One week in. Still shaving with the shavette. I'll have the SR in a week.
Four shaves so far. This last time I cut my chin (again.) My cheeks are smooth although I can feel with my hand slight stubble everywhere else.
But for the first time with the blade I have only mild irritation. My face isn't inflamed. And I'm much more confident with the angles and shaving (which probably caused the cut on my chin, but still.)
The reduced irritation is certainly because I'm improving although I also added a pre-shave oil which I'm sure helped. I'll keep doing that and when my technique grows solid I'll experiment with and without it.
I'm doing with the grain and attempting across the grain where I feel comfortable. My goal is consistently BBS shaves. I would have gone against the grain to try to achieve this but I could tell it would have been too harsh after the other passes.
Is there any hope for me? Or am I getting hooked?
Four shaves so far. This last time I cut my chin (again.) My cheeks are smooth although I can feel with my hand slight stubble everywhere else.
But for the first time with the blade I have only mild irritation. My face isn't inflamed. And I'm much more confident with the angles and shaving (which probably caused the cut on my chin, but still.)
The reduced irritation is certainly because I'm improving although I also added a pre-shave oil which I'm sure helped. I'll keep doing that and when my technique grows solid I'll experiment with and without it.
I'm doing with the grain and attempting across the grain where I feel comfortable. My goal is consistently BBS shaves. I would have gone against the grain to try to achieve this but I could tell it would have been too harsh after the other passes.
Is there any hope for me? Or am I getting hooked?