My Routine

[qhsdoitall]

Since I shave at work most of the time, I'm not in a position to get the greatest shaves since I have no access to hot towels and a bunch of other niceties. The water temp alone is an issue since I can run it full hot and stand there in the shower. So, this is what my normal routine looks like.

Open up the "Shave Den" and stare for a minute. If I'm lucky I've pre-chosen my setup the day before.
Turn on the shower for 3 minutes. I'm the first person to run water so the pipes are cold.
Shower using my choice of shampoo, conditioner, face cleanser and soap.
Apply glycerin & a couple of drops of oil as pre-shave if my face totally dried out in the shower.
Apply deodorant & Oil to shins
Move shave setup to sink area. (Travel kit & Shave of Day Stuff)
Soak brush in hot water & a couple of drops of glycerin
Wet Soap if needed.

Note: I do not shave first. I don't have hot towels, the water is not real hot and the gym/locker room is either cool or down right freezing. So, I might as well as save the shave to last.

Clean Glasses & Fix Hair
Floss, Brush Teeth & use Mouth Rinse
Change Blade if needed
Brush face with hot water
Rinse Brush with hot water and shake out.
Create lather
Shave Passes - WTG/45XTG/45XTG Opposite/ATG Cleanup. Warm water rinse and hand smoothing then new lather in between passes. The touch up is done with just a wet hand and smoothing some lather around on last spots.
Warm water rinse
Towel off residue
Cold Water rinse
Alum Block with Cold Water Rinse or Aftershave
Apply ASB - Cold water diluted.
Clean up, get dressed & put everything away
Stare in "Shave Den" again for a minute and choose tomorrow's setup.
Apply Cologne if wearing.
And finally, close everything up and start my day at work with a smile on my face, relaxed, feeling good and enjoying my smooth face and great scent.

[TraderJoe]

Sounds like a solid routine Rich - I can't imagine having to shave at work (or at a gym for that matter), but I guess you'd get used to it after a while.

The routine sounds a lot like mine, right up to the glycerin in the brush soak ;)

I also shave after the shower, even if I am going the hot-towel route....and never without a pre-shave oil of some sort :happy088

[bg42]

All this stuff people aparently go through to have a shave,as from the title you can guess that I am inhearently a lazy bastard
.My shave routine is, run badger brush under hot tap then lather,grab blade that is very sharp and shave ,one up one down ,then aftershave if I think of it
sorry but that it folks
kind regards Peter

[Mottern Man]

When do you booze?

I am with 42

Just shave man

All I do is shower, when I am in shower I soak my brush in mug with hot water, put cream and/or soap on it lather on face (I don't need no stinking bowl), shave, hot water splash to clean leftovers, cold water splash, aftershave. JUST SHAVE BABY!

[qhsdoitall]

I think we all go through some stages. Eventually, we get the routines down and then simplify a little. I've moved away from the more is better stages as I figured out what really counted. I really wish I could shave first and then shower though. But alas, it's not to be unless, I shave at home.

[TraderJoe]

I also shave after the shower, even if I am going the hot-towel route....and never without a pre-shave oil of some sort :happy088

I have completely reversed this in the past week and it has been working VERY well.

1) Shave
2) Shower

That simple enough for you? :confused: :rofl

[qhsdoitall]

I have completely reversed this in the past week and it has been working VERY well.

1) Shave
2) Shower

That simple enough for you? :confused: :rofl

Nope. Not until you do a cold shave with Ivory Soap and nothing else. :D

[TraderJoe]

Nope. Not until you do a cold shave with Ivory Soap and nothing else. :D

:happy001 oh man, you must hate me :D

[qhsdoitall]

:happy001 oh man, you must hate me :D

I don't hate you. Just trying to make your life simpler. :rofl

Sometimes we get caught up in the products and techniques and try this and try that and so on. I'm guilty like everyone else. Someone has to "keep it real" for us over the top and man overboard shavers. :D

[qhsdoitall]

For me, this is keeping it simple. Some may find that this is too much.

Shower:
Shampoo, soap (Facial wash/scrub and conditioner is optional)
Deodorant (Not optional) I stink if I don't! :D
Body Lotion or Oil. Unfortunately, this is becoming less optional as I get older. My shins dry out bad all year round now.

Shave:
Brush, razor, blade.
Hot Water splashes
Lather in a bowl, 2 passes with cleanup. (Optional - Lather in hand)

Post Shave:
Cold Water
Aftershave

For me, that's as simple as it gets. I have found the more variables I toss in, the more things can go wrong. When I add to simple, it's to create a more luxury shave and this is where I really get to play around.

Add Conditioner
Add Facial Wash/Scrub
Add Body Oil
Add Glycerin Brush Soak
Add preshave Glycerin
Add pre-lather
Add Superlather
Add more passes with careful cleanup
Add Alum Block
Add Toner/Aftershave
Add Balm
Add Add Cologne