{"id":8302,"date":"2016-09-27T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2016-09-28T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:31:30","slug":"wake-up-and-start-the-day-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wake-up-and-start-the-day-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake Up and Start the Day Right!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8306\" src=\"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shavelogo-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"shavelogo\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shavelogo-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shavelogo-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shavelogo-860x1024.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shavelogo.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>I was perusing the internet the other day and came across this Ebay blog post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/gds\/5-Tips-to-Help-You-Wake-Up-Early-\/10000000208684903\/g.html?pp=0&amp;roken2=tf.pR3VpZGVz.bRml0c3BpcmF0aW9u.g.cpin.ap4c\">&#8220;5 Tips to Help You Wake Up Early.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The one point that caught my interest was Number 4. &#8220;Plan a Nice Start to the Day.&#8221;\u00a0The author suggests setting some time aside in the morning for reading a book or newspaper in order to\u00a0relax and open the mind a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Well, if you&#8217;ve switched to wet shaving with \u00a0a double edge razor, you&#8217;re already ahead of the curve on this one!<\/p>\n<p>Wake up 15-20 minutes earlier and go through the process of giving yourself a shave the RIGHT way!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips to help you get that great morning shave EVERY morning! (For more wet shaving tips, and shaving with a safety razor, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC86i2vIMRbH2owlle0C2s_A\">check my youtube channel.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Soak your<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\/detail\/B01GDZJ4BQ\"> shaving brush<\/a> in warm water. \u00a0I use <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\/detail\/B01GDZJ4BQ\">The Vikings blade badger brush<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s a\u00a0high end shaving brush\u00a0at an affordable price<\/li>\n<li>Then, take a good hot shower to help soften your beard<\/li>\n<li>After your shower, wring out your shaving brush a bit and whip up a <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\/detail\/B01GDZC0ZS\">good lather<\/a> in a shaving mug or bowl. <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20?_encoding=UTF8&amp;node=8\">Use a good shaving soap or cream.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use a good sharp blade and a good, well-made and balanced razor. For blades, I recently started using <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\/detail\/B01F90ZOCY\">Personna blades<\/a>. These are wonderfully sharp but also very smooth. \u00a0 They provide for a smooth, close shave. \u00a0My razor of choice is <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\/detail\/B019QLSRT4\">The Godfather by Vikings Blade.<\/a> \u00a0It&#8217;s a three-piece, long handled shaving razor with a low profile razor head. \u00a0It gives a close, smooth shave with no nicks or cuts or razor irritation. \u00a0If you want something in the area of a butterfly razor, then give <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\/detail\/B011L8WJIA\">Vikings Blade&#8217;s The Chieftain<\/a> a try.<\/li>\n<li>Do two to three shave passes. Lather your face with your brush, then shave with the grain (usually a down stroke). \u00a0After completely shaving the face, rinse. Then, re-lather and shave across the grain (just as i sounds. Shave horizontally across the face). \u00a0After completing this second pass, rinse again. \u00a0If needed, do a third pass by re-lathering once more and shave against the grain (uusally an up stroke.)<\/li>\n<li>Use short two inch shave strokes and remember, DO NOT PRESS DOWN. \u00a0Touch the skin LIGHTLY with the razor and blade. \u00a0Let the cutting angle of the blade and the weight of the handle do the work.<\/li>\n<li>After finishing the shave, moisturize and protect your skin with a <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\/detail\/B00OUKU5GK\">good after shave balm.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you start your morning wet shaving with a safety razor, I promise you, you&#8217;ll never go back to an electric razor, multi-blade razor, or any other new-fangled razor. \u00a0You&#8217;ll feel great, invigorated\u00a0to take on the day and, in the process, be saving a lot of money! \u00a0Shaving with a double-edge safety razor is much more cost effective than shaving with cartridge razors.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re just starting out, or considering switching back to wet shaving with a safety razor, I encourage you to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/deshaving-20\">The Shave Stop<\/a>. \u00a0You&#8217;ll find the best shaving items at great prices!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=deshaving-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B019QLSRT4&amp;asins=B019QLSRT4&amp;linkId=33f2c5ab833b8225d97d859e9faf3471&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was perusing the internet the other day and came across this Ebay blog post, &#8220;5 Tips to Help You Wake Up Early.&#8221; The one point that caught my interest was Number 4. &#8220;Plan a Nice Start to the Day.&#8221;\u00a0The author suggests setting some time aside in the morning for reading a book or newspaper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1467],"tags":[1395,1376,1361,1432,1457,1377,1363,1399,1393],"class_list":["post-8302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-wet-shaving","tag-after-shave-balm","tag-de-shaving","tag-safety-razor","tag-shaving-bowl","tag-shaving-brush","tag-shaving-cream","tag-vikings-blade","tag-vikings-blade-razor","tag-wet-shaving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8302"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8324,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8302\/revisions\/8324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}