I have to give a big thank you to Gott543 for his Cold Weather post. I am a few months in to DE shaving. I started on June. Starting last month, I started getting bad shaves. I was having some serious thoughts about going back to cartridges. I had another bad shave. It was about my third one of November. I happened to be on here and read a post about skin drying out and it hit me: My face is dried out! Just like your hands will split when they are dry, your face will cut easier. I have forced air heat and work in the cold. That was one thing. I also started using Proraso Menthol cream in addition to CC Bay Rum which has alcohol. That was another. I was cutting my neck all up. I had razor bumps and burn. It was terrible. I moisturized with nivea twice after my last bad shave. I followed it up with a weeks worth of Curel intense healing lotion and did not shave for that week. I went back to my TOBS sandalwood, badger brush(instead of my boar), alum block, and Nivea balm for tonight's shave. I used my 34c Merkur and a feather with 3 shaves on it. I had an awesome shave! Near BBS. I had few nicks where my face was still a bit dry but the alum took care of it. I also found. That I was starting the razor to my face wrong. I started the razor with the bar on my face then tilted to find the angle. I decided to start it with the cap on my face instead! Work so much better. I also tried a different grip on my touch up pass. Another member suggested to try holding the razor near the top instead. I can't remember who it was, but thank you. It worked great! It was definitely the most comfortable touch up pass I've ever had. I also used luke warm water instead of hot, as hot will dry the skin in winter. Thank you everyone, I'm back on track!
Adam
Adam
