Essay On Shaving

Shaving is today a lost art: with the invention of electric shavers and the spreading use of bottled shaving foams and safety razors with multiple blades, ancient instruments of shaving like the straight razor (or cut throat razor, the name that made it infamous) and the shaving brush started to disappear from bathrooms, thinking that they were old instruments that were experiencing their natural death. Shaving was now easy, simple and quick, not something that you needed to learn and perfect over time.

No one was actually thinking that our shaving style was actually going backwards. The habit of shaving with multiple blades at once with a cheap and pre-made shaving foam was actually dictated by the modern need of saving time, more than an

And, after getting into the learning curve, they found out that sometimes going back is not a bad thing: they found out that their shave has become a lot better and a lot of skin problems that affected them (nicks, bumps, razor burns) disappeared after getting the hang of the new tools. No need to say that they never went back to their Gillette Mach 3

Straight razors are capable of giving its users very smooth skin as it can cut off your beard effectively. Of course, without a doubt, for the first time users, you will most likely end up with slight cuts here and there around your face and chin as blade users tend to get it, especially the first timers. But if you practiced shaving using straight blade more often, you will soon master the art of shaving using straight razor and with the mastery of the art, you can now have a smooth skin without any cut. Another plus point about straight razor is that it can handle more tasks, as in it can shave longer facial hair. Also, it is much easier to clean compared to modern shaving kit which can be easily clogged by the facial hair or the soap used during