R89, Astra SP blades, VDH deluxe (as preshave), Proraso for shave. VDH boar and badger brush. Bowl for distilled water. Clubman aftershave. Nothing fancy. Before I shower. I microwave distilled water and wet towel. Apply hot towel till it cools down.Then I load VDH soap with boar brush. Reheat towel, face lather and towel over lather. Till towel cools down. While using hot towel VDH formula I load badger with proraso. Remove towel and rinse the VDH with distilled water. To me this is the most important part. This makes the distilled water slick before I put on my face then face lather the proraso. Then the 3 pass WTH,XTG,ATG shave with very little cleanup. Takes like 25 minutes. If you cant spend 30 minutes a day on yourself im sorry. The preshave routine makes the Astra SP slide across like nothing is there. Then I shower wash face with Nivea face scrub. Then after shower Clubman AS with no burn just the awesome aroma. I wish I could describe how good this feels compared to cartridge razors. I learned how to shave with a Gillette red tip with some brand of shave soap that my dad used. My dad learned to shave when he joined the Army at 17 for WWII till then he had a beard. No preshave routine just lather shave and go. Well I don't consider my skin sensitive but it's not leather. My dad's routine was killing me with the acne and all at 14. So I forget what razor it was but it was a cartridge and shave soap. This was a little improvement. So used carts for years. Then I stopped a few months ago and looked at what I was paying for a shave. So started doing research and found this site...... What?😮 a preshave routine. Never heard of it. I cannot stress enough how important the preshave is. It's so important that I say load everything you can on your face before and take away 1 by 1 till it works for you. You can't soften the hair to much. So if you are going to spend money do it on the preshave. Whew that got a little off subject. Sorry for the book. I don't post often.......but when I do I get a little of subject. Thanks for all the help. My son is going to start shaving soon I'm just going to send him here to learn to shave. LOL. Yall have a good day. Whew I need a beer. 😞
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