Thread: First Shave - Did not go well

Originally Posted by JSMaxwell

Thank you all for the quick replies. Here was my routine...

1.)Soak badger brush in hot distilled water while I took a shower. I used distilled because my water is so hard here it is hard to lather anything.

2.)Took shower being sure to get my face good a wet

3.)Get out of shower, dry off, just pat dry my face

4.)Build lather using almond sized bit of unscented shaving cream and soaptopia sweet almond soap

5.)Didn't do any other beard prep except to apply lather with brush

6.)Attempt to shave with straight razor, have bad experience, finish with Mach 3.

Pretty much how it went.

The prep u do may be everything you need, and it just may be your angle however if i were u i would try this and see if its better.

1) hot shower , use your hair conditioner as a scrub and scrub your face with it in the shower. also use a hot towel in the shower after the conditioner has had time to sink in and soften your beard.

2) when u r about to get out of the shower wet your face one final time and dont dry it off or pat dry leave it wet.

Then do the rest of your routine, i found that i had to do a lot more prep then what i use to do when i had the mach 3 but it is totally worth it.

If ur still getting tugging, pulling i would bet its your angle

good luck!!

also make sure to steer the lather into your beard for a good minute to further prep your beard