I shave my face (except chin and upper lip) and my head, and don’t always use shaving cream – just a disposable razor, preferably wet, best with warmer water – and it works OK with no cuts and no great pain. I always shave in the shower now, but I’ve done this at work when I forget to shave at home. I get a better shave with real shaving cream though.
Unrelated: I bought a fairly expensive name-brand electric razor and after a couple of weeks decided that it was impossible to get a close shave from it, with or without lather.
Never shaved with mouthwash and it sounds like it’d be painful.
A friend told me about shaving with Noxema a few years ago…really leaves your face feeling smooth!
I shave in the shower with bar soap. Occasionally I’ll try a more standard shaving agent, but there’s little enough benefit that I usually default to the bar when it runs out. I have very oily skin so I’m not subject to the drying that makes soap a bad idea for some people.
I use skin lotion, lightly and evenly applied, with a blade razor. The lotion acts as a lubricant. Slick, smooth skin afterwards along with a light scent from the lotion. Blade last 2x as long. Win all around.
I use the method on my face and my scalp (I’m hairless in the summer - too damn hot especially if deployed).
I did try dry shaving a couple times. I mean no shaving cream, no soap, no water - blade razor on dry skin. I wouldn’t recommend it. Basically I used it lightly to take the hair down from 2 day growth to 1 day growth.
I can’t think why mouthwash would work for blade shaving. It does have some surfactants in it.
The thought of using a substance that burns horribly when exposed to open wounds to shave with doesn’t sound like fun. I think I’ll stick with my DE razor and brush and cup and shaving soap, thanks.
Another product that works better than regular shave gel/cream is Astroglide “personal lubricant”. Not sure if any similar products work as well, but Astroglide is awesome.
