So, I've been at this wet shaving deal for a few years now and made a discovery of sorts that I wanted to share with you noobs.
You see, when I started wet shaving I was using a cheap "best badger" brush with trimmed ends that was really scratchy. After shaving, my face would often burn all day long. I attributed this to poor technique. Perhaps some of it was. I upgraded to a better super badger brush without trimmed ends, my razor technique improved, and the burning went away as did the nicks and other issues. I never really gave it much thought.
Well, this morning I dug out my "starter" brush just for fun. Wow was it scratchy on my face - like sand paper. After my typical four pass shave my face has been on fire all day long. So, it seems one of my major issues starting out was that damn brush!
My advice then to you noobs out there - don't discount the idea that part of your issue with "razor burn" just might be "brush burn". Make sure you're using a top quality soft tipped brush before you blame "bad technique" for all your issues.
My 2 cents
You see, when I started wet shaving I was using a cheap "best badger" brush with trimmed ends that was really scratchy. After shaving, my face would often burn all day long. I attributed this to poor technique. Perhaps some of it was. I upgraded to a better super badger brush without trimmed ends, my razor technique improved, and the burning went away as did the nicks and other issues. I never really gave it much thought.
Well, this morning I dug out my "starter" brush just for fun. Wow was it scratchy on my face - like sand paper. After my typical four pass shave my face has been on fire all day long. So, it seems one of my major issues starting out was that damn brush!
My advice then to you noobs out there - don't discount the idea that part of your issue with "razor burn" just might be "brush burn". Make sure you're using a top quality soft tipped brush before you blame "bad technique" for all your issues.
My 2 cents