#11

Wet Shaving Beginner
Philadelphia
Ok so it seems I may have to look into a balm to use after the alum bar. I'm pretty sure I'm not using pressure, because the 34c is heavy as it is. The lather I feel I'm still doing right. I do circles on the soap until I get a good fluffy white morang with peaks. When I apply it on my face I do a light circle motion to get it on my face then dip lightly in the mug of water as needed. I finish off doing painting strokes. When it's all done I have a slick thick white layer of soap on my face. When I shave the razor seems to glide without a problem.

As from the advice above, I may just do 2 passes on my neck (grain and against) while keeping 3 on the face. The neck area under my chin is what gave me the issue when I did a side pass on the left and right.

Also I tried the Nick Shaves technique. When he finishes shaving, he rubs the soap on his face and feels around for rough areas and does a razor touch up. I'm thinking this may have also caused some additional irritation.

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#12

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Philadelphia, PA
(07-04-2015, 09:47 PM)EMTLocksmith Wrote: Ok so it seems I may have to look into a balm to use after the alum bar. I'm pretty sure I'm not using pressure, because the 34c is heavy as it is. The lather I feel I'm still doing right. I do circles on the soap until I get a good fluffy white morang with peaks. When I apply it on my face I do a light circle motion to get it on my face then dip lightly in the mug of water as needed. I finish off doing painting strokes. When it's all done I have a slick thick white layer of soap on my face. When I shave the razor seems to glide without a problem.

As from the advice above, I may just do 2 passes on my neck (grain and against) while keeping 3 on the face. The neck area under my chin is what gave me the issue when I did a side pass on the left and right.

Also I tried the Nick Shaves technique. When he finishes shaving, he rubs the soap on his face and feels around for rough areas and does a razor touch up. I'm thinking this may have also caused some additional irritation.

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don't go against the grain. if you're going to do 2 passes, try WTG (with the grain) and XTG (across the grain) to see how it does for you.

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#13
Back in the dark days when I used cartridges I shaved once a week on a Sunday night before work, since shaving with a proper kit I started shaving three times a week doing a 3 pass shave and always getting it dolphin smooth.
 I'm fortunate in that I can shave at bedtime and 8 hours later in the morning I'll still have BBS but as my journey continued I shaved a lot more purely because I wanted to, so these days I'll shave Monday to Friday and maybe on a Saturday but only a 2 pass shave if I'm shaving every day otherwise my skin will let me know all about it.

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(07-04-2015, 09:47 PM)EMTLocksmith Wrote: Ok so it seems I may have to look into a balm to use after the alum bar. I'm pretty sure I'm not using pressure, because the 34c is heavy as it is. The lather I feel I'm still doing right. I do circles on the soap until I get a good fluffy white morang with peaks. When I apply it on my face I do a light circle motion to get it on my face then dip lightly in the mug of water as needed. I finish off doing painting strokes. When it's all done I have a slick thick white layer of soap on my face. When I shave the razor seems to glide without a problem.

As from the advice above, I may just do 2 passes on my neck (grain and against) while keeping 3 on the face. The neck area under my chin is what gave me the issue when I did a side pass on the left and right.

Also I tried the Nick Shaves technique. When he finishes shaving, he rubs the soap on his face and feels around for rough areas and does a razor touch up. I'm thinking this may have also caused some additional irritation.

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As Andrew said, don't shave ATG for awhile. Try two passes on the sensitive area under your chin, one with and one across. That's a sensitive area for me as well, and I have to be careful when going ATG there. Give the area a chance to heal. And try some balm. There are many good, inexpensive choices. Proraso, Nivea, Ginger's Garden (balm or aftershaves--her aftershaves have a lot of the properties of a balm), Reef Point, Soap Commander, etc. RazorRock makes its own line of balms, which have never worked for me but I've read good reviews so they might be worth a try as they're quite inexpensive and they have good strong fragrances. Look for a balm without parabens. Finally, after you shave, soak a facecloth in cold water and apply that to the sensitive area and hold it there for half a minute. I saw that in a barber video and like it a lot, it calms down the face. Keep us posted.

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Every day. Three passes plus buffing. If my technique is off, my skin will tell me and I'll drop back to two passes for a day or two. I use Thayer's alcohol free WH and...wait for it...Oil Of Olay. Okay...you can laugh now. My dermatologist recommended it a few years ago and I like the stuff. It's not greasy and it doesn't clog my pores.

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#16

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San Diego, Cal., USA
(07-05-2015, 03:53 AM)Old_Hiker Wrote: Every day. Three passes plus buffing. If my technique is off, my skin will tell me and I'll drop back to two passes for a day or two. I use Thayer's alcohol free WH and...wait for it...Oil Of Olay. Okay...you can laugh now. My dermatologist recommended it a few years ago and I like the stuff. It's not greasy and it doesn't clog my pores.

What's to laugh at? As I've stated before, so many things in the shaving/cosmetics/scent world can be unisex. If it works then why not use it?

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(07-05-2015, 04:27 AM)Freddy Wrote:
(07-05-2015, 03:53 AM)Old_Hiker Wrote: Every day. Three passes plus buffing. If my technique is off, my skin will tell me and I'll drop back to two passes for a day or two. I use Thayer's alcohol free WH and...wait for it...Oil Of Olay. Okay...you can laugh now. My dermatologist recommended it a few years ago and I like the stuff. It's not greasy and it doesn't clog my pores.

What's to laugh at? As I've stated before, so many things in the shaving/cosmetics/scent world can be unisex. If it works then why not use it?

Yeah, I don't mind if people get a chuckle from it though. I've tried balms in the past and I just don't like the feel of them. Oil of Olay is light and absorbs quickly.

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#18

Wet Shaving Beginner
Philadelphia
(07-05-2015, 04:36 AM)Old_Hiker Wrote:
(07-05-2015, 04:27 AM)Freddy Wrote:
(07-05-2015, 03:53 AM)Old_Hiker Wrote: Every day. Three passes plus buffing. If my technique is off, my skin will tell me and I'll drop back to two passes for a day or two. I use Thayer's alcohol free WH and...wait for it...Oil Of Olay. Okay...you can laugh now. My dermatologist recommended it a few years ago and I like the stuff. It's not greasy and it doesn't clog my pores.

What's to laugh at? As I've stated before, so many things in the shaving/cosmetics/scent world can be unisex. If it works then why not use it?

Yeah, I don't mind if people get a chuckle from it though. I've tried balms in the past and I just don't like the feel of them. Oil of Olay is light and absorbs quickly.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it. How's the price of the olay; isn't that stuff usually expensive?

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(07-05-2015, 04:52 AM)EMTLocksmith Wrote:
(07-05-2015, 04:36 AM)Old_Hiker Wrote:
(07-05-2015, 04:27 AM)Freddy Wrote:
(07-05-2015, 03:53 AM)Old_Hiker Wrote: Every day. Three passes plus buffing. If my technique is off, my skin will tell me and I'll drop back to two passes for a day or two. I use Thayer's alcohol free WH and...wait for it...Oil Of Olay. Okay...you can laugh now. My dermatologist recommended it a few years ago and I like the stuff. It's not greasy and it doesn't clog my pores.

What's to laugh at? As I've stated before, so many things in the shaving/cosmetics/scent world can be unisex. If it works then why not use it?

Yeah, I don't mind if people get a chuckle from it though. I've tried balms in the past and I just don't like the feel of them. Oil of Olay is light and absorbs quickly.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it. How's the price of the olay; isn't that stuff usually expensive?

I really don't know. My wife buys it at the grocery store so I imagine it's inexpensive.
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Remember when it was called Oil of Ulay, maybe that was jus t in the UK.

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