Thread: Can't see to shave my sideburns

Shave off the sideburns and you won't have the problem. Just kidding.

I use my finger trailing the blade as a guide. it works for me.

I think visual contact is preferred, but over-rated. I find that paying attention to the tactile feedback from my face is indispensable. Best example so far have been my well sculpted ears, but this all begins at the sideburn. Cutting sideburns straight is the only angle that requires at lead an initial visual orientation - but that doesn't mean that visual contact has to be present for that entire side of the face or even to get the blade very close to the ear. If you can't see the blade as it approaches the ear - stop paying attention to visual and feel the toe end of the blade as it approaches the ear. Whether careful normal strokes or buffing strokes where the edge doesn't leave the skin on the backstroke, you approach the ear until you feel the rise to the ear. Visual or not, it keeps the ears whole, and gives a new and valuable feedback that keeps you aware of what good and bad cutting feels like. By keeping the tactile sensation in mind, you have added early warning when a stroke is starting to go carnivorous.

One of the videos I saw, the guy laid the blade across the side burn in the position he wanted to cut. Then he angled the blade to a shaving angle. Then he kept the blade still and grabbed the skin above the side burn like you would normally do and stretched the skin. This seemed to give him a really good side burn line and a good start to the shave.
YouTube - Cut-throat Razor shave