Thread: OK, What am i doing wrong??!!

Originally Posted by Veleno142

3. Try different blades. The ones you're using may not be the best fit for your face. I personally prefer Feather and Gillette 7 O'Clock blades.

There have been many good suggestions in this thread, I would just like to add a second to Mark's point here about trying other blades.

I also prefer Feather and Gillette 7 O'clock Sharp Edge (Yellows) blades.

Bill

I think that darn brush plus the warmth of your face are drying your lather up way, way too quick.
Get your face as sopping wet as you can, apply lather with wet fingers, spread with as much hot water as you can. Get the razor's head hot and wet.
Once downwards, frequently rinsing the blade to keep it wet and warm.
Then fast buzzy upwards buffing with wet fingers stretching the skin from really very close.
There's a reason it's called a wet shave. And I'm absolutely convinced the wetter the better!

Otherwise, you might be one of those people much better suited by an electric. Your beard will adapt to one....after a while, and considering that your beard grows out very flat, well electrics don't actually cut the whisker, they shred it, whinny it away
a bit at a time. Do you get those bumps with a black stripe of a whisker running across the middle, trying to find its way out? I don't think that there is a razor made that can deal with that. Hopefully another member knows the answer to that one.

My vote would be too thick(dry) lather...btw I don't think anyone's stubble sticks straight out at right angles to the skin. When your lather is too thick the blade doesn't contact the skin. Try a single, short, gentle WTG pass with only bar soap or even water to see if you get better cutting. If you still leave long stubble behind then it would be your angle. Blades can be really crappy too, but will generall still cut, albeit not comfortably.