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Shaving (or Beard Trimming): Where do you do it and how do you clean up the hair you've shaved off?

justanothersheeldz [Edit] [Delete] 56 replies 09:59, 20 February '13

I use an electric trimmer for my beard - where do you do it and where does your hair go? If i spend 10 minutes shaving it'll be 6 months before all the hairs are properly cleared from my sink. Any tips?

I have been switching between a wet paper towel to just my dry hands scooping them up...

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  • ideally in someone else's car

    but on the train or bus is always good.

    saps | 20 Feb '13, 10:01 | X
    • but seriously guys...

      over the toilet sometimes.

      Yes, I know that's a bit rank.

      saps @saps | 20 Feb '13, 10:01 | X
  • Do it in the shower (before you turn the shower on)

    Sorted.

    badmanreturns | 20 Feb '13, 10:01 | X
  • Just sort of really try and shave close to the balls for the majority

    and then thin out the glory trail on my tummy so that you can really sort of appreciate the fella.

    Just sort of blows away in the wind afterwards I guess.

    cocodaLOL | 20 Feb '13, 10:02 | X
    • OH.

      Yeah I have a shaving dish thing that i catch the shavings in so i don't end up covering a white bathroom in black hair. Then I wash the dish.

      cocodaLOL @cocodaLOL | 20 Feb '13, 10:03 | X
    • Nice of you to think about my appreciation of your fella.

      saps @cocodaLOL | 20 Feb '13, 10:03 | X
      • i mean there's no point in displaying the Mona Lisa in a horrible frame

        right?

        cocodaLOL @saps | 20 Feb '13, 10:04 | X
    • jobless fella

      japes @cocodaLOL | 20 Feb '13, 10:21 | X
      • not so much jobless

        he's just doing pro bono work at the moment.
        PRO BONO. JAPES.

        cocodaLOL @japes | 20 Feb '13, 10:23 | X
  • I usually do it in the bath

    and have a patented water swishing technique to make sure the vast majority of the hairs go down the drain with the water. There's always a few stragglers though.

    colossalhorse | 20 Feb '13, 10:02 | X
  • Depends how long you leave it between trims

    as long as the leftover hair is short stubbly bits then I just rinse them down the sink

    Smyth2 | 20 Feb '13, 10:03 | X
  • i use an electric beard trimmer thing

    have a mirror that I can carry about, put some newspaper down in front of it, shave, throw, and rinse

    Matt_was_taken | 20 Feb '13, 10:04 | X
  • stand over a bin

    hoover up the majority that doesn't go in the bin

    guntrip | 20 Feb '13, 10:06 | X
    • (guess it helps my wardrobe has floor-length mirrors on the doors)

      guntrip @guntrip | 20 Feb '13, 10:06 | X
  • You could try cleaning your bathroom properly, pal

    monoshono | 20 Feb '13, 10:06 | X
  • I trim or shave over the sink

    I put down a few strips of toilet paper over the plug hole to catch the hairs. If any hairs miss the paper, I wipe them up.

    Easy peasy.

    poptimusgrime | 20 Feb '13, 10:07 | X
  • I've always been a scruffy git and sort of shaved fully in cycles of 2 or 3 weeks

    shaving my cheeks to stop me looking like Benicio Del Toro in Wolfman.

    Since Christmas I have been 'maintaining' a beard. I dry shave too.

    Generally, I use a comb to bring out the longest hairs and then trim along the comb with the beard trimmer. Before I did this I used to just cut chunks of beard out and have to shave completely. Thinning it like this seems to work really well (and the irritable skin issues I used to have have gone). I do this about once a week. It doesn't generate too much hair.

    funkycow | 20 Feb '13, 10:13 | X
    • oh, sorry, where - bathroom, over the sink in front of a mirror. where else would you do it?

      funkycow @funkycow | 20 Feb '13, 10:14 | X
  • i just walk around someone else's house while i shave with an electric thing

    cat_race | 20 Feb '13, 10:13 | X
    • This electric thing you speak of. It's purpose built for shaving?

      I wonder what a good product name would be for that

      slavestate @cat_race | 20 Feb '13, 13:06 | X
      • Debearder?

        slavestate @slavestate | 20 Feb '13, 13:06 | X
  • In the bathroom, in front of the mirror, over the sink

    Shave, then rinse the hair off of the sink.

    Anything else sounds a bit unnecessary

    NoahVale | 20 Feb '13, 10:25 | X
    Epimer, andyvine, wisdom, chanticleer, tobythecat, Noblet, berksy, fuck_this_band, and kilgore-trout this'd this
  • wank into the sink first

    the hair will stick to the kids making it easier to collect afterwards

    soapy | 20 Feb '13, 10:26 | X
    • oh god

      I meant jizz! Fucking autocorrect

      soapy @soapy | 20 Feb '13, 10:27 | X
    • You wank over kids?

      Then shave next to them?

      NoahVale @soapy | 20 Feb '13, 10:29 | X
    • Well I can't say I approve of your methods

      but top marks for innovation. Way to think outside the box.

      colossalhorse @soapy | 20 Feb '13, 10:35 | X
    • *distant sound of sirens approaching*

      :'D

      fitzcarraldo @soapy | 20 Feb '13, 10:38 | X
      justanothersheeldz, Noblet, berksy, and DaddyorChips this'd this
    • I thought you were just being premature

      funkycow @soapy | 20 Feb '13, 12:13 | X
      • *pre-pubescent

        NoahVale @funkycow | 20 Feb '13, 12:15 | X
    • 'The Kids' is a brilliant name for jizz.

      DeadJames @soapy | 20 Feb '13, 15:20 | X
      untrue, kilgore-trout, and poptimusgrime this'd this
  • I dry the sink first,

    Then shave over it, then wipe the mirror, sink rim and taps down with a bit of dry loo roll, sweeping it into the sink. Then I run the tap and flush it down the plughole. Then I have a shower, to get rid of the trimmings on me.

    marckee | 20 Feb '13, 10:26 | X
    • this is exactly what i do

      the dry hands technique is utterly useless.

      justanothersheeldz @marckee | 20 Feb '13, 10:47 | X
  • Bought a cordless one so I can do it outside.

    Sometimes birds come and collect my beard hair to use in their nests.

    The circle of life.

    deadonthestairs | 20 Feb '13, 10:31 | X
    • I do this too.

      the_bread_museum @deadonthestairs | 20 Feb '13, 15:31 | X
  • over the sink

    then just run the taps and wash the clippage down.
    How is this a problem?

    fidel_catstro | 20 Feb '13, 10:36 | X
    • the cost of water is driven up hugely

      because the most difficult process at a water refinery is getting hair (both beard and pubes) out. big mesh can get toilet paper and shit and that out but hair is more difficult

      cat_race @fidel_catstro | 20 Feb '13, 10:51 | X
  • i sit on the floor in front of a mirror

    with a desk bin on my lap and buzz it off from there. Gets all down my front a bit though.

    yuggy | 20 Feb '13, 10:39 | X
  • My dad lines the sink with newspaper

    Then just folds in up, with the trimmings inside, and puts it in the bin.

    Tillance | 20 Feb '13, 12:17 | X
  • My girlfriend has a square sink that has no concave to the plug hole. Makes it impossible to clear away most of the cleaved stubble. Seriously takes longer to clean up than it does to trim.

    Why would someone (the landlord) want a flat, square sink?

    Splenic_Artery | 20 Feb '13, 12:35 | X
  • I'm genuinely stunned at the the amount of fannying around that's going on

    Just shave and rinse the hairs away.

    NoahVale | 20 Feb '13, 12:35 | X
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  • on the occasions i end up growing it too long for a bic disposable:

    hair clippers, over the toilet, flushed away

    TheWza | 20 Feb '13, 13:01 | X
    • must cost you a bloody fortune in hair clippers

      Epimer @TheWza | 20 Feb '13, 13:07 | X
  • Cross legged on the bedroom floor, stripped to the waist, small

    plastic bin balancing on my lap, mirror in one hand, clippers in the other, the soothing sounds of Talksport on in the background.

    jacques_le_biscuit_ | 20 Feb '13, 13:03 | X
  • down the sink

    brusma | 20 Feb '13, 13:06 | X
  • I have a beard

    I trim it over the sink looking in the bathroom mirror.

    I use a wet tissue to wipe up the hair.

    I flush it down the loo so it doesn't block the plughole.

    My story is cool, and he called me bro.

    moker | 20 Feb '13, 13:13 | X
    funkycow, berksy, and andyvine this'd this
  • Electric trimmer over a dustpan from dustpan and brush which is

    placed on a laminate floor. Brush front of self and sweep remains with brush into dustpan.

    licky_kicky | 20 Feb '13, 13:21 | X
  • shave in the shower.

    fog free mirror.
    when i had a beard i'd trim in the bathroom over the sink or the bog, either or really

    hibster | 20 Feb '13, 13:31 | X
  • but...

    when drilling holes in walls you can tape a paper bag under neath & that collects all the dust etc from the drilling
    so do that
    tape a paper bag to your chest.
    hope this helps.

    hibster | 20 Feb '13, 13:32 | X
  • my trimmer has a vacuum thing in, it works quite well to stop most of the hair going down the plughole...

    but I've never had a problem with an un-cleanable sink

    gecko | 20 Feb '13, 15:12 | X
  • Amazing life tip:

    Put clingfilm over the sink, the beard/stubble hair sticks to the clingfilm, then just chuck away. No wash-up necessary.

    Ymmit | 20 Feb '13, 15:22 | X
    Ymmit this'd this
    • (I've yet to try this)

      Ymmit @Ymmit | 20 Feb '13, 15:22 | X
  • We've not got a mirror in our bathroom

    untrue | 20 Feb '13, 15:31 | X
  • I used to shave my chin and head on carpet

    then just hoover it all up. Now it is in the bathroom on the floor, scoop up as much as I can with dry hands, then rub a slightly damp bit of bog roll (baby wipes are good too) until it has all gone. At the same time I can get rid of dust and other bathroom floor stains or mouldy bits. Sorted.

    steinbolt | 20 Feb '13, 15:55 | X
  • There's a sink in my bedroom

    when I trim in there it all seems to go in the sink. But the mirror is better/closer in the bathroom so it's much easier to trim in there. But the hair seems to go absolutely everywhere. I don't understand it.

    Icarus-Smicarus | 20 Feb '13, 16:56 | X
  • Far too many metrosexuals in this thread.

    I just shave over the sink, quick swill of the cold tap, whatever's left after that is down to the taps not doing their job and so isn't really my problem.

    forzaborza | 20 Feb '13, 16:58 | X
  • I place a mirror in the bath.....and then a bin

    and then shave over the bath and collect the hair in the bin.....with a shaver obvs. Otherwise I just block the sink with my hair/have hair everywhere.
    you're welcome

    labmonkeya529 | 20 Feb '13, 16:59 | X
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