I agree that this shaving system does not like thick, fluffy, lathers. Besides Cremo what have y'all found that works best ? I am open to a cream with a brush or a canned foam or gel. Thanks in advance.
Ron I
Ron I
I agree that this shaving system does not like thick, fluffy, lathers. Besides Cremo what have y'all found that works best ? I am open to a cream with a brush or a canned foam or gel. Thanks in advance.
Ron I
Watered down Barbasol.I agree that this shaving system does not like thick, fluffy, lathers. Besides Cremo what have y'all found that works best ? I am open to a cream with a brush or a canned foam or gel. Thanks in advance.
Ron I
Watered down Barbasol.
Works well with a brush.
Or, honestly, any thin-lathering shaving soap.
La Toja should work fine.
Well at Morrisons super market they had a display of this new edition to the Gillette family. No blade packs but a single blade and handle. For a mere £4 what's to loose. So one came home with me. Yet to shave with it but here's how it comes from Morrisons.
Usual hard to open packaging.
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Inside you get 1 blade cart, you can just see both blades on the phone pic.
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And a rather rubbery feeling handle, I ain't going to be dropping this one. Nice grip, weight. Looks good in the chrome, white colours.
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As I say, yet to shave with it, but for £4 I can toss or keep
Shave wise, it was like my old sensor twin, easy to use and handle. Like others have said the handle is a tadge too long but isn't uncomfortable in the hand. All so these carts prefer a wetter lather and not too thick. The end result was 2 days growth in 3 passes with a couple of touch ups on the neck and as near a BBS as damn it. I'm not a convert but it'll be used like the others in the den, DE, SE Gll, Sensor, Mach and Focus R48.
I tested a Gillette Sensor Excel along with a Gillette SkinGuard today.
3 days of growth.
Soap: Stirling Bay Rum.
End result: Truly sublime. One of my best shaves ever!
The SkinGuard's flaws disappeared today.
It left no issues on my neck or anywhere else.
My technique did improve.
It cuts hair without you feeling a damn thing.
Stirling is obviously an amazing soap and I made it take a lot of water to avoid getting the SkinGuard stuck.
I think I figured out how to use the lubricant strips properly without getting annoying gel/goo over your face:
Just run every part of the cartridge under warm water thoroughly before you start your shave.
Sensor Excel and SkinGuard = A+.
Both deserve a place in the modern man's shaving repertoire.
Much improved.Consider it an improved Trac II perhaps?
...The Guard is now in last place.