Hi guys!
I'm Cameron and I am pretty young and I just got into wet shaving. I don't have a lot of facial hair (I get most on my upper lip than my sides or neck). Because of quarantine I just did my first wet shave today and has been a month lone crusade of research to find the right products. I already had a DE razor, I bought a parker boar brush, a small-ish bowl, some pre-shave oil, an alum block, and I already had witch hazel + aftershave. I couldn't find a soap or a cream I really liked so I ended up going with Billy Jealousy shave cream, and I kinda liked it.
I know when you first get into wet shaving you hear all about 'the experience' and how it's a ritual, etc, and wow, like wow, I understand why. After showering and doing all of my normal stuff, shaving took about 35 minutes and I have never experienced a closer shave. I came from Harry's 5-blade cartridge razor, and I have fallen in love with wet shaving from my first pass.
Although, I'm having a little bit of trouble getting a good lather, like it works fine and all and it was a good shave overall (with one a single, small nick near my nose!) but I feel I'm getting the ratio wrong. Any tips? Also, on my third pass, when I would shave I would feel almost nothing. The blade would just catch the lather and that was it. What causes that, how to fix it, etc etc.
Anyways, I just wanted to share and join the community.
Have a great day all.
I'm Cameron and I am pretty young and I just got into wet shaving. I don't have a lot of facial hair (I get most on my upper lip than my sides or neck). Because of quarantine I just did my first wet shave today and has been a month lone crusade of research to find the right products. I already had a DE razor, I bought a parker boar brush, a small-ish bowl, some pre-shave oil, an alum block, and I already had witch hazel + aftershave. I couldn't find a soap or a cream I really liked so I ended up going with Billy Jealousy shave cream, and I kinda liked it.
I know when you first get into wet shaving you hear all about 'the experience' and how it's a ritual, etc, and wow, like wow, I understand why. After showering and doing all of my normal stuff, shaving took about 35 minutes and I have never experienced a closer shave. I came from Harry's 5-blade cartridge razor, and I have fallen in love with wet shaving from my first pass.
Although, I'm having a little bit of trouble getting a good lather, like it works fine and all and it was a good shave overall (with one a single, small nick near my nose!) but I feel I'm getting the ratio wrong. Any tips? Also, on my third pass, when I would shave I would feel almost nothing. The blade would just catch the lather and that was it. What causes that, how to fix it, etc etc.
Anyways, I just wanted to share and join the community.
Have a great day all.
