Once you get the lather burly up a little better it will provide the protection you need and you will notice less and less irritation. Also remember, no pressure against your face, let the blade do the work! Congrats on your first DE shave!
Razor: Gillette Aristocrat No.16 Blade: Astra Superior Stainless (2) Brush: Vie-long White Horse Hair Soap: Proraso Sandalwood AS: Fa Spicy Black Easy BBS in two passes!
Day 54 - 90 Day Intro to SR SOTD - 23February 2016 Whipped Dog 5/8 L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic Route 66 - Lumberjack Alum Barbus Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Planned Wednesday SoTD Mongoose Pro Guard (2) Restored brush TGN 2 band Jabonman Coco shaving soap Captains Choice Lime aftershave Royall Vetiver
Reached for the R41 today and was reminded of why I keep alternating between the 'goose and the Futur. This shave was far from smooth! Admittedly the blade may have seen quite a few shaves and then left to rest in the razor since, which may have an impact too, but this razor is biting. Replaced it for the Futur for the second pass - whole lot better! Muhle R41 2013 / Merkur Futur SdM 40% NF2401 brush Proraso Pre/Post sensitive Fine Clean Vetiver Bid you all gents and ladies a marvelous Wednesday, particular thoughts to our @Queen of Blades going through an operation today.
I'm a sucker for dry, smoky vetiver. Have seen the Royall a few times here and there. How would you describe it, or what would you compare it to (colognes/soaps/etc)?
Thanks for asking! The process is going well and is indeed 54 consecutive days (since 1Jan 2016). Shaves 1-20ish weren't that great, I cut myself a few times. By shave 40 if felt more natural and I gave up the DE safety net, and shaves 45-54 pretty darn good! I've committed to use only straight razors (I have 2) from January through the end of March 2016. Not to minimize or anything, but it got kinda easy once I relaxed and quit trying merely to avoid injury, and just picked up the blade and started shaving. Fear held me back at first, but I'm all good now. A two pass shave is about 15 minutes or so, and I find it the best 15 minutes of my day in many ways.
SOTD Wed. 2/24/16 Pre Shave Cleanser: Noxzema Classic Cleanser Pre Shave Oil: RR Essential Oil Of Lime Shave Soap: Proraso Green Shave Brush: RR Disruptor Synthetic Razor: Muhle R41 Head/Maggard MR5 Handle Blade: Voskhod After Shave Balm: Stirling Mita   Soap: Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap  Cologne: Acqua Di Selva by Visconti Di Modrone Good morning everyone. Absolutely wonderfully, comfortable dolphin smooth shave this morning in three passes wtg, xtg, atg. No touchups needed with this razor, no blade buffing needed, no repeated strokes over the same area, just awesomeness. The Voskhod's are silky smooooth in this razor. Proraso is such a lovely cream to work with for face lathering to me, it layers so nicely. Stirling Mita finishes my shaves beautifully with soothing, cooling, comforting icey goodness. Have a great shave and a great day friends.
GOOD MORNING TSD!! SOTD 02/24/16 '66 Gillette Super Speed Crown Stainless(3) VDH Boar Body Nature Stone Wash Cold Water Rinse,Alum Block Pinaud Clubman A/S Yet another great shave with a vintage Gillette razor,the Body Nature soap lathered very easy for a nice rich cushion for the Super Speed to do it's job. Topped off with Pinaud Clubman A/S for a great BBS finish which = ONE HAPPY ILTS!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!
02/24/2016 Mongoose B2 with Triad Ti Feather Super Pro (3) DK7 with Druida Manchurian Chiseled Face Trade Winds Witch Hazel Myrsol F/Extra Whipped Shea Butter
Last day in Northern Thailand. After a few weeks of almost everyday use the Blackbird is starting to show a bit of wear...looking good.
