I'm about a month into the DE adventure and I am "one for two" in successes.
1) As a face shaver I am loving it. Have moved from strictly WTG, to WGT/XTG and am getting great shaves and am enjoying the art of it all.
My set up for face is Proraso Green/Omega Boar brush/VDH TTO SS-knock off razor, and I finish with Thayers and a Nivea sensitive balm. For my face I have just ordered a blade trial multi-pack and will play around with blades in a week or two. Loving the new face!
2) As a new head shaver also, I am struggling. Lots of red bumps and general irritation. To the above I have added Bump Patrol, and a medicated moisturizer to try to lessen the damage. I have tried everything on the head process... Long showers, ultra light touch, only WTG, Different soaps, pre-cream, pre-oil, cold water splash, etc. After starting every third day, i switched to every other based on a suggestion that the longer hair may have contributed. I am about to switch to a wet/dry electric for a week or so and start again once the fire is out.
I plan to stick with my face routine for a while with little change. To work on technique before I change anything other than blades.
I appreciate all of advice from scanning through all of the old threads. Every question I have someone has asked at some point!
1) As a face shaver I am loving it. Have moved from strictly WTG, to WGT/XTG and am getting great shaves and am enjoying the art of it all.
My set up for face is Proraso Green/Omega Boar brush/VDH TTO SS-knock off razor, and I finish with Thayers and a Nivea sensitive balm. For my face I have just ordered a blade trial multi-pack and will play around with blades in a week or two. Loving the new face!
2) As a new head shaver also, I am struggling. Lots of red bumps and general irritation. To the above I have added Bump Patrol, and a medicated moisturizer to try to lessen the damage. I have tried everything on the head process... Long showers, ultra light touch, only WTG, Different soaps, pre-cream, pre-oil, cold water splash, etc. After starting every third day, i switched to every other based on a suggestion that the longer hair may have contributed. I am about to switch to a wet/dry electric for a week or so and start again once the fire is out.
I plan to stick with my face routine for a while with little change. To work on technique before I change anything other than blades.
I appreciate all of advice from scanning through all of the old threads. Every question I have someone has asked at some point!