well, i've been at de shaving for about 6 days total.
equipment
gillette tech
vdh soap & brush
the first 4 days i used the red personna blade...great shave. it took me about 2 days to realize to learn a few things in order to get a closer shave. by day 3 i was loving the results.
yesterday and today i used astra...boy did that hurt. yesterday after only 2 passes, parts of my face had more hair than others. today i was halfway through pass 3 and had to stop. i finished it with mach 3. i'm done with astra. i'm gonna try the thin gillette blade that came with the razor and i'm gonna order some more blades.
i'm gonna try the sample pack because everyone says a body has to try several blades. but i loved the personna so much, i just wanna stick with it. but i'm gonna try just a few other blades to see if any can beat the personna.
i'm considering trying another soap...probably col. conk. it's kinda cheap and doesn't add much to the s&h. of all this is from west coast shaving. i was also thinking of prorasos tube. someone said it costs a lot ($10) but it lasts forever...or at least a whole lot longer than a comparable amount of canned foam.
any suggestions or recommendations based on anything i've just said? in general, i'm satisfied with my shaves. it's serving the purpose. so long as i don't use astra, my shaves are causing no pain. but i'm always willing to hearing what others have to say as far as improvement.
equipment
gillette tech
vdh soap & brush
the first 4 days i used the red personna blade...great shave. it took me about 2 days to realize to learn a few things in order to get a closer shave. by day 3 i was loving the results.
yesterday and today i used astra...boy did that hurt. yesterday after only 2 passes, parts of my face had more hair than others. today i was halfway through pass 3 and had to stop. i finished it with mach 3. i'm done with astra. i'm gonna try the thin gillette blade that came with the razor and i'm gonna order some more blades.
i'm gonna try the sample pack because everyone says a body has to try several blades. but i loved the personna so much, i just wanna stick with it. but i'm gonna try just a few other blades to see if any can beat the personna.
i'm considering trying another soap...probably col. conk. it's kinda cheap and doesn't add much to the s&h. of all this is from west coast shaving. i was also thinking of prorasos tube. someone said it costs a lot ($10) but it lasts forever...or at least a whole lot longer than a comparable amount of canned foam.
any suggestions or recommendations based on anything i've just said? in general, i'm satisfied with my shaves. it's serving the purpose. so long as i don't use astra, my shaves are causing no pain. but i'm always willing to hearing what others have to say as far as improvement.