A as in Aufschäumen
Aufschäumen means to lather up, which is the first step for any shave. What you need: shaving brush and shaving soap or shaving cream.
Terms from the shaving world from A to Z.
Aufschäumen means to lather up, which is the first step for any shave. What you need: shaving brush and shaving soap or shaving cream.
Already in the days of the Roman Empire, the craft of the barber was widespread. But the daily visit was not only about shaving and grooming hair, beard, and facial skin. The versed craftsmen were also always well informed.
Chromium is in high demand. Not only in the Ore Mountains, the place where MÜHLE has been producing shaving brushes and safety razors for over 70 years.
The animal is of special interest to connoisseurs of the fine wet shave because of its fur. The hair is delicate and elastic and produces an especially creamy and thick lather.
Fibre are synthetic polymer fibres for shaving brushes. They are coloured in such a way that they resemble natural hair deceptively real. Nevertheless, they are anything but cheap copies.
Gesichtsrasur means facial shave. What is considered as attractive is constantly renegotiated and this is why a smooth-face phase may follow after a bearded one. Interestingly, the notion of smoothness…
A good hairstyle and a proper shave have something in common: the quality of the tips of the hair is important. For a long time, the plucked hairs of a…
Circumcision, tattooing, the ordination of priests – it is customary in different cultures worldwide to carry out the admission of the young man into the circle of adults by means…
Imagine a traditional shaving scene. In your mind’s eye, you might first see the barber stroking the razor several times over a leather strap before he turns to his customer’s…
Klinge means Blade. The American travelling salesman King Camp Gillette wanted to get rich. The best way to achieve this goal, he thought, would be to invent a practical disposable…
They began to sprout about 15 years ago, and ten years ago they were already omnipresent: beards, beards, and more beards. Even Hollywood stars such as George Clooney and Brad…
Unlike our ancestors, we’ve developed a pronounced need for hygiene. We smell better and look better groomed. The downside is that our many showers and, above all, daily shaves deprive…
For a long time, badger hair was thought to be the very best fibre for shaving brushes. It has a high level of resilience and flexibility and is about the…