Last night's shave:
Prep: Hot shower and L'oreal Charcoal face wash
Straight Razor: Peerless (on loan)
DE Razor: Gillette Tech
Razor blade: Rapira (2)
Brush: shavemac unique
Post: Thayers witch hazel and Pitralon Classic aftershave
A mixed bag of a shave last night. I decided to face lather, which I never normally do.
I wasn't happy with the lather throughout the shave either. No idea why I didn't start my lather again…….well I do really. Doctor Foster was on a bit later…..I'm only half joking there.
First shave with a Straight for some time. Had a lucky escape using SR a while ago and lost my confidence.
@Looney12345 very kindly offered to send me a smaller and much lighter razor compared to my Michael Waterhouse beast.
'When' I did get the angle right the razor performed well. I just did my cheeks and a few other areas which were easy(ish) to get to. There was one small cut (nothing major) and a bit of redness/razor burn on my top lip.
Moved onto the Gillette Tech with a Rapira blade to finish up. I needed a few touch-ups on my lower neck but going over my cheeks after I used the SR there was NOTHING left to remove. It's amazing how close you can get ‘when' you get it right with a Straight razor.
Finished with Pitralon Classic aftershave which arrived yesterday. Nice scent but it doesn't last long but the face feel is up there with the Fine A/S. I'll be keeping it anyway.
I'm not happy with the photo or my write-up but wanted to post it as a thank you to Olly for the loan of the razor.
Cheers
Rob