Quote Originally Posted by markevens View Post
One other thing I found that makes a shave much smoother was using a guillatine stroke instead of moving the blade completely perpendicular to the edge. Adding a slight horizontal movement to the strokes, with the razor angled a bit so the toe is lower than the heal. See my profile pic for illustration.

Anyway, I hope some of this helps and again, good job for sticking with it.
I would highly recommend that you think twice before adherring to this advice. Use slightly too much pressure and you'll peel your face like a banana. This is an advanced technique that you will regret if done improperely. I say stay with the basics until you've mastered them.