Greetings all!
I had my first hot towel shave yesterday at an "old time" barbers on Westmoreland Street, here in Dublin. This place was on the news a few years ago because they were apparently one of the few barber shops to still offer this service.
Anyway, me lovely wife got me a gift certificate last Christmas to go down and have a go... Oh my - what an experience! The barber really earned his money with me. I have a really heavy, tough beard, which required yer man to sit for almost 10 minutes working the shaving paste in.
The end result was superb. I haven't had skin that smooth since I was about 10 years old! No razor burn, no negative effects. Not one cut or scrape. Afterwards he used some kind of goopy aftershave which left my skin very soft - but I didn't particularly care for the scent.
He also gave me a "head massage". I had the "shiatsu" version previously at me wife's hoity toity salon, but this was different. Intense, but actually quite pleasant. Yer man's hands were a blur they were moving so fast. He used some kind of strange smelling on my hair prior to and during the massage. I don't know what it was - I haven't decided if I like the smell or not. My wife didn't though - she said that it smelled like "old men".
If any of you are ever through Dublin, I highly recommend the service. Try to get the guy who is actually featured in the newspaper clipping posted at the entrance. He looks a little like Pervez Musharraf (the Pakistani leader), so he is easy to spot. The man was an expert with the straight razor!
I had my first hot towel shave yesterday at an "old time" barbers on Westmoreland Street, here in Dublin. This place was on the news a few years ago because they were apparently one of the few barber shops to still offer this service.
Anyway, me lovely wife got me a gift certificate last Christmas to go down and have a go... Oh my - what an experience! The barber really earned his money with me. I have a really heavy, tough beard, which required yer man to sit for almost 10 minutes working the shaving paste in.
The end result was superb. I haven't had skin that smooth since I was about 10 years old! No razor burn, no negative effects. Not one cut or scrape. Afterwards he used some kind of goopy aftershave which left my skin very soft - but I didn't particularly care for the scent.
He also gave me a "head massage". I had the "shiatsu" version previously at me wife's hoity toity salon, but this was different. Intense, but actually quite pleasant. Yer man's hands were a blur they were moving so fast. He used some kind of strange smelling on my hair prior to and during the massage. I don't know what it was - I haven't decided if I like the smell or not. My wife didn't though - she said that it smelled like "old men".
If any of you are ever through Dublin, I highly recommend the service. Try to get the guy who is actually featured in the newspaper clipping posted at the entrance. He looks a little like Pervez Musharraf (the Pakistani leader), so he is easy to spot. The man was an expert with the straight razor!
