So.. Just because I´m curios..

What do you guys do before you put on your oil / cream / gel / combo of them of your choice?

I´ve heard lots of good stuff about exfoliating.. But is there any other magic tricks and
tips like that?

Thanks,

Carry On. 

yeah i´ve allready tried exfoliating and found that to be a good tip..
just wondering is there any other that kind of tricks / tips among you
all headshaving vets 

'Carry on' ?, like it

Mmmmmmm couple of things I can think of off hand,

With the exfoliating thing, I've pretty much stopped using my HeadShed as a separate thing to do on the head but use it occasionally in the middle of my shave.  What I mean is after shaving with the grain, rinse, exfoliate, wash off and apply my shave gel to go against.  Smooth as!

Mentioned on another post, if your shave lube can lather well, using a good shaving brush  to your noggin works great and exfoliates at the same time helping in getting a much closer shave.

Admittedly u can't do this with all oils but getting your shaving oil warm is really good not only  on how it feels on your scalp but can lead to an effortless shave. I do it my Hot six oil by just putting my bottle inside a hot mug of water whilst bathing then combining it with BaldGuyz gel.

Same deal when washing prior to shaving, let the soapy lather sit on you noggin for a few minutes.  Despite the length of time on this, always results in the actual shaving process to be very quick for me.

I, like a couple of other guys, use a loofa pad.  I use it every day, w/ soap, follow with some "moisturizing" conditioner, then wrap the dome in a towel, well soaked in straight hot water, rung to damp, then dry off, and set up the "weapons"--brush, oil, Cuticura Soap -- an anti acne soap that seems to prevent red spots--, and my blade of choice, Fusion.  Then I remove the towel, and soap again, add the oil, then spray w/ rubbing alcohol, then the Headslick--I also use some gels, like Nivea--it's a mood thing and brush in thoroughly.  Then, I apply the blade, w/ and against the grain, then do a quick resoap, oil, gel or headslick and alcohol and a quick second shave. Then the post shave whip w/ hydrogen peroxide on a pad--it is a great check for any missed areas, benzoyl peroxide gel--again for spots, and Nivea loation.  It's been twelve hours, in a few areas where the skin is thinnest, I have some really minor 0000 sandpaper.  I'm a loofa, brush and alcohol shaving addict.

Nice! Have to try some of these out 

hey ironhorse:  here's an answer 2 your question:  http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=5239.0

WARHAWK

a buddy of mine tried sth. new for exfoliating...a babybrush..

its a very soft brush and it removes dead skin cells very gentle he says without irritating the head..

In the shower:
u gently rotate the brush over the head in circular motions and the soft bristles remove the dead skin cells..sounded pretty awesome..i will definitely try that when i can shave again..

but i also got ahold of some headshed and the whole headslick,headlube stuff... hopefully it rocks..cant wait..

I, like other Bros on here, recently received a gift pack of free items from howard at Bald Guyz. Included in the pack was a tube of Head Wash (sorry can't rememberthe exact name right now). Man that stuff works great..... removes all the natural oiliness from my scalp and makes those little stubbles of hair stand up like a pecker at a porno convention.

Everybody covered most of it.  My main thing is opening the pores.  If you shower shave let the warm/hot water run over your head for a few.  If you sink shave soak a towel with hot water, wring out, and then cover your dome with it for a few.  I actually don't exfoliate that much.  Maybe once a week.  I use a washcloth to scrub my head with the cleanser I use so I'm actually exfoliating right there.