Hi guys, I'm new here and I've been very interested by the allure of straight razor shaving for past week or so. I haven't purchased my first straight yet, and now I want one even more lol, but today I went to my local Shoppers Drugmart and picked up some Proraso shaving soap and a cheap Omega brush; it's a boar hair brush and I do plan on moving up to badger eventually, but it was only 10 bucks so I don't feel bad about buying it.

Onto the shave. First I soaked my brush and got a good lather going before brushing it onto my face, and I must say there was a certain je ne sais qoui about using the brush. It felt much more elegant than using my hands to apply shaving cream and having to wash them before shaving. I still used my trusty Bic disposable but I swear it gave me a significantly closer shave than usual, and I think the brush had a lot to do with that.

Anyways this was my first step towards straight razor shaving and I can already tell it was a step in the right direction. I don't know if anyone else noticed a difference just from the soap and brush like I did but it was quite amazing to me.

Cheers.