There is nothing better than a delightful 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 that, the invigorating tingling sensation. For several minutes, you can smell the fragrance of your after shave. After shaving, your skin feels reborn. Unfortunately, things can sometimes go wrong or the after shave can be 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 potentially irritate or dry out freshly shaved skin. In this case, it’s much better to use a after shave balm.
- Accidentally spraying cologne instead of after shave on freshly shaved skin is not smart. The skin can be significantly irritated by the high percentage of fragrance components in a cologne.
- Using the same after shave every day becomes dull. You wouldn’t wear the same shirt every day, would you? Vary with different scents and after shaves.
- Do not use the after shave that your partner or friend finds delightful but that you think stinks. Use an after shave that suits your scent preferences. 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 fits well with your favorite mint shaving soap. Or an after shave with citrus works best after shaving with a citrus-scented shaving cream. It goes wrong when the scents of the different shaving products do not match. For example, an Eucalyptus after shave does not go well with a shaving soap that has 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 match perfectly in scent with the corresponding shaving soaps or shaving creams.
- If the scent of the after shave is completely different from that of the perfume, then that is obviously a very poor 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 arms.
- Applying aftershave on a shaving cut or a severely damaged skin is a painful matter. In this case, rinse the skin with plenty of cold water first after shaving and then use a alum block or alum stick to heal the wound. Wait for a few minutes and then optionally use your aftershave.
