There is nothing better than a wonderful after shave splash after shaving. After shaving, rinse everything with ice-cold water and then apply that super refreshing after shave. For a moment, you feel the sting of the alcohol. Immediately after, the invigorating tingling. For a few minutes, you smell the scent of your after shave. After shaving, your skin feels reborn. Unfortunately, things sometimes go wrong or the after shave is used incorrectly.
What are the most common after shave blunders?
Below is a list of the most common after shave blunders:
- Do not use after shave after shaving if you have dry or sensitive skin. The alcohol in the after shave can possibly irritate or dry out the freshly shaved skin. In this case, it is much better to use a after shave balm.
- Accidentally spraying a cologne instead of after shave on freshly shaved skin is not smart. The skin can become quite irritated due to the high percentage of fragrance components in a cologne.
- Using the same after shave every day becomes boring. You don’t wear the same shirt every day either. Vary with different scents and after shaves.
- Do not use the after shave that your partner or friend finds wonderful smelling but that you find stinks. Use an after shave that suits your scent. Ultimately, you have to like it.
- Use an after shave that matches the scent of your shaving soap or shaving cream. An after shave with menthol or eucalyptus pairs well with your favorite mint shaving soap. Or an after shave with citrus is best after shaving with a shaving cream with a citrus scent. It goes wrong if the scents of the different shaving products do not match. For example, a eucalyptus after shave does not match a shaving soap with a strong scent of wood and herbs. The various well-known shaving brands such as Acca Kappa, DR Harris, Geo F Trumper, Proraso, Saponificio Varesino and Truefitt and Hill have various very complete scent/product lines. The after shave products perfectly match the corresponding shaving soaps or shaving creams in scent.
- If the scent of the after shave is completely different from that of the perfume, then that is obviously a very bad combination. Make sure your after shave scent matches your favorite perfume.
- Use after shave only on the face after shaving. Do not splash it on your body or under your armpits.
- Splashing after shave on a shaving cut or a severely damaged skin is a painful matter. In this case, after shaving first rinse the skin with plenty of cold water and then use a alum block or alum stick to heal the wound. Wait a few minutes and then possibly use your after shave.
