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 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. 😒
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.
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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.
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
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 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!
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 :(