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When you’re a single mum to a boy, more so when there is no male figure in your life, there are a few things you have to educate yourself on so as you can teach them all the right and useful ‘life skills’ there is to know. One
of the things I found I had to brush my knowledge up on was shaving. I knew how to shave my legs and underarms but I didn’t have the first clue it if was the same for a male shaving his face. Not only that, if anyone saw the way I shaved you wouldn’t want me teaching anyone. So off I went to brush up on the skills of shaving…
When I first started teaching my son how to shave I used a bladeless razor. I just brought a one of those razors with disposable heads and used the blank plastic spacer which are normally included in the box or already attached to the razor. I thought it would be a better idea to do this then chance the first time cuts…I was just as new at this as he was.
Shaving
Make sure your son understands about stretching the skin using facial expressions, mouth and jaw movements. He’ll need to do this when shaving. Also, take notice of what way the hair is growing as you should always shave in that direction. Hair my also grow in different directions and depending on where on the face at the time. Remember to get him to rinse the bade every couple of strokes and NEVER EVER use blunt or rusty razors.....NEVER EVER
Wet the face with warm water to soften skin and open the pores. Doing this actually helps get that closer shave and is why it is better to save straight after a shower. Apply shaving cream to the face, mouth area and neck
Slowly and softly start at the side of the face using short strokes. Make sure to stress about applying only a slight amount of pressure to begin with and work yourself up to a more firm one. It’s better than taking the skin off straight away.
Once that is done move to around the mouth and neck. Try and get your son to stretch the skin so as to flatten the area and so that the razor can glide easier. Remind him again to use small strokes in the same direction as the hair growth.
I was told that when shaving around the mouth that it was best to shave from the nose down towards the lip as it was safer especially when just learning. When that’s done rinse the face with cold water so as to close the pores and if he wants to put a little aftershave on….talk him out of it! LOL…
If you get him to do this every couple of days it will hopefully get him into a routine and he’ll master it in no time and when he’s used of it, move onto a ‘real’ razor.
Anyway, that was my little ‘how to shave’ rant I gave my son. This may not be the best shaving example around but it worked and I was pretty pleased with myself too.
Also for a bit of fun history you can visit Quick Shave website where it gives you all the old shaving techniques as well as reasons why people started shaving to begin with…
Cheers
OB
(February 2007) (
