I visit a barbershop twice a month to have my beard shaped and my hair trimmed down, as I like a tight-cropped beard that looks neat. Even though it’s called a barbershop, my stylist uses trimmers, not straight-edge blades. Nonetheless, I was delighted with the results of the beard trim as I am only marginally good at maintaining my beard lines as sharp as I like them. I did not know there was an improved way of retaining a closely cropped beard since I am a neophyte to having a beard.I have been going for a beard trim for about six months and always see the same stylist. However, I had an interview last week, and I needed an unscheduled beard trim beforehand. My stylist was not working, so I reluctantly had to go with another stylist.Well, it turned out to be fortuitous because after this new stylist had trimmed my beard and I thought he was finished, he surprised me by pulling out a silver device that my other stylist had never used on me. I asked what the device was, and he explained that it was a double-foil shaver he used to obtain a super smooth finish on his client’s skin as the last step in the beard trim process.I was intrigued. Remember, my beard hair is cut and shaped with trimmers, not a blade, so the results are typically still good, but my face skin is not smooth. The stylist started going over my skin with the shaver, and I could see that this double-foil shaver was smoothly moving across my skin without a hint of resistance, leaving in its wake skin free of any trace of even the tiniest hair I could see. The stylist also ran the shaver over my beard hair to remove small hairs that might still be present. This worked fine and did not remove any excessive hair that I feared might have happened. After he finished with the shaver, I felt my skin; it was baby-smooth soft. It was clear that using a double foil shaver made for a superior beard trim.Naturally, I inquired about the shaver and asked if I could buy it on Amazon. The stylist said absolutely, and he found the BaByliss single—and double-foil shavers on Amazon. He told me I would be good with the single-foil shaver, which cost about $100.00.The idea of using a cordless shaver on my sensitive face and neck skin seemingly without irritating and achieving an impressive baby-soft skin result had me sold on the spot. Instead of shaving my skin with my Harry’s razor blade, which did not produce the best results because of my skill set, I could use this shaver on my dry skin and get impressive results.When I returned home, I jumped on the Amazon app and pulled up the BaByliss shavers, the stylist-recommended brand. I saw both the single-foiled and double-foiled shavers. I had intended to buy the single-foiled shaver, but the stylist had been using the double-foiled version, and I was impressed with how that performed, so I opted to buy the double-foiled shaver. It was barely $40.00 more than the single-foiled version, so it was a relatively easy decision.The BaByliss Pro shaver arrived at my front door two days later. I immediately pulled it out of the box and set it up for a full charge, completed within three hours. As I had two days' worth of new beard hair growth on my face, I wanted to try it out, but I was not sure how it would perform because I had more hair on my face than when the stylist used the shaver on me. Nevertheless, the double-foil shaver performed admirably, and I was able to achieve the same baby-soft skin on my face; however, with the hair on my neck, I likely did not have the right angle, or I went with the grain of the hair instead of going against it that the manual recommended. Afterward, my neck skin was red and irritated, enough so that I had to apply moisturizer on it because it stung. That aside, the shaver had done its job well, and I had no noticeable hair on my neck or around where my beard had ended. By the evening, after another application of moisturizer to my neck, my irritated skin had calmed down and was not red anymore. But I will be more careful with my neck shaving tomorrow. I am confident that I can achieve favorable results without irritating my skin because the stylist did not irritate my neck skin when he used the shaver.I hesitated to run the shaver over my beard hair, the part I wanted to keep. I was using the stylist's exact shaver, but I fear that if I ran the shaver onto my beard directly, it might take a big chunk of hair, which would be a disaster. So, I will wait until my next beard trim appointment and confirm that I can do this without fear of removing too much beard hair.In closing, I highly recommend the double-foiled BaByliss Pro shaver. It may seem a tad expensive, at approximately $140.00, but it is far easier to handle than a razor blade to remove daily or every other day regrowth. The double-foiled shaver is undoubtedly easier to navigate on my face, and I can achieve results almost as good as a professional beard trim.I will likely still obtain a professional beard trim once a month instead of my current twice-monthly visits. If I go only once a month instead of twice, with the money saved on one fewer visit a month, I can pay off the cost of the shaver entirely in about six months.If you want to make fast work of your shaving routine, whatever it may be, this double-foiled shaver will deliver impressive results. If you are still trying to decide, I suggest you order and try the BaByliss Pro FoilFX02 shaver. In the worst case, you do not think it delivers better results than shaving with a razor, or however you maintain your beard, you can easily return it for a full refund. In the best case scenario, and the more likely outcome, you have found a fantastic double-foil shaver that will make your shaving routine easier, and who cannot get behind making their shaving routine quicker and better?
