CloutAtlas [he/him]

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Cake day: December 17th, 2020

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  • If you go to a barber and they put a hot towel on your face and use a soothing shaving gel (as opposed to shaving foam) and a mostoisturizing aftershave, it can apparently make a huge difference, but that's not an economically sound solution.

    You can recreate some of this at home but it's also not practical to have a hot steamed towel esp if you're running late.



  • I can also recommend not getting a cutthroat razor. Should have gone safety a long time ago.

    Cutthroat straight razor pros:

    • Vegan (unless you're a weirdo who wants ivory handle or leather grips or something)

    • Environmentally friendly (very little if any plastic, no need for replacement razors)

    • Cheap in the long run (probably decades) due to not requiring replacement blades

    Cutthroat straight razor cons:

    • Upfront cost

    • Maintenance (manual sharpening requires a whetstone, which you may not already have. As a cook I owned one for work anyway)

    • Danger (I did lose a fair amount of blood because I sneezed while shaving drunk before a shift, took ages to stop bleeding due to thin blood. Didn't scar because it was very sharp though)

    • Time (sharpening takes time, stropping takes time esp if you're using an old faux leather jacket as a strop)

    Don't do this unless you inherit an old straight razor and are dextrous enough to not cut yourself regularly.