Usage and Tips
- When you first purchase your shaving brush, lather and wash it with shaving soap 1-2 times before its first use to remove shelf and manufacturing dust, then let it dry in an airy area.
- Boar bristle brushes are organic bristles and therefore require pre-preparation. Soften the bristles by soaking your brush in warm water for half a minute, ensuring the base is also submerged, then start lathering.
- After pre-softening, without shaking off too much water from the wet brush, start swirling it over the cream or soap. Continue until you achieve the desired lather, adjusting with a little water or product until you get a whipped cream consistency.
- Then, gently move the brush over your face in circular motions to soften your beard and skin.
- If you shave intermittently and use aggressive razors, moving the brush over your face for at least 1.5 minutes is important for preparing for the shave.
- Apply lather to your face with the brush again between each pass.
- After shaving, it is important to rinse the brushes very well. If brushes are not rinsed well, alkali buildup occurs at the base of the bristles. This leads to excessive hair loss after a while. This situation is considered user error.
- To extend the life of your brushes, thoroughly open up the bases and rinse them under running water from all angles, then hang them to dry in an airy environment.
- Boar bristle brushes have organic bristles, and boiling & extremely hot water will deform them.
- Do not expose your brush to water that is too hot to touch. Boiling water deforms the bristles and also damages the adhesive at the root of the brush bristles.
- Do not expose your brushes to any chemicals. Do not leave them wet in a closed environment where they cannot dry.
- For all shaving brushes, when new, it is normal to lose 3-5 bristles with each shave. Bristles that cannot hold to the knot fall out, and this shedding decreases and disappears within the first 1.5 months.
- A well-cared-for boar brush can be used for approximately 6-7 years. This period may even be longer depending on usage.
- Boar bristle brushes have a stiff structure. Over time, they break in on the face, and their tips split and soften. Therefore, until the brush is fully broken in, it would be better to lather in a bowl rather than on the face.