Shaving is something that everyone will probably have to deal with forever. With that being said you might as well think about the safest and most comfortable techniques to use so that it can always be a pleasurable experience. Shaving without the proper tools or gels can lead to razor burns and razor bumps. So you have to know of good products to help eliminate the risks of injury to your body. For starters, Aloe vera gel works great as a moisturizer and conditioner for the skin. The Mach 3 and Mach 4 razors are great too. Now that you have your gel and razors, let's get started.
Step 1
Make sure that you clean your face. Wash your face with warm water. Also washing your face can cut down on any type of infections in case you cut yourself. If you have a thick brittle beard, you may want to try a facial scrub as well.
Step 2
After you have washed and exfoliated the skin, place a warm rag on your face. The warm rag will soften the skin and also open your pores for easier shavng.
Step 3
Apply Aloe vera gel and shaving cream to you face in an upward motion against the grain of the beard. Cover every section that you want to shave.
Step 4
Make sure you have a new razor. New razors cut the hair. Dull razors pull the hair which can cause injury to the hair folicle and cause razor bumps. Always use a fresh razor. Start at the top of the beard and shave down the cheek/jaw down to the jaw line in long even strokes.
Step 5
Shaving under your neck must be done with the grain. Shave from adams apple downward on the neck and shave from top of adams apple upward toward the jawline.
Step 6
Keep your skin pulled tight but not extremely tight. Pulling the skin helps prevent you cutiing yourself.
Step 7
Now to shave the lip. Bend your lip into your mouth over your teeth. Now shave downward on the lip on both sides.
Step 8
If you notice the razor not cutting properly it is probably because of the hair clogging the razor. So remember to rise the razor after every 2-3 strokes on the face to keep the razor from clogging up with hair.
Step 9
Now rinse your face with warm water so that you can remove the shaving cream and feel your face for missed sections. Make sure to keep the sections that you missed wet and also wet the razor so that you can shave over the missed sections again.
Step 10.
Now rinse your face with warm water so that the pores of youe skin remain open. Clean skin with witch hazel (not alcohol, because alcohol dries the skin and burns the skin)and then apply aloe vera to the skin as a moisturizer and conditioner.