Shaving While Camping (+10 Things To Be Safe and Resourceful)

Shaving while camping requires a bit of planning before you go away and involves bringing a few extra things with you. Of course it also depends on your camping situation: Are you camping outdoors with limited facilities or are you in an RV with access to running water, etc?

Let’s assume you are roughing it and won’t have access to running water or hot water on demand. Here are a few things to consider before you head out to the great outdoors.

Bring enough equipment to last. 10 Things To Consider.

1. Bring enough disposable razors to last the duration of your camping trip.
2. Use unscented shaving cream. Scented shaving cream can attract bugs.
3. If you use an electric shaver, make sure it’s charged ahead of time and bring the charger just in case. Do you have a portable charger you can bring with you in case you need an emergency charge?
4. Bring a first aid kit with bandaids and perhaps some aftershave too. Bandaids are good even if you don’t normally use them for shaving cuts when you’re in the woods. Even if you don’t normally use aftershave, you can use it in a pinch if you cut yourself and want to ensure the cut(s) is sterilized. That’s what aftershave – even the cheap stuff – is largely for given it’s high alcohol content.
5. Bring a mirror. You’re probably used to shaving in front of your bathroom mirror. Now isn’t the time to shave blind.
6. Or be resourceful. Use your cellphone camera for shaving instead of a mirror. Check out these hacks to learn more.
7. Have a clean facecloth. It’s good for drying your skin and can also be dampened and used as a compress if you cut yourself.
8. Bring a moisturizer and sunblock. Not only for your shaving purposes but you’re most likely going to be outside a great deal and if it’s sunny, you run the risk of skin damage, dry skin and sunburn.
9. Bring a container to hold water. To wash your face with before and after shaving or to rinse your razor blade while shaving.
10. Consider getting a camping shower. Not only can you use it for showering, you can also use the running water for washing your face and rinsing your razor blade.

Shaving While Camping Problems

What if you’re already out in the wilderness and run out of shaving cream, lose your razor or face some other situation?

Either way, I’d avoid dry shaving since it’s not good for your skin. Plus if you’re camping remotely and cut yourself or worse, your options to take care of the cut(s) might be limited. So plan in advance or skip shaving completely for the time your are camping. You might discover a new look that works for you.

Some people embrace the idea of shaving by the water, on a stream, in a lake, etc. Personally I think it’s gross when someone walks into a public water area with their body wash and basically has a shower in the water or does some other form of cleaning out in the open where others are swimming, etc.

Also, I don’t know if I’d trust open water sources like lakes and streams these days. You don’t know how clean and sterile they are.

As the picture above shows, if you already plan on making a fire or have some method of heating water, you can use it to heat up water for shaving quite easily.

Short of that, you can shave with cold water. Our ancestors did it and you can do it for the duration of your trip, too.

Conclusion

• Shaving while camping requires a bit of planning and ensuring you bring along the right tools. Either that or you stop shaving for the duration of the trip and find a new look for yourself.
• Other than the obvious (shaver, shaving cream, etc) bring along a mirror, first aid kit, facecloth and a method of holding clean water, among other things.
• Avoid dry shaving (shaving without shaving cream) as it can irritate your skin and cause cuts. When you’re in the wilderness, that’s clearly not what you want.

Describe your last camping trip and how your shaving experience went in the comments section below!