Cold Water Shaving
Only using cold water to shave and not using any shaving creams or gels, I have been reading around not using soaps or shampoo in the shower and thought along the same line how am i going to shave without shaving foam, and from that i stumbled across some results on Google that even suggested not using hot water to shave, and in fact shaving with just cold water.
Thought i may as well give it a try as i had about 3 days worth of growth on my face. results the shave feels just as close as normal and i don't have that burnt feeling like i get after using the foam , i guess this is due to there being no chemicals used to shave.
The shave is very close using just cold water, the hairs on my face were very brittle and i found that i wasn't able to do the long strokes i usually do to cut through the hair , it took allot longer to shave and i have to do several passes over the same area, but the result is nice and close and smooth. I would even go as far as saying some areas feel smoother with the cold water shave than using hot water.
I also found there was the benefit from using a cold shave that there was no clean up required. There was no shaving foam on my face or around the sink to clear up , my skin felt fresh and clean while i was shaving with the cold water.
No more need to have a cream or foam, saves time and effort. Less preparation and clean up. The shave felt a little uncomfortable at first, i will see with further attempts how using cold water to shave effects the skin on my face.
The hair felt brittle and easer to locate the stubble right close to my skin, I had just the same amount of cuts on my neck , I always get some nicks on my neck but this is due to uneven surface. I think the cold water kept my skin tight, so didn't bleed as much.
I don't feel like i have any burn or need to use aftershave cooling balms, my skin feels fresh and clean after the cold water shave.
I will update this after a month of shaving using only cold water and no shaving gels or lotion.
Thought i may as well give it a try as i had about 3 days worth of growth on my face. results the shave feels just as close as normal and i don't have that burnt feeling like i get after using the foam , i guess this is due to there being no chemicals used to shave.
The shave is very close using just cold water, the hairs on my face were very brittle and i found that i wasn't able to do the long strokes i usually do to cut through the hair , it took allot longer to shave and i have to do several passes over the same area, but the result is nice and close and smooth. I would even go as far as saying some areas feel smoother with the cold water shave than using hot water.
I also found there was the benefit from using a cold shave that there was no clean up required. There was no shaving foam on my face or around the sink to clear up , my skin felt fresh and clean while i was shaving with the cold water.
No more need to have a cream or foam, saves time and effort. Less preparation and clean up. The shave felt a little uncomfortable at first, i will see with further attempts how using cold water to shave effects the skin on my face.
The hair felt brittle and easer to locate the stubble right close to my skin, I had just the same amount of cuts on my neck , I always get some nicks on my neck but this is due to uneven surface. I think the cold water kept my skin tight, so didn't bleed as much.
I don't feel like i have any burn or need to use aftershave cooling balms, my skin feels fresh and clean after the cold water shave.
I will update this after a month of shaving using only cold water and no shaving gels or lotion.
