I just got the best shave of my life... with a Mach3!
I just wanted to let everyone know that while I am learning to straight razor shave, I decided tonight to shave with my Mach3 because of time (and length of beard).
I followed all the steps I learned here:
- I gave myself a warm towel treatment
- I used a shaving soap and gave myself a good lather that I let sit on my face for a moment before shaving.
- I pulled and stretched my skin
- I followed WTG for the first pass, cleaned up with another hot towel and...
- I gave myself a second pass XTG (with lather) and then...
- I followed up with ATG touch ups (and more lather of course)
- Then another hot towel followed by a cold towel.
Results... Truly Baby Butt Smooth Skin!
No, this won't pull me from my desire to learn to shave with the straight, but it shows me that with these new skills I WILL be able to produce a perfect shave with the straight when I finally get it down. (I'm 5 attempts in, with poor shaving results... as expected, but my technique is definitely getting better each time.)