Thread: My newbie advice to fellow newbies

So, I'm trying to find ways to give back a bit to the community with my limited experience, I hope maybe this helps fellow newbies and folks researching as I have been.

Looking back at my first several shaves with a straight razor, and the entire process of true wet-shaving (meaning, not just slapping some Barbasol on and scraping my face with a disposable for 2 minutes), I think I've learned a couple valuable lessons when just starting out that I didn't catch on the forums.

1. Don't buy into the BBS hype quite yet. A Baby Bottom Smooth shave will come in time, just concentrate on one pass for your first several shaves, get comfortable with the whole concept, learning what it's like to shave with a straight razor. It might have saved me some raw skin at the beginning!

2. Don't get too bogged down with the huge amount of shaving soaps and creams out there. Just pick one, and go with it at first. In time you will develop your preferences. I drove myself nuts with all the great options. Just remember what your skin likes in terms of your other daily soaps (aloe? menthol? sensitive? moisturizing?) and look for those qualities at first.

I never really saw this advise on the forums cause I probably missed it, but this is what I would pass on to anyone new to SR shaving.

I hope it helps someone! This is a great, friendly community!