My GF bought a make-up mirror that sits on top of the vanity where I shave. It has a regular mirror on one side and a magnifying mirror on the other.
Well, I had my usual straight razor shave, felt my face - smooth, I thought. Then I looked in the magnifying mirror and in some spots it looked like I had trees growing out of my face!
Re-lathered and went to work, checking and re-checking as I went. Several passes later I got satisfactory results, but realized that the only way to cut those trees was against the grain - which made me try new angles (it's hard to shave left to right on the throat) and the only way to get them down under the nose was upward - lip to nose.
New angles and new strokes = blood - styptic - pain.
I was feeling pretty good about my shaves until she brought home that damn new mirror. Now I can't help looking in it after every shave.
I suppose I'll just be a better shaver after a while, but I'm getting awfully tired of that styptic.
Why do women have to make everything so hard?