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How to Shave With a Safety Razor: The First Month, Step by Step
The angle you hold the razor at decides whether you cut hair or skin, and the number every guide quotes is an estimate.…
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Strawberry Legs After Shaving: What the Speckles Actually Are
Dark dots on the legs are usually one of three things, and only one of them responds to a product. A way to…
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How to Shave With Curly Hair Without Razor Bumps
Coiled hair cut below the surface grows back into the skin. The order to change things in, where the standard advice disagrees, and…
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How to Shave Your Armpits Without Bumps or Irritation
Shave your armpits without bumps: the order of steps, why the hair swirls, how to handle the fold, and why waiting before deodorant…
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Beard Butter vs Beard Balm vs Beard Oil: What Each One Does
Three jars, three different jobs. How to choose between beard oil, beard balm and beard butter by the job your beard needs done,…
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How to Shave Your Back and Chest: Reach, Direction and Irritation
Shaving your back means shaving blind: no view of the blade, no feel for the angle. What actually reaches the middle, which direction…
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How to Use a Straight Razor: Angle, Order and When to Stop
A first straight-razor shave: about 30 degrees, almost no pressure, skin stretched ahead of the blade, one pass with the grain. Plus the…
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How Often Should You Change Your Razor Blade?
How often should you change your razor blade? A practical rule for cartridge and double-edge blades, the signs a blade is spent, and…