Hello everyone, Steve here checking in from Minneapolis Minnesota.
First and foremost I want to commend this group in general, never have I seen a better and more helpful forum group on the internet!
I found my way here in an odd way. I basically as a teenager first tried disposables, but with the typical pimples and stuff my mother quickly got me a electric, and I stuck with those beasts in a few forms till the nice age of 33, aka a couple months ago.
I always have had issues with ingrown hairs-irritation in my necki area, I recently purchased a self cleaning spangled electric maybe 8 months ago in the hopes it would fix things, no luck. I noticed at my job a couple co-workers didn't seem to share my issues, though they both seemed to have thinner skin than I, so I finally inquired and both of them use cartridge razors like the mach3.
So next step in my progression I went out, bought a mach 3 style razor, and nivea creme and balm, and my god what a difference, and this frankly was very enjoyable and sparked my interest. So I decided to research shaving and first found this article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886845/ "Which is great btw" Shortly followed by this great forum.
I have now decided to delve into the world of wet shaving, my Gf has said she will allow me to get a set and I am going to wait for this to be released because I like the look, and am going to sneak a Merkur HD into the order for variety sake.
Plus I am sure I will try a few balms-creams-soaps and blade variety packs, plus I live right by a crabtree&evelyn, so that's kinda nice.
Anyway just wanted to say hi, and I will post my progress once the barberpole set is released.
Steve
First and foremost I want to commend this group in general, never have I seen a better and more helpful forum group on the internet!
I found my way here in an odd way. I basically as a teenager first tried disposables, but with the typical pimples and stuff my mother quickly got me a electric, and I stuck with those beasts in a few forms till the nice age of 33, aka a couple months ago.
I always have had issues with ingrown hairs-irritation in my necki area, I recently purchased a self cleaning spangled electric maybe 8 months ago in the hopes it would fix things, no luck. I noticed at my job a couple co-workers didn't seem to share my issues, though they both seemed to have thinner skin than I, so I finally inquired and both of them use cartridge razors like the mach3.
So next step in my progression I went out, bought a mach 3 style razor, and nivea creme and balm, and my god what a difference, and this frankly was very enjoyable and sparked my interest. So I decided to research shaving and first found this article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886845/ "Which is great btw" Shortly followed by this great forum.
I have now decided to delve into the world of wet shaving, my Gf has said she will allow me to get a set and I am going to wait for this to be released because I like the look, and am going to sneak a Merkur HD into the order for variety sake.
Plus I am sure I will try a few balms-creams-soaps and blade variety packs, plus I live right by a crabtree&evelyn, so that's kinda nice.
Anyway just wanted to say hi, and I will post my progress once the barberpole set is released.
Steve
