Newbie to newbie, your blade is not sharp enough.

I didn't really appreciate this on my razors until I had one honed by Lynn and another from a classified seller here at SRP. All the tugging I first experienced and wrote off to my technique disappeared as soon as a truly well-honed razor touched my face. Now, mind you, the nicks, razor burn from too many enthusiastic passes and weird left over spots of hair from not paying enough attention to my shaving patterns didn't go away overnight. Those took practice with a sharp razor.

I am now learning to hone. I wish my razors good luck...