I have just started steaming towels.
Wish I had started 35 years ago. It makes an enormous difference as far as my face/shave is concerned. It adds about three minutes to the process (45 seconds for the micronuke and the rest is face time) so it is not that much more trouble.
The benefit for me is a much closer shave with an added luxury factor. It feels REALLY GOOD. The only way it could improve is if my wife applied it to my face wearing something naughty.
I rank it right up there with fine chocolate and a freshly ground/brewed cup of Columbian coffee.
This morning, 0500 hours, I was preparing for my daily shave by taking a nice, hot shower, whipping up a nice lather with a Semogue 1305 out of Conk almond and KMF Pomegranate, wet my face and then nuked my towel.
I took that towel to the bathroom, let it cool just a second or two, and then applied Shave Secret to my face and then popped that towel on. Two minutes of near bliss. That steam feels soo soo good.
Lather was great too....nice and yogurt like. My 1305 is getting more and more broken in and softer so the lathering process was butter smooth....pillowy, so to speak.
59 Fatboy set on seven, cold water splashes between lathers/passes, took the same towel that had cooled and dunked it in fresh, cold water. Wrung it out and popped that to my BBS face. Felt really good as well.
Thayers WH, drying time while cleaning up, and then Barbasol Pacific Rush for a menthol finish.......five hours later my face is still smooth and I have very little redness to my pores. That has always been my trouble area.....red pores. Having Rosacea doesn't help things but this is the best my skin has ever looked.