I think
@riverrun gave the best short advice that one could give to someone. Use an "easy kit". However, i think "knowledge is power". If i hadn't read extensively everything i could, i would have had much worse results. I think that the razor choice and building a proper lather are the most crucial points. And without external knowledge you may have disheartening results. In my local Amazon for instance, i have seen 1 star reviews of Weishi or DE89, from people saying "this razor tore my face up". I mean, if you manage to tear your face up with Weishi, you are doing something terribly, terribly wrong. These are probably guys that didn't ask anyone for "how the job is done".
I think that the information found googling in shaving forums is invaluable, for whoever wants to have bloodless shaves without too many problems. I strongly believe that if you know well how things work in theory, then the practice will be much easier. I have passed through all the common lather problems, like "lather dissipating from my face", "my lather isn't thick enough to hide my skin", "my boar's lather seems good at 1st pass, but becomes pityful by the start of the 3rd pass" and have solved them one after the other, thanks to reading "wetshaving theory".
This said, not all people want to learn theory. My own brother, has never read a single instructions manual in his life. I have read every instructions manual i have ever found, even for the most obvious device. I think there is more than what meets the eye in wetshaving. Some gear doesn't work as good for everyone, but, frankly, after 8 months and while still learning new things in here, i pride myself for having being able to get bloodless BBS with more than 15 blades and have had trouble with only 1 (BIC) and i keep a large rotation of wildly different blades with equally good results. And i think this would have never been possible, had i not read and read and read about wetshaving from veterans. That and sticking with 2 "easy" razors that work very well for me.
As with most things, i think there is "a short road" and a "longer road". Both might work. But, it is more likely that most problems will come with the short road. At the end, nobody is really forcing someone to learn everything. But nobody ever lost by knowing more. That's what i think.