Well folks although it feels stupid giving an update on my shaving progress I must say I finally felt like I knew what I was doing today. I must be on shave 5 or 6 doing the sideburns, cheeks, and a little bit of chin and after a nice prep the blade just glided along the skin just like a DE would. I felt comfortable enough to go XTG and did the upper lip, no cuts, no blood, just a smooth shave. I remember on the first two I was kind of slow until I read someone’s post to just deliberately shave. Well that was good advice because I got over the anxiety of shaving too fast and being afraid of getting cut. I'm just waiting for a few razor bumps on the neck to go away and then I'll move forward and try doing the neck correctly this time.
Thanks people for all the information and instruction you provided.