Ive been having a bunch of random dysphoria attacks lately which are super fun to deal with. Especially around my face, both because of the shape and because I have sensitive skin so I can only shave once every 3 days (even then my skin gets super angry). I desperately dont want to be walking around with a beard but its kind of unavoidable, and I cant afford laser at this point in life. I just feel like no matter what I do Ill look like a man and I really dont want that. I just want to wear a mask everywhere but people look at me like I have tentacles for eyes when I do that. At least eyeliner looks good af on me, even if it takes me an hour to do it right.
I use a 3 blade razor cause its what I can get in the store here. Ill need to check out a safety razor, my big concern is under my jaw, as it is pretty unevenly shaped. I shave first with and then against the grain, otherwise the hair is long enough to stick through my makeup 😭.
Any recommendations for a cute safety razor (or even just neutral and not marketed towards men)?
i use the king c gillette, but aside from the packaging assuring men how manly they are it’s just a regular stainless steel razor, also bought a big box of bic blades which seem decent.
I rec a three pass shave; with the grain, across the grain, against the grain. Also, shave butter instead of soap. Also also, shaving under the jaw is easiest for me in the shower because otherwise I just make a mess all over the bathroom.
I have a Feather safety razor, but yeah, it’s clearly marketed “for Men” on the website. The tool itself is so obviously gender neutral and it just has a very plain and utilitarian stainless steel design, but they still feel the need for gendered marketing garbage. 😒
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Ive been having a bunch of random dysphoria attacks lately which are super fun to deal with. Especially around my face, both because of the shape and because I have sensitive skin so I can only shave once every 3 days (even then my skin gets super angry). I desperately dont want to be walking around with a beard but its kind of unavoidable, and I cant afford laser at this point in life. I just feel like no matter what I do Ill look like a man and I really dont want that. I just want to wear a mask everywhere but people look at me like I have tentacles for eyes when I do that. At least eyeliner looks good af on me, even if it takes me an hour to do it right.
what kind of razor do you use? bc for me switching from multi-blade to a de safety razor gave me a lot less irritation + it’s cheaper.
I use a 3 blade razor cause its what I can get in the store here. Ill need to check out a safety razor, my big concern is under my jaw, as it is pretty unevenly shaped. I shave first with and then against the grain, otherwise the hair is long enough to stick through my makeup 😭.
Any recommendations for a cute safety razor (or even just neutral and not marketed towards men)?
i use the king c gillette, but aside from the packaging assuring men how manly they are it’s just a regular stainless steel razor, also bought a big box of bic blades which seem decent.
but yeah shaving under my jaw is the worst :(
I rec a three pass shave; with the grain, across the grain, against the grain. Also, shave butter instead of soap. Also also, shaving under the jaw is easiest for me in the shower because otherwise I just make a mess all over the bathroom.
I have a Feather safety razor, but yeah, it’s clearly marketed “for Men” on the website. The tool itself is so obviously gender neutral and it just has a very plain and utilitarian stainless steel design, but they still feel the need for gendered marketing garbage. 😒
Thank you for the recommendation!
Wow I was gonna write a comment but yeah this is also how I’m feeling minus the facial hair. It fucking sucks :(
My sibling in sadness, im sorry youre also going through it right now