Well, after 7 shaves, I can see an improvment in my technique and how my face feels after the shave. I am getting little to now razor burn as i have pretty much found what works to be the best lather consistency for MWF shave soap. The only warm areas are around my chin where I may have to do an extra pass or two for touch up. But even then, I only tend to get CCS on thos areas. Rather than scrape the daylights outta me, I will stop and use the cartridges on the areas to get close to DFS. I will just allow myself to get better.

That said, I know I have some ways to go before I become a SR expert. Today I noticed an area of my cheeks was just around CCS when I am used to BBS on my cheeks. I learned that while skin stretching is very important, the direction makes a difference. The section just by my ears MUST have me stretch upwards to get BBS in that section where the rest of my cheeks can be stretched either up or down..

But...it's all part of learning. Right now, I can easily get BBS on the cheeks and between CCS and DFS on the chin. Any areas that are CCS I will clean up with the cartridges at this point to get DFS while I learn better techniques. And yet, I do understand that due to the direction parts of my beard grow, I may never be able to get BBS on them with the SR (actually my Magic shavette) without going to a DE to clean thm up. But again, I look forward to increasing my skill through practice.