This might just be me, when I used to shave with a cart my face would feel rough for about two days and then start to soften up as the beard got longer, recently I had to miss a day of shaving for the first time in a while and I noticed my beard started to feel soft again after a little over one days growth. Even my stubble doesn't feel as rough. I'm trying to figure out is this my shaving soap or is it because a de cuts differently? I had heard that carts mostly pull out your hair not cut it and I really feel like that's not the case with my safety razor.