Saving Face

May, 2001

If you shave every morning, do it right. A sterling silver safety razor that costs as much as a color TV starts your clay with panache. (The one pictured here takes a Gillette Mach 3 blade.) Or for more heft, try the Vision, a German-made double-edged stainless-steel razor by Merkur. It's built like a Mercedes-Benz. Lathering up with a badger-bristle brush and lavender, mandarin orange or avocado oil soap in a bowl is a pleasant alternative to a palm full of aerosol foam. To put your best face f...