Hey everyone,
Pretty new to wet shaving, done about 5 shaves now. Used to use cartridges and got really bad razer burn due to senstiive skin. Made me quit shaving and went to an eletric trimmer for about 3 years. Bumped across wet shaving so I thought what better way to get back in to shaving. Bought a whole bunch of stuff,
- Merkur HD 34C
- Edwin jagger XL silvertip brush
- Anthony logistics pre shave oil
- Taylor of old bond street sandalwood shave soap
- Truefitt & hill grafton aftershave
- got a sample pack of razers (used merkur, astra and feathers to present)
I Feel like my technique has been improving since my first wet shave, pressure and strokes getting better. But I just can't get the lather down packed which is causing me to still get razer burn. I've read plenty online about it and watched a couple youtube videos and still no luck. Wondering if anyone could give any tips or anything with regards to my technique otherwise I'm going to buy another soap and try that out.
I've been soaking my brush in a bowl filled with warm water whilst I shower. When I get to the shaving I squeeze out the majority of the water from the base of the brush and give it a good flick. I load the brush with soap, tried everything in regards to this, used to do a good 30-60 seconds till the brush was obviously loaded then I tried doing around 20-30 seconds because I read somewhere to much soap could stop the lather from happening, still no luck. then I go to the bowl and swirl away. I've tried with no water to begin with, a bit of water to begin with, and a lot of water to begin with. Tried adding 2-3 drops at a time at different intervals and nothing. Pretty much when I load the brush a good amount of soap gets on and when I start swirling in the bowl it feels like its too soapy, and as soon as I add 2-3 drops all the soap just disappears literally, the brush and bowl become completely empty. I've tried directly on my face and the same thing happens. I can get the soap on my face and its just a really thick layer of soap caked on with no lather and when I add 2-3 drops of water it straight away thins out and just disappears completely. At a loss for why this keeps happening. Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Pretty new to wet shaving, done about 5 shaves now. Used to use cartridges and got really bad razer burn due to senstiive skin. Made me quit shaving and went to an eletric trimmer for about 3 years. Bumped across wet shaving so I thought what better way to get back in to shaving. Bought a whole bunch of stuff,
- Merkur HD 34C
- Edwin jagger XL silvertip brush
- Anthony logistics pre shave oil
- Taylor of old bond street sandalwood shave soap
- Truefitt & hill grafton aftershave
- got a sample pack of razers (used merkur, astra and feathers to present)
I Feel like my technique has been improving since my first wet shave, pressure and strokes getting better. But I just can't get the lather down packed which is causing me to still get razer burn. I've read plenty online about it and watched a couple youtube videos and still no luck. Wondering if anyone could give any tips or anything with regards to my technique otherwise I'm going to buy another soap and try that out.
I've been soaking my brush in a bowl filled with warm water whilst I shower. When I get to the shaving I squeeze out the majority of the water from the base of the brush and give it a good flick. I load the brush with soap, tried everything in regards to this, used to do a good 30-60 seconds till the brush was obviously loaded then I tried doing around 20-30 seconds because I read somewhere to much soap could stop the lather from happening, still no luck. then I go to the bowl and swirl away. I've tried with no water to begin with, a bit of water to begin with, and a lot of water to begin with. Tried adding 2-3 drops at a time at different intervals and nothing. Pretty much when I load the brush a good amount of soap gets on and when I start swirling in the bowl it feels like its too soapy, and as soon as I add 2-3 drops all the soap just disappears literally, the brush and bowl become completely empty. I've tried directly on my face and the same thing happens. I can get the soap on my face and its just a really thick layer of soap caked on with no lather and when I add 2-3 drops of water it straight away thins out and just disappears completely. At a loss for why this keeps happening. Any help appreciated.
Thanks