The Razor Bump Routine - Wash, Smooth, Fade

If shaving leaves you with bumps, the problem isn't your skin. It's the angle of your hair.

Coarse, tightly curled hair doesn't grow straight out of the follicle. It curves. After a close shave, that freshly cut tip can curl back toward the skin instead of growing past it — which is what leaves the raised, irritated bumps along the jaw and neck, and the dark marks that outlast them.

You can't change how your hair grows. You can change how you shave, and how you look after your skin between shaves.

Three steps

1. Wash — Aloe & Dead Sea Salt Beard Wash
Softens hair and clears the surface before the blade touches it. Sulfate-free, so it won't strip a jawline that's already had enough.

2. Smooth — 10% Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Serum
For your non-shave nights. Glycolic acid gently exfoliates the surface layer, helping smooth the look of rough, uneven texture.

3. Fade — Niacinamide Dark Spot Correcting Serum
Fragrance-free niacinamide with vitamin C and B5 to help soften the look of the dark marks bumps leave behind on melanin-rich skin.

How to use it

• Shave days: Warm compress, wash, use a clear shaving gel, and shave with the grain.
• Non-shave nights: Wash, then a few drops of the glycolic serum. Start two or three nights a week and build up as your skin adjusts.
• Every morning: A few drops of the niacinamide serum on marks or across the face, then sunscreen.
• Wear sunscreen daily. Glycolic acid makes skin more sensitive to sunlight, and UV deepens dark marks.

How you shave matters as much as what you use

• Shave with the direction of growth, never against it
• Don't pull the skin taut to get a closer cut — that's what buries the hair tip
• Sharp blade, short strokes, light pressure, never more than two passes over the same area
• Shave regularly rather than letting stubble build
• Or skip the blade: clippers with a guard at 1–3 mm never cut to the skin

Read the full shaving guide →

What's included

• Aloe & Dead Sea Salt Beard Wash — 150 mL / 5.07 fl. oz.
• 10% Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Serum — 30 mL / 1 fl. oz.
• Niacinamide Dark Spot Correcting Serum — 30 mL / 1 fl. oz.

Bought separately: $91. Together: $65.

Vegan. Cruelty-free. Paraben-free. Sulfate-free wash. Made in North America.

This routine is a grooming regimen, not a medical treatment. If your skin is broken, painfully inflamed, or not improving, see a dermatologist.