firefighter,

Even with the Neutrogena I would advise that you purchase a cheap shaving brush such as a Tweezerman. You can hold off on the mug. Get a small cereal bowl from the kitchen to squeeze some of the Neutrogena into and use that and the brush to whip up your lather.

Even if you abandon str8 razor shaving you will have a shaving brush that you can use to shave with your multi-blade or DE safety razor.