect shaving routine:
To save choice stress, we have put together Alpha's 4 very nice safetyrazor sets for you. For beginners to experts. We can't make it easier.
Good luck with refining your shaving tools and technology!
And guard!
Your friends, The Alpha Men.