So, I figured I should stop cluttering up my new member check in thread (http://ift.tt/2jPCcxL) with my daily shave ramblings, and I noticed this sub-forum and it seemed like the perfect spot to spout my random musings and ramblings of my daily(ish) shaves.
If anyone is so inclined, feel free to visit my intro thread to see how my first two shaves went and learn a bit more about me. The cliff notes version is this: I'm 40 and just started DE shaving on Saturday for a couple of reasons. First, with a career change, I'm suddenly forced to shave far more frequently, due to this, I can't stomach paying the exorbitant cost of Fusion cartridges now that I'm going through them like water. Secondly, I've always been fascinated by the history and tradition surrounding DE's and the process of traditional wet shaving.
On to todays shave because I'm new to the process, I'm trying to keep everything consistent and I've been using the following equipment:
Razor: Perfecto three piece
Brush: Perfecto Badger Hair
Soap: Col Conk Lime
Blade: GSB
Aftershave: Nivea Sensitive skin Balm
Today's shave was a little rougher then the last two. The good was that I got my lather a whole heck of a lot better then in the past. More soap and more water was the key. It still needs work, but I'm seeing steady improvement. I;m also feeling a lot more confident shaving the bulk of my face, I'm able to take longer passes, and I'm getting slow but steady improvements with the closeness of the save on the sides of my face.
On to the bad (or not so good), Shaving my neck is just a complete PITA, I spent some time today trying to ascertain the direction of growth, and while it seems to go from S-N, if I try shaving in that direction all I seem to get is none stop pulling and skipping, If I shave N-S things go much smoother, but that seems to be counter to the direction of growth. In my effort to do what I've read and go WTG from the neck to the jawline, I managed to give myself a ton of razor burn and a patchy shave at best.
I think my biggest take-away from this, is that even if it seems counter to conventional wisdom and what the direction of hair growth seems to be, I need to just go with what the skin likes, even if it seems counterintuitive. I still need to perfect getting under my nose and chin, but those came out a little better.
My biggest frustration at this point is my neck, chin and jawline areas. To be honest, a cartridge is so much easier. It's not enough frustration to cause me to go back, I know with practice that these issues will go away. I wasn't able to start riding my motorcycles with out a learning curve and a lot of effort on my part. I wasn't able to quit smoking without a lot of effort on my part, and I wasn't able to do a complete 180 in my career path without... wait for it.... a lot of effort on my part. My point is, anything worthwhile in life takes effort and dedication, and doesn't happen overnight. This is no different.
Thanks for reading, and tune in tomorrow if you'd like. I'm open to any tips, tricks, or good natured ribbing that anyone has for this Noob!
Pat
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