What a revelation I just had...

I'm about three months into the addiction, and so far I've been having a lot of trouble my neck area. The stubble there is pretty coarse, and I can't go ATG without really irritating the skin. Even on my cheeks, I find that my WTG pass doesn't quite cut it. No pun intended.

I read the advice Gravitas was given a few posts back about conditioner, so I decided to try it out. My ex left a bunch of toiletries here so I grabbed her conditioner and gave it a try in the shower. At first I was a bit discouraged. Even after applying a generous amount to my beard and letting it sit for a few minutes, my beard still felt stiff to my fingers (in fact, my stubble feels stiffer since I started using a straight. Anybody else have that happen?).

But then...the shave itself.

I lathered up with Colleen's Oak & Moss soap(mmmmmmmm), stropped up my trusty Creutzberg 11/16 and went to work. Halfway into the shave, I noticed that I was getting a much closer shave on my neck than ever before. In fact, all around I was getting a really great shave only going WTG. Seeing as how all other variables were constant (no new stropping technique, familiar razor, soap, etc) it's gotta be the conditioner. I am truly astounded at what a profound difference it made to my shave. The facesturbation is getting a bit out of hand