The end of No Shave November for me

Had a great short run this year being able to participate in No Shave November, but it has come to end. My vacation has ended which means I must return to work and to an outdated idea of professionalism. For nine days I didn't have to worry about shaving and ended with a beard that just started to become soft after the rough stage. I didn't care how I looked all week since I spent my vacation either in the mountains camping or at the house working in the living room.

With returning to the routine of shaving, I have switched over to using a lotion based aftershave instead of the alcohol splashes. With the colder weather my face dries out quicker so the aftershave lotion helps to prevent that. I have stocked up on Nivea sensitive post shave balm last year when the local Wal-Mart's put several items on clearance to redo the shelves.

Movember and No Shave November

Working for a security company has it's down sides. One is the outdated idea that beards and facial hair in general is considered unprofessional. This means I cannot easily participate in activities such as No Shave November, I currently sport a mustache so participating in Movember already happens although I think the rules are I was suppose to shave everything off October 31st.

So glad to have the natural face warmer on such a cold day.

A loophole I have is I'm taking off for vacation starting today. So for the next nine days I will be participating in No Shave November. It won't be a proper beard in such a short period of time, it will be a short lived face warmer.

Beard was trimmed back during the summer months, but was never fully removed.

Razor cleaning

Had a coworker bring me a Gillette super speed razor and asked for to give it a good cleaning before he uses it. We settled on a small charge of $5 and the razor came home with me.

I enjoy cleaning the old razors, my collection has grown to 29 of various models, years, and even blade types. Something about bringing a old forgotten treasure back to life makes me happy. My method is to give it a scrubbing bubbles soak for a couple of minutes rinse and scrub with a toothbrush. Once more with the scrubbing bubbles to get rid of any last remaining bits of grime and final rinse and wiped down to dry. Sometimes I use a polishing compound that is safe with the nickel finish and give it a nice shine.

I returned the razor to my coworker and he was pleased with the results. Hope he enjoys his new addition for many years.