Beard Care Tips & Do's and Don'ts (as in if you want one outcome do this not that)

Hey gents. One thing I have noticed over the last 30 years is that traditional barber shops have all but disappeared. There are barber and shaving supply stores and online merchants but if you have questions or just want a really good trim conditioning and a hot shave for your upper cheeks and neck you're paying 40 to 75 bucks with a haircut and they'll use clippers only and no hot towels or straight razor. They drag a disposable blade over your skin and it isn't a quality experience. The last great shave I had was in Rome in 2017, hot towels, exfoliation, face massage and scalp massage. Then the haircut and the trim/shave. All was done with scissors and a straight razor. He had 12 pairs of shears. It took an hour and there was another procedure at the end with warm towels ice bath then astringent. He put the lightest pomade in my hair and a bit of oil in the beard. I looked like a million bucks after that just like every time I went for the 5$ Wednesday Special in Montreal in the 90's and oughts. That barber was Italian and he did close to the same thing. Dying arts. Too bad to lose this there is nothing you can do for yourself as a man that has better effects all around than this.

Home care: badger soap brush and good shaving soap in a wooden box. You will pay 75 to 125 for these two items and a brush stand. You need all of these things to get the results so invest. Brush 20 year lifespan and soap forever, boxwood soap dish forever soap 1 or 2 years.

You lather the disk with hot water on the brush and repeat 4 times. It will look like shaving cream. Brush on using light pressure and circulation motion. Apply three times. Paint the neck and then work the basger hairs in to the follicles. The purpose is to wash the skin and condition for shaving. Use a proper disposable blade in a decent razor and skip the plastic ones. You'll be shocked at how easy it is and how fast compared to what you have dealt with in the past. No nicks or cuts.

Conditioning: I don't require beard oil all year long just in the cold dry months out of the year and those were varied. I think less is more when it comes to grooming and using products. But my beard is very much looking for a buddy or buddies to approve of it and how I would be better suited to this or that. I think we all crave a bit of random supportive advice and whether you hear it depends on how ready you are and how kind the advice. So that said, kind advice is always welcome and so are your thoughts and habits around beats.

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