While you may think that exfoliating is best left to the ladies, scrubbing once or twice a week is one of the most essential shaving tips for men who wish to achieve a close shave with a smooth finish. Exfoliating your face with a phyto-active scrub helps to remove dead skin cells and grime that can clog, blunt and reduce the life of your razor blades. Exfoliation also helps to prevent ingrown hairs that can turn into angry red bumps or even become infected.
Ingrown hairs occur when a hair that should grow from the hair follicle and out of the skin, curls back or grows sideways into the skin. people with course or curly hair are more prone to ingrown hairs, so regular exfoliation is important to help to remove any dead skin cells, dirt and oils that could be trapping the ingrown hair.
Using a pre-shave oil can help to give an extremely close shave, thanks in part to the added lubrication on the skin’s surface. But you needn’t shell out on expensive shaving oils, an organic Sunflower or Safflower oil that you can pick up at health foods stores will provide the necessary lubrication and nourishment for a close, smooth shave.
We don’t recommend using an Olive oil for this purpose because it's quite greasy and can interfere with the foaming action of your shaving gel as it tends to sit on the outer surface of the skin when applied neat.
