I finally had my first shave.
Despite being a somewhat painful experience it was a lot of fun. Especially finding which grip best suits me and learning how to approach the different parts of my face.
Unfortunately I ended up having to go over my face a second time with a cartridge razor to get a decent shave. I'm not 100% sure what I did wrong, but I think it may have been an inferior lather.
I had watched the video by mantic on youtube about proper lathering technique, as well as read the section of the wiki about soap lather. But I just couldn't get a decent lather going. I started with my brush loaded and almost no water in the mug. While working up the lather I would add a few drops of warm water every once in a while to build up the volume. When i was about half way through my shave I noticed the lather had almost entirely disappeared. Could this be from too much water?
Any tips would be appreciated.