After many years of beards/shaving with multi bladed razors using commercial shave creams into my late 50's I then embraced the safety razor and traditional soap lather. No longer do I suffer with shaving rash and rarely cut myself. A years worth of blades less than a months subscription to a shave club and leaves space in the budget to upgrade the other grooming products.
Remember, a 5 blade razor is just an admission that the first 4 blades are not doing a great job, and if they failed how is the last one going to do any better.
Hello Ash. You are a brilliant speaker. I have seen many public speakers, particularly on YT, but there is something about the way you present yourself, your speech, your intonation, your body language, that make your presentations so interesting and pleasurable. Without detracting attention from the content and the value of your message, I would say: Is not so much what you say but the way you do it. Thank you! Greetings from a very warm (34 degrees) Buenos Aires.
Hi Ash, good tips about skin and skin care and it is important to take care of the skin, unfortunately I know a lot about this because I have a chronic skin disease. And now I'm back from London, we were there for five days, big and busy city I must say, we were in the usual tourist places of course. But we were lucky with the weather, it didn't rain, and it was great to go for walks in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, it wasn't slippery with snow and ice either like at home!!! It is tempting to visit England again. 👍
Chanel ‘Pour Monsieur’ EDT is nice. They have the more concentrated and longer lasting ‘concentré’ version. Diet and a stress free life help with appearance as well. I had an interview today and ironed my pants. I’d already done the jacket and used ‘Dubbin’ on my shoes: It is for golfing and rugby and football boots and waterproofs and softens then with a satin rather than gloss finish. Chanel do deodorant sticks and shaving balm in their different EDT, but they are pricey. The high tech disposable radars are good with lubricating strips where you just change the head and they are safety razors.
Some good tips there Ash, I do love a shave, but I'm an evening shaver as I really don't want to rush with a straight razor. I must admit I flit between fragrance quite a bit.
Excellent advice! I keep it simple and have chosen Truefitt & Hill as my sole supplier of grooming products (I especially like the 1805 range) except for the razor blades, which are made by the Japanese company Feather.
Truefitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort Shaving Cream, Muhler 89 razor with Feather platinum blades and Proraso Sensitive aftershave. Feather blades have been a step up from Gillette.
I have a van dyke, the mustache portion is a handlebar. Shaving is really important for my style, and I love to use my de razor, and different scented shave soaps. Reason I have a van dyke. My daughter likes to kiss my smooth cheeks, my wife likes a beard, and I love the handlebar. Everyone is happy.
In my 20s I had a beard for decades, neatly trimmed of course, when it changed color to gray and white in some areas, my hair only had gray temples and I was only 38 at the time, so I shaved it off and only have a David Niven style mustache. Now I'm 70, and still retain the debonair mustache, and my go to after shave is Clubman! 🙂
Good to hear I'm not the only Chap who's hair and beard turned grey in his 20s...^^ At 38 I've had grey elements in my beard and hair since (pretty precisely actually, late September 2008 - had an accident that by all rights should have killed me but didn't but I fell into a coma with all-brown hair and came out after three weeks with all those silvery elements 😅) my early 20s . I'm really partial to the notion of getting a Niven... I evidently never shaved my beard off but in the past ~15 years, in addition to keeping it properly styled and cared for, I've been trimming off the uppermost 5mm of my otherwise very Kitchenener-esque waxed moustache with the straight razor (that's pretty much all I do with it) in order to generate a cleaner look. Great to hear the Niven ist being worn Sir! Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
I do not know how others think about it, but I like the smell of CARBOLIC soap. It really feels clean and the smell is just gorgeous (at least for me!). And for a skin care regime for my face I always make use of an SFP 30 SUNSCREEN, as even on a cloudy day the ultra-violet rays may do some damage. So applying it keeps your skin youthful - and not leathery.
With a beard, hair clippers often get a better result than the beard trimmers. It's worth buying scissors for your beard and moustache to trim and fix wayward hairs. Most men do need to shave their cheeks to remove the straggly hairs and get a clean look. Also most beards look better when they stop about a finger width above the Adam's apple and are rounded off - if a beard goes down the neck it can look scruffy, it can also look awkward if the beard is shaven too close to the jawline and becomes 'chin strap', although this might look good in the mirror, when viewed from the sides and below not so much.
Hi Ash I already did some of the advice to said. I used a safety razor for a clean shave face or a trimmed mustache. As well trying to find a signature scent/ cologne At least I though of leaving on people noses. Although I will take your advice of face washes.
Thank you for the video. I do think that daily moisturiser is crucial (Clinique moisturiser gel works for me), and I also like to stop shaving for a week or two, given the skin a bit of a break. However (not exacty a grooming tip), if you want to remain in good shape and healthy, keeping your weight down (or under control) is essential, especially past 40. Keeping your weight down is better for your joints and allows you to maintain a lot of energy
I love shaving! I started using a DE safety razor for the first time two weeks ago after buying a King C Gillette. I’m much better at it now and it’s a relaxing part of the day for me
@@steveboyd3455 Thank you Steve! I'm starting to go down the rabbit hole of soaps, splashes, etc. Trying to maintain some self-control. I just bought a tub of TOBS Sandalwood and Cella Almond Shaving Soap
Now here's a very nice little primer! I'd elaborate a bit on the face regime: I use "Bulldog" moisterizing creme after I wash my skin with, yes horrible I know, curd soap. Though I use curd soap for most of everything skin, hair, you name it. Followed by the aforementioned mild moisterizing creme. I also concur: make shaving a ritual! If you wear a beard, by all means take proper care of it and also visit a barber to have it trimmed into a proper dapper shape! Also use proper implements - a safety razor both feels great, needs less repetition and so less skin irritation and it's both an economical *and* ecological boon being all steel with no plastics and it will last you a lifetime! Also be a better chap and use shaving soap - same reasons as for the razor. Another thing I always do is going over my shaved skin with an Alum stone even If I didn't cut myself - works wonders for the skin! I'd also suggest getting a straight razor for the "details" *If* you sport a trimmed beard. Oh and as to scents: I recently scored a 100ml bottle of Dior Savage EdP for what amounts to almost nothing on Ebay because the *bottle* had a scratch... talk about superficial, but I won't complain... Thanks for the video, I really feel this will help especially Younger chaps - I for one would have loved having such a concise guide some 20 years back! Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
@@jonstern7511 Bulldog is indeed a very nice brand for certain, been using them ever since ~2015. And I'm a cat person!😆 Also: it`s kind of insane, the fragrance price reductions are *positively* insane - nothings damaged, nothings amiss, it's just not as pretty and I really don't give a dang about the optics... heck it's right next to my mirror anyway... means *I* see it, my *better half* sees it and my *cats* ... so... yeah, needs to be super pretty! 🤣 Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
I would argue that it matters MORE at 25. Like investing, the earlier you get a handle on it, the better off you are when you're older. I wish I took better care of BOTH when I was younger 🤣
I've been a soap on everything man for over 50 years but recently have been thinking of facial skin care. I wanted to buy products but with so many options out there I didn't know which one to go with. Having watched this video yesterday I picked up the same scrub from my grocery store. They had some moisturizer but limited in the men's section so I am holding off until I go to a store with a larger selection. I feel the moisturizer is the more important of the two. Going to start face scrub 2 days a week and see how it goes.
Another helpful video, Ash. Thank you for sharing those tips with us. I regularly use Nivea Men Sensitive Moisturiser for my face and hands. Its non greasy formula really does make a difference to the texture of the skin, and prevents irritation flakiness. Something you didn't mention on facial care is dealing with the nuisance hair that sprouts from our ears and nose. Likewise eyebrows that bush out as if on steroids. All three are a curse for us older gents and no one else wants to have to stare at it either. I deal with these as part of my beard trimming and shaving regime. I also trim the hairline along the forward edge above my ears to keep it looking sharp and in keeping with a neat beard jawline.😊
@5:06, was just about to recommend that exact product, I try to double moistures (Sometimes forget the 2nd), as I have a specialist night cream by "Dermot O'Leary" Overnight Recovery. Its good stuff. In my late 20's right upto my mid 30's I had a bad case of xerosis on my forehead and scalp after finding out I was allergic to a certain medication after an operation and it effected my skin in a negative way, very distressing at the time but short lived happily, after an extra medication cream prescribed, it got rid of the xerosis but my skin on my forehead looked like a bad sunburn for years, as well looked like it belonged to a 65+ year old. The moisturiser day and night repaired all of it, now after 10 years of use, quite a few people believe me to still be in my late 30's (Which I do find hard to believe when told ) But the proof can sometimes be in the pudding, I have no blemishes, no wrinkles, no dark bags under the eye (due to using Eye Cream for about 5 years). Guys if you are in your 30's, 40's 50's. You gotta try it.
The best way to avoid face wrinkles is to not smoke. Older folks (women also) with bad wrinkles have smoked for decades and have not stopped. Some are more prune-faced than you can imagine!
Right or wrong, I'm concerned with the possibility of being affected by the long list of chemicals in these facial products. For a deodorant, I've found a solid stick of salt that works very well. However, I'm only assuming that this has no effect on/in the skin.
Two simple things that will absolutely affect the way you look is making sure you are drinking plenty of water and reducing the sugar intake to a minimum.
I am a retired dentist. In addition to brushing and flossing, I would recommend a tongue scraper also. It is amazing how much crud it will remove from the surface of your tongue.
Cracking advice as always, Ash. May I ask a quick question about the Witch Hazel? I use a big standard variety from the chemist’s with a few drops of tea tree and eucalyptus oils for a bit of pizazz. Is your brand ( Thayer’s?) different, or a different thing altogether? Many thanks 😊
Witch Hazel is a natural substance, so it should be the same. Some have a scent added to make use more pleasant, but they essentially all do the same thing.
I will just ass my 2 c€nts here: first balm because it moisturizes your skin, thereby creating a already saturated surface *not* retentively absorbing the cologne and thus leading to a longer "staying power" of the fragrance, not matter if it's EdC, EdT or EdP. Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
I apply a balm and them use a cologne to add a signature scent, but I do not apply the scent to areas that have just been shaved, just the pulse points.
May I suggest a couple additions? If you are getting older, trim or shave the hair in your ears and nose hair. I've seen men who don't, and it is disgusting. And I have heard women comment to each other how revolting it is. Also keep eyebrows trimmed. I once met a man who did not and had eyebrows half way up his forehead. It looked weird and bad. As to hair pieces (wig), I once saw a man who wore one that covered his bald spot on top. Unfortunately he had purchased it years before and his lower hair was grey and white. The brown wig was unsightly. And comb-overs fool no one. They just look like comb-overs and give you a silly appearance. I have never seen a woman ho found baldness unattractive. After all, baldness is caused by a strong presence of testosterone (eunuchs never go bald). And that means you will be sexually active through your older years. So, celebrate your baldness. It just announces your masculinity!
After many years of beards/shaving with multi bladed razors using commercial shave creams into my late 50's I then embraced the safety razor and traditional soap lather. No longer do I suffer with shaving rash and rarely cut myself. A years worth of blades less than a months subscription to a shave club and leaves space in the budget to upgrade the other grooming products.
Remember, a 5 blade razor is just an admission that the first 4 blades are not doing a great job, and if they failed how is the last one going to do any better.
Hello Ash. You are a brilliant speaker. I have seen many public speakers, particularly on YT, but there is something about the way you present yourself, your speech, your intonation, your body language, that make your presentations so interesting and pleasurable. Without detracting attention from the content and the value of your message, I would say: Is not so much what you say but the way you do it. Thank you! Greetings from a very warm (34 degrees) Buenos Aires.
You are very kind sir, my speaking skills have been honed over many years and I am still on a journey to improve.
@@TheChapsGuide Churchillian eloquence comes to mind..............!!!
Eliminate sugar from your diet, go low carb and cut down on alcohol, your skin will improve, you'll lose body fat and look years younger.
This video has Zero Fluff, is matter of fact, spot on regarding beneficial advice, humble, and simply excellent!!!
Glad it was helpful!
A good moisturizer will make all the difference. Get this into the routine, brushing the teeth - moisturizing etc. no hassle
Hi Ash, good tips about skin and skin care and it is important to take care of the skin, unfortunately I know a lot about this because I have a chronic skin disease. And now I'm back from London, we were there for five days, big and busy city I must say, we were in the usual tourist places of course. But we were lucky with the weather, it didn't rain, and it was great to go for walks in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, it wasn't slippery with snow and ice either like at home!!! It is tempting to visit England again. 👍
Chanel ‘Pour Monsieur’ EDT is nice. They have the more concentrated and longer lasting ‘concentré’ version.
Diet and a stress free life help with appearance as well.
I had an interview today and ironed my pants.
I’d already done the jacket and used ‘Dubbin’ on my shoes:
It is for golfing and rugby and football boots and waterproofs and softens then with a satin rather than gloss finish.
Chanel do deodorant sticks and shaving balm in their different EDT, but they are pricey.
The high tech disposable radars are good with lubricating strips where you just change the head and they are safety razors.
Are these single blade disposables you refer to?
Some good tips there Ash, I do love a shave, but I'm an evening shaver as I really don't want to rush with a straight razor. I must admit I flit between fragrance quite a bit.
Good call. Evening shaving is nice and relaxing. Good way to finish the day
@@chrisblanc663I have never shaved in the evening! Something to try I guess, many thanks.
Excellent advice! I keep it simple and have chosen Truefitt & Hill as my sole supplier of grooming products (I especially like the 1805 range) except for the razor blades, which are made by the Japanese company Feather.
Truefitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort Shaving Cream, Muhler 89 razor with Feather platinum blades and Proraso Sensitive aftershave. Feather blades have been a step up from Gillette.
Love feather blades!!
Antaeus is beautiful! One of my favorites
I have a van dyke, the mustache portion is a handlebar. Shaving is really important for my style, and I love to use my de razor, and different scented shave soaps.
Reason I have a van dyke. My daughter likes to kiss my smooth cheeks, my wife likes a beard, and I love the handlebar. Everyone is happy.
In my 20s I had a beard for decades, neatly trimmed of course, when it changed color to gray and white in some areas, my hair only had gray temples and I was only 38 at the time, so I shaved it off and only have a David Niven style mustache. Now I'm 70, and still retain the debonair mustache, and my go to after shave is Clubman! 🙂
Good to hear I'm not the only Chap who's hair and beard turned grey in his 20s...^^
At 38 I've had grey elements in my beard and hair since (pretty precisely actually, late September 2008 - had an accident that by all rights should have killed me but didn't but I fell into a coma with all-brown hair and came out after three weeks with all those silvery elements 😅) my early 20s .
I'm really partial to the notion of getting a Niven... I evidently never shaved my beard off but in the past ~15 years, in addition to keeping it properly styled and cared for, I've been trimming off the uppermost 5mm of my otherwise very Kitchenener-esque waxed moustache with the straight razor (that's pretty much all I do with it) in order to generate a cleaner look.
Great to hear the Niven ist being worn Sir!
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
As a footnote to my story is when the beard turned gray/white, no more five o'clock shadow at two in the afternoon like when I was in my 20s.🙂
I do not know how others think about it, but I like the smell of CARBOLIC soap. It really feels clean and the smell is just gorgeous (at least for me!).
And for a skin care regime for my face I always make use of an SFP 30 SUNSCREEN, as even on a cloudy day the ultra-violet rays may do some damage. So applying it keeps your skin youthful - and not leathery.
Thanks for sharing!!
With a beard, hair clippers often get a better result than the beard trimmers. It's worth buying scissors for your beard and moustache to trim and fix wayward hairs.
Most men do need to shave their cheeks to remove the straggly hairs and get a clean look. Also most beards look better when they stop about a finger width above the Adam's apple and are rounded off - if a beard goes down the neck it can look scruffy, it can also look awkward if the beard is shaven too close to the jawline and becomes 'chin strap', although this might look good in the mirror, when viewed from the sides and below not so much.
Hi Ash I already did some of the advice to said. I used a safety razor for a clean shave face or a trimmed mustache. As well trying to find a signature scent/ cologne At least I though of leaving on people noses. Although I will take your advice of face washes.
Thank you for the video. I do think that daily moisturiser is crucial (Clinique moisturiser gel works for me), and I also like to stop shaving for a week or two, given the skin a bit of a break. However (not exacty a grooming tip), if you want to remain in good shape and healthy, keeping your weight down (or under control) is essential, especially past 40. Keeping your weight down is better for your joints and allows you to maintain a lot of energy
As usual, your advice is sound.
Distilled mermaid tears🤣....love the humor!!
I love shaving! I started using a DE safety razor for the first time two weeks ago after buying a King C Gillette. I’m much better at it now and it’s a relaxing part of the day for me
So many nice soaps and balms and aftershaves to explore. Enjoy the journey!
@@steveboyd3455 Thank you Steve! I'm starting to go down the rabbit hole of soaps, splashes, etc. Trying to maintain some self-control. I just bought a tub of TOBS Sandalwood and Cella Almond Shaving Soap
@@CarloS-ii6hr Great choices! Those are both good once that have been around for a long time. Enjoy!
I've used a face moisturiser for many years. And wash my face with a good facial wash liquid.
Now here's a very nice little primer!
I'd elaborate a bit on the face regime:
I use "Bulldog" moisterizing creme after I wash my skin with, yes horrible I know, curd soap. Though I use curd soap for most of everything skin, hair, you name it.
Followed by the aforementioned mild moisterizing creme.
I also concur: make shaving a ritual! If you wear a beard,
by all means take proper care of it and also visit a barber
to have it trimmed into a proper dapper shape!
Also use proper implements - a safety razor both feels great, needs
less repetition and so less skin irritation and it's both an economical
*and* ecological boon being all steel with no plastics and it will last
you a lifetime! Also be a better chap and use shaving soap - same
reasons as for the razor.
Another thing I always do is going over my shaved skin with an
Alum stone even If I didn't cut myself - works wonders for the skin!
I'd also suggest getting a straight razor for the "details" *If* you sport a trimmed beard.
Oh and as to scents: I recently scored a 100ml bottle of Dior Savage EdP for what amounts to almost nothing on Ebay because the *bottle* had a scratch...
talk about superficial, but I won't complain...
Thanks for the video, I really feel this will help especially Younger chaps - I for one would have loved having such a concise guide some 20 years back!
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
@@jonstern7511 Bulldog is indeed a very nice brand for certain, been using them ever since ~2015. And I'm a cat person!😆
Also: it`s kind of insane, the fragrance price reductions are *positively* insane - nothings damaged, nothings amiss, it's just not as pretty and I really don't give a dang about the optics... heck it's right next to my mirror anyway... means *I* see it, my *better half* sees it and my *cats* ... so... yeah, needs to be super pretty! 🤣
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
I would argue that it matters MORE at 25. Like investing, the earlier you get a handle on it, the better off you are when you're older. I wish I took better care of BOTH when I was younger 🤣
I've been a soap on everything man for over 50 years but recently have been thinking of facial skin care. I wanted to buy products but with so many options out there I didn't know which one to go with. Having watched this video yesterday I picked up the same scrub from my grocery store. They had some moisturizer but limited in the men's section so I am holding off until I go to a store with a larger selection. I feel the moisturizer is the more important of the two. Going to start face scrub 2 days a week and see how it goes.
Great move. Let us know how you get on!
Another helpful video, Ash. Thank you for sharing those tips with us. I regularly use Nivea Men Sensitive Moisturiser for my face and hands. Its non greasy formula really does make a difference to the texture of the skin, and prevents irritation flakiness. Something you didn't mention on facial care is dealing with the nuisance hair that sprouts from our ears and nose. Likewise eyebrows that bush out as if on steroids. All three are a curse for us older gents and no one else wants to have to stare at it either. I deal with these as part of my beard trimming and shaving regime. I also trim the hairline along the forward edge above my ears to keep it looking sharp and in keeping with a neat beard jawline.😊
@5:06, was just about to recommend that exact product, I try to double moistures (Sometimes forget the 2nd), as I have a specialist night cream by "Dermot O'Leary" Overnight Recovery. Its good stuff. In my late 20's right upto my mid 30's I had a bad case of xerosis on my forehead and scalp after finding out I was allergic to a certain medication after an operation and it effected my skin in a negative way, very distressing at the time but short lived happily, after an extra medication cream prescribed, it got rid of the xerosis but my skin on my forehead looked like a bad sunburn for years, as well looked like it belonged to a 65+ year old. The moisturiser day and night repaired all of it, now after 10 years of use, quite a few people believe me to still be in my late 30's (Which I do find hard to believe when told ) But the proof can sometimes be in the pudding, I have no blemishes, no wrinkles, no dark bags under the eye (due to using Eye Cream for about 5 years). Guys if you are in your 30's, 40's 50's. You gotta try it.
The best way to avoid face wrinkles is to not smoke. Older folks (women also) with bad wrinkles have smoked for decades and have not stopped. Some are more prune-faced than you can imagine!
Right or wrong, I'm concerned with the possibility of being affected by the long list of chemicals in these facial products. For a deodorant, I've found a solid stick of salt that works very well. However, I'm only assuming that this has no effect on/in the skin.
Two simple things that will absolutely affect the way you look is making sure you are drinking plenty of water and reducing the sugar intake to a minimum.
Tongue scrapper can be useful
I am a retired dentist. In addition to brushing and flossing, I would recommend a tongue scraper also. It is amazing how much crud it will remove from the surface of your tongue.
@@georgelush1998 💯
Cracking advice as always, Ash. May I ask a quick question about the Witch Hazel? I use a big standard variety from the chemist’s with a few drops of tea tree and eucalyptus oils for a bit of pizazz. Is your brand ( Thayer’s?) different, or a different thing altogether?
Many thanks 😊
Witch Hazel is a natural substance, so it should be the same. Some have a scent added to make use more pleasant, but they essentially all do the same thing.
After shaving, I put on the balm first and then the cologne. Would you recommend the other way around?
I will just ass my 2 c€nts here: first balm because it moisturizes your skin, thereby creating a already saturated surface *not* retentively absorbing the cologne and thus leading to a longer "staying power" of the fragrance, not matter if it's EdC, EdT or EdP.
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
I apply a balm and them use a cologne to add a signature scent, but I do not apply the scent to areas that have just been shaved, just the pulse points.
@@TheChapsGuide Thanks! Do you spray directly on the pulse points or into the palm of your hand and then rub it in?
Onto the pulse points directly sir.
I use a safety razor, but I do a lot of bleeding. So much so that I have to shave before going to bed. M.
May I suggest a couple additions? If you are getting older, trim or shave the hair in your ears and nose hair. I've seen men who don't, and it is disgusting. And I have heard women comment to each other how revolting it is. Also keep eyebrows trimmed. I once met a man who did not and had eyebrows half way up his forehead. It looked weird and bad.
As to hair pieces (wig), I once saw a man who wore one that covered his bald spot on top. Unfortunately he had purchased it years before and his lower hair was grey and white. The brown wig was unsightly. And comb-overs fool no one. They just look like comb-overs and give you a silly appearance. I have never seen a woman ho found baldness unattractive. After all, baldness is caused by a strong presence of testosterone (eunuchs never go bald). And that means you will be sexually active through your older years. So, celebrate your baldness. It just announces your masculinity!