Hello from Mexico City!

**andresb** · 06-07-2012, 11:50 PM

(or Mexico Shitty, as we say when the traffic is THAT bad).

I'm Andres, born in Argentina, living in Mexico for the last 10 years and loving every minute of it.

I've used everything but a straight razor, and I have a rather sloppy shaving schedule. I shave a couple of times a week, not for lack of growth, but because I don't mind the scruff.

Now I'm willing to pick up a quicker pace and clean up my act. I'm partial to double edge safety razors, and I've been using a very basic Gillette screw-in plastic handled that I've bought some years ago as my "exploratory" razor. After reading a little on this forum I've became aware of my huge luck, as I only used brazilian Gillette Super Thin Mejorada blades, the only blades available at the nearest pharmacy (they don't carry them anymore, now it's only cartridges

).

I've bought a basic kit at ClassicShaving.com: Feather razor and blades (this was before reading about the red Gillettes), a house brand pure badger brush and a mug soap, and I'm learning to shave again, with very pleasant results.

One thing that seems impossible to me is shaving everyday. I'f I get a close shave, the next day my skin is all bumpy and not all the stubs are out already. I have to wait 'til the next day to shave again, and then most of the time I get a nasty razor burn. This has happened since the dawn of beard

and I will be very thankful for any pointers to a better experience. Until now, the only solution available for me was to switch hardware and buy a very noisy electric Braun shaver.

This is me, scruff and all: http://andresb.net/blog/datos/

See you around,
Andres

**Oblique Human** · 06-08-2012, 04:51 AM

Hello Andres, Welcome to B&B!

**Just+Ice** · 06-08-2012, 04:52 AM

Hey Andres, welcome to B&B.

DE shaving is rough on the skin, so pre-shave prep (check out the forums) and shaving every day will help your skin adapt to the harshness.

Also, colourful metaphors are not generally acceptable to most of the guys on here, even when they are humourous.

**Sledgehammer39** · 06-08-2012, 06:10 AM

Welcome Aboard, Andres!

**demaro** · 06-08-2012, 10:08 AM

Welcome to b&B !! Andres !!

**NickCutlip** · 06-08-2012, 10:14 AM

Welcome to the forum !!

**dpmtherrien** · 06-08-2012, 01:03 PM

Hello Andres, nice to have you here. Welcome.

**Optometrist** · 06-08-2012, 01:08 PM

Welcome to B&B, Andres!

**hotreds** · 06-08-2012, 01:20 PM

¡Hola, Andres- un poco differente el Mexicano y el Argentino, no?

**rxonmymind** · 06-08-2012, 01:39 PM

HI, right back at you! Welcome to B&B! Love to visit there some day....

**Yorch** · 06-08-2012, 01:56 PM

Hola Andres, welcome!

I live in Mexico City too, if you live in the south (near Villa Coapa) I can give you some blades...

Tip #1: Feather blades can really tear your face down... maybe that's why you're getting so much razor burn

Saludos

**The Count of Merkur Cristo** · 06-08-2012, 05:32 PM

Jaló

Andres from Argentina, but 'expatting' in Mexico City, Mexico (Yeah Baby!!!).

Welcome aboard the B & B (besides being enrolled in the fictional, sacred and utopian Order of Shavedom). Please feel free to come up to the promenade / sun deck & 'sit-a-spell'.

Sounds like you're off to a great start and yes, this Forum has the knowledge, ideas, and all around 'know-how' to assist in your Wet-Shaving experience. In a nut-shell...your 'gonna' love it here.

In my opinon, it's wise and sage advice to get a Razor Blade Sampler (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/208375-DE-Blade-Sampler-Which-Blade-First?highlight=), so that you'll see what blade would be a good fit (mild, moderate & aggressive, ect...), for your face and Razor.

Also, the Thread entitled Wet Shaving Instructions & Tutorials (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...THIS-THREAD%21), maybe of great interest to you and is very informative to include shaving videos by member Mantic @ http://www.youtube.com/user/mantic59.

Although, you may not be additted yet (I think I'm holding up fairly well...with a few exceptions), because we all suffer (gladly and are doomed perhaps), from this shaving complusion (and other Acquisition Disorders), because at times..."Resistance is futile".

"Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it". Sam Levenson

Please don't forget once you get time....to tell us a little about yourself in the Hall of Fame sub-forum.

“Life is [like] a razor, you arealways in hot water or a scrape”. Anonymous

**mistervee123** · 06-08-2012, 07:54 PM

DE shaving is a wonderful, and even fun way to clean up "your act" IMHO, and I was the same prior to this. Scruffiness was fine with me. Now, not so much. Welcome! Glad you like Mexico City. I had a friend who lived there for a couple years, then vamanos'd back across the border to cooler climes when he had the chance.

**Whilliam** · 06-09-2012, 01:24 AM

Welcome and enjoy!

**malocchio** · 06-09-2012, 11:46 AM

Hola amigo ! welcome to the best shaving forum !

**GDCarrington** · 06-09-2012, 03:24 PM

Welcome aboard the good ship B&B. Take a stroll on the promenade deck and enjoy the voyage.

Always remember, relax but be vigilant when you shave!

**andresb** · 06-13-2012, 08:04 AM

Hey guys! Are there any gals here? Just curious, I've seen many reviews on Amazon signed by women and I've always thought they were a marketing plot).

Thank you for the warm welcome. I'll go to the Hall of Fame and bore the brains out of you with "me, me and me" soon ;-)

Cheers!