Perfecting The Shine On MY Dome

It's been since the Paleozoic Age when I last wrote, but I made a discovery about head shine that works for me.
When I first started shaving, I was envious of guys whose heads were shiny, and I wanted to ask each one what they used. Fearing for my safety, I checked out info here instead.

I thought my own head looked a little mangy and dull, so I started using things like Hot Six or Lubriderm, and they've all worked well. But no matter how much I like the product or its effect, I feel like I have something on my head (...which I do...). I recently had an experience that has yielded an incredibly shiny head consistently since. It's so basic that I'm embarrassed to mention it. I may be opening up myself for ridicule, and not for the first time. If others have already shared this kind of thing ages ago, I apologize.

Anyway, with that preamble rivaling our constitution's, here's the deal: I ran out of shampoo some weeks ago. It's not the first time that happened, and what I've usually done is simply use soap instead. No big deal. But this last time I forgot to soap up my head separately and simply used the soapy washcloth instead. The result? A head so super-shiny head that when I catch sight of myself in a mirror in public, I'm actually self-conscious and wonder if there's such a thing as TOO shiny? Is that possible? And if I add a few drops of Hot Six to that, look out! My head looks so glassy and reflective that I could serve as a lighthouse in a pinch. I haven't done that much since because it does indeed look ridiculously shiny.

So now I'm back to using shampoo, but I still run the washcloth over the head at the end of the shower, and the result works without fail (so far). I know folks on the site have talked about everything from the funny head polishers to the cocoa bits in the HeadBlade pre-shave thingy, to baby oil and back for shine, but this has been such a cost-free discovery for me and so easy, that I'm sure it's been brought up here before and I'm just way behind on that.

Many thanks, guys.

Great cost-saving idea. I'm for anything that keeps the cash in my pockets.....
and the sparkle on my dome.

If it does'nt sparkle, it doesn't count.

BeachComber wrote:If it does'nt sparkle, it doesn't count.

That's the whole point of headshaving. If done right, you achieve maximum shine.

Folks think I grease my head, but in actaulity it's the astringents that yield maximum shine.

To maximize the shine on my dome, my wife made a mix of kiwi and pineapple essence.
Works as an astringent as well.

^ Sounds good.

With all that sweet stuff on your head, you're bound to get stung.

A rinse of cold water rids the head of any of the sweet residue.

A splash of Witch Hazel does the same.

Aloe in the fridge does wonders to chill 'n shine my hot summer dome.

Aloe vera gel makes my dome sticky during the dog days of summer. One or two ice cubes and some cool water does the job for me.

I rotate my shine between ordinary vaseline and hair gel. I did say hair gel. It's inexpensive and with a quick rub or two over my head it yields an awesome head shine.