Hi Everyone,
Newbie checking-in after, 31 and just starting on my DE journey (this is week two). I am currently having to work from home due to Covid-19 and thought I would try to learn a new skill. I have therefore started to learn to shave with a DE razor (I was previously shaving with an electric razor but often got razor burn and ingrown hairs).
Week one did not go so well...Day one was fine, I did a single pass WTG and left it at that (it took me a while to prep, organise blade, cream, etc). Shave 2 (I only shave every second day so day 3) did not go well. The first pass WTG was ok, couple nicks but overall fine, then I attempted XTG and ended up with quite a few cuts and razor burn on my neck. I think I just got a bit too confident and hadn't properly figured out pressure and angle. So after shave 2, I started looking on line more and from lurking on posts here I was drawn to Mantic's youtube videos. After that I have decided to take it slow and do 3 weeks of three passes WTG as one of his videos suggests until I improve my technique. Week 1 shave 3 and week 2 shave 1 have gone much better doing this.
Setup is:
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE86
Blades: Wilkinson Sword Classics
Brush: Edwin Jagger 286 synthetic silver tip
Bowl: Stef Baxter Handmade Blue Stoneware Shaving Lathering Bowl
Preshave Oil: Nuage Shaving Oil (not sure how much difference this makes)
Shaving Cream: The Real Shaving Company Age Defence
After shave lotion: Clinique for Men (after a TOB styptic pencil if needed)
Moisturizer: Jack Black double-duty
Looking forward to progressing with DE shaving and learning from this forum. I am already holding myself back on buying more creams, soaps, brushes and blades!
Thanks,
Abz88
Newbie checking-in after, 31 and just starting on my DE journey (this is week two). I am currently having to work from home due to Covid-19 and thought I would try to learn a new skill. I have therefore started to learn to shave with a DE razor (I was previously shaving with an electric razor but often got razor burn and ingrown hairs).
Week one did not go so well...Day one was fine, I did a single pass WTG and left it at that (it took me a while to prep, organise blade, cream, etc). Shave 2 (I only shave every second day so day 3) did not go well. The first pass WTG was ok, couple nicks but overall fine, then I attempted XTG and ended up with quite a few cuts and razor burn on my neck. I think I just got a bit too confident and hadn't properly figured out pressure and angle. So after shave 2, I started looking on line more and from lurking on posts here I was drawn to Mantic's youtube videos. After that I have decided to take it slow and do 3 weeks of three passes WTG as one of his videos suggests until I improve my technique. Week 1 shave 3 and week 2 shave 1 have gone much better doing this.
Setup is:
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE86
Blades: Wilkinson Sword Classics
Brush: Edwin Jagger 286 synthetic silver tip
Bowl: Stef Baxter Handmade Blue Stoneware Shaving Lathering Bowl
Preshave Oil: Nuage Shaving Oil (not sure how much difference this makes)
Shaving Cream: The Real Shaving Company Age Defence
After shave lotion: Clinique for Men (after a TOB styptic pencil if needed)
Moisturizer: Jack Black double-duty
Looking forward to progressing with DE shaving and learning from this forum. I am already holding myself back on buying more creams, soaps, brushes and blades!
Thanks,
Abz88
