<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nShaving with a straight razor is done best following a hot shower, or at least a face wash with hot water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hot water helps not only hydrate the skin but also soften your facial hair making it easier to shave. In many shops that offer shaving as a service, they\u2019ll place a hot towel around your face for the same effect. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever you manage it, the point of a wet shave is to loosen up the face and hair to make shaving with a straight edge safe and easier, and also ensures you\u2019ll have a close shave. Shaving dry or near to it only results in abrasions and potentially injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Use a pre-shave oil<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nNot to be confused as a substitute to a hot shower or hot face wash, pre-shave oil is meant to additionally soften hair follicles to make it easier for the straight razor to shave smoothly. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMany folks will say that a pre-shave oil is not necessarily needed, but it does help if you\u2019re having trouble with pulling or tugging. If you have sensitive skin, a pre-shave oil would be a great step in your shaving routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Ensure a good lather with your shaving cream or soap<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nA good lather is important to help raise the hairs off the skin so the base of the follicle is exposed during shaving. If the lather is too thin, not only do you lose the soap too quickly, but it also means you\u2019ll have to do more frequent passes with the blade.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nA good soap or cream also makes it easy for the blade to do the work for you. Shaving should be easy and not require a lot of effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Stretch your skin taut<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s a simple suggestion, but merits consideration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When shaving, you want to gently pull your skin so it\u2019s taut and creates a flat plane, wherever you can. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis ensures you don\u2019t get stuck in any of the natural valleys or contours in your face, but will also help expose the follicles making it easier to get that close shave you desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Using a straight razor requires a certain level of skill and finesse to make sure you\u2019re safely achieving a close shave. During use, it\u2019s possible the straight razor pulls and tugs at the hairs while you\u2019re shaving which can be irritating and painful. Why is it that a straight razor pulls and tugs during shaving?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":10,"label":"Getting Started"},{"value":8,"label":"Razors"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/straight-razor-pulls-tugs-or-wont-shave-my-hair_featured-1024x683.png",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Joshua Bartlett","author_link":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/author\/joshuaebartlett\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":10,"name":"Getting Started","slug":"getting-started","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":10,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":32,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":10,"category_count":32,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Getting Started","category_nicename":"getting-started","category_parent":0},{"term_id":8,"name":"Razors","slug":"razors","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":8,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":54,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":8,"category_count":54,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Razors","category_nicename":"razors","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imustacheyoutoshave.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}