Hi everyone,

After about a year of not touching my straight because I couldn't get the hang of it and didn't have much time to work on technique (newborn takes all of it), I picked it up again last week to shave a two week old beard (toddler takes all my time). Seeing as I always shave my head and beard at the same time, I used the straight for my face and a DE for my head.

Last night, annoyed by the thought of rinsing the DE over and over to get the hair out, I decided to do it all with the straight.

Everything went well and I'm clean shaven and cut free, but I did run into one situation I thought I'd try to get your opinion on: lather sometimes falls off the razor and onto the floor. This is a problem I have both with DEs and straights and I usually avoid it by using shaving gel, which sticks better and doesn't dry out as fast, but the gel didn't seem to "gel" (pun intended) with my straight.

What do you guys use on your head? Are there gels which you like better than others?

Cheers from (still) snowy Canada!