Hi all!
I'm Mike, currently in the process of moving from the Netherlands to North Wales.
Firstly I have to admit that if it wasn't for one of my best mates (who got into DE shaving about six months ago) I probably would've spent my whole life shaving with cartridges. He got me a starter kit about two weeks ago from the shave lounge and I thought I'd just give it a try.
My facial hair isn't very rough or thick so never had any problems whatsoever with the cartridges BUT after having used the kit daily for two weeks I had to use my mach 3/nivea foam again today and the difference amazed me.
Although it was a lot faster there wasn't that amazing WOW feeling after shaving and my girlfriend commented on how rough my skin felt about halfway through the day!
Hmm I maybe should try to keep it shorter in the future, kind of writing a book here, but I still have a couple of questions, hope it's ok to ask them here right away!
As I'm travelling a lot between the Netherlands and Wales I'll need a second set of shaving supplies. Even though I've read that as a beginner it's best to stick to one razor/blade combo until you've mastered the technique, but as I'm buying new stuff anyway I'm more tempted to try different things!
I'm thinking of getting the Merkur 34C (similar to the EJ from my starter kit?), razor blade sample pack 2 from shave lounge (feather, personna, polsilver, gilette silver blue and wilkinson sword), the sample pack of creams and balms from Truefitt&Hill.
Please do say if there's anything 'wrong' with these choices, or why it wouldn't be ok for an almost complete newbie. Now just need to read up on what brush to get!
Ow and thank you so much for hanging in there and reading till the end!
I'm Mike, currently in the process of moving from the Netherlands to North Wales.
Firstly I have to admit that if it wasn't for one of my best mates (who got into DE shaving about six months ago) I probably would've spent my whole life shaving with cartridges. He got me a starter kit about two weeks ago from the shave lounge and I thought I'd just give it a try.
My facial hair isn't very rough or thick so never had any problems whatsoever with the cartridges BUT after having used the kit daily for two weeks I had to use my mach 3/nivea foam again today and the difference amazed me.
Although it was a lot faster there wasn't that amazing WOW feeling after shaving and my girlfriend commented on how rough my skin felt about halfway through the day!
Hmm I maybe should try to keep it shorter in the future, kind of writing a book here, but I still have a couple of questions, hope it's ok to ask them here right away!
As I'm travelling a lot between the Netherlands and Wales I'll need a second set of shaving supplies. Even though I've read that as a beginner it's best to stick to one razor/blade combo until you've mastered the technique, but as I'm buying new stuff anyway I'm more tempted to try different things!
I'm thinking of getting the Merkur 34C (similar to the EJ from my starter kit?), razor blade sample pack 2 from shave lounge (feather, personna, polsilver, gilette silver blue and wilkinson sword), the sample pack of creams and balms from Truefitt&Hill.
Please do say if there's anything 'wrong' with these choices, or why it wouldn't be ok for an almost complete newbie. Now just need to read up on what brush to get!
Ow and thank you so much for hanging in there and reading till the end!