What shaving gear are you planning to buy in 2018?
Do you think you'll spend more or less than in previous years?
Are you on an efficiency drive and trying to buy the absolute bare minimum this year?
Do you have enough blades for if the 'Shavepocalypse' comes?
I can't see myself spending that much this year (famous last words) as I just got a DE89 for Christmas and before that got 4 x BBA PSB & 2 x BBA shaving cream tubs in the superb Black Friday BBA deal.
Though the rabbit hole remains just a click away, I only really envisage buying blades this year. Looking forward to my first DE89 shave and will stay with Astra SP's for a bit and then will consider trialling other blades.
I have a tuck of Feathers that came with the Jagger and a little box of Wilkinson Swords that came with the Classic DE, so alongside those I may try some of the various Gillette 7 o'clocks and/or get a sampler pack to see what works for my skin. From what I've read, a mild razor & sharp blade is a good combo, but I have also seen 'Feather' and 'rough as a badger's arse' in the same sentence a few times, so I suppose getting the right amount of sharpness & smoothness together is the holy grail for DE shavers. The razor comparison topic in 'DE Blades' sub forum looks like a great resource but it seems however much you read, one man's fave blade will shred another man's face to shreds so I'll only find out by trying them.
Anyway, I digress. . . I think the only other thing I may do is get a few shaving cream samples from the likes of TOBS and T&H as some of the scents seem interesting! (Oh mother, I can feel the rabbit hole opening under my feet)
So how do you see YOUR shaving year panning out?
Do you think you'll spend more or less than in previous years?
Are you on an efficiency drive and trying to buy the absolute bare minimum this year?
Do you have enough blades for if the 'Shavepocalypse' comes?
I can't see myself spending that much this year (famous last words) as I just got a DE89 for Christmas and before that got 4 x BBA PSB & 2 x BBA shaving cream tubs in the superb Black Friday BBA deal.
Though the rabbit hole remains just a click away, I only really envisage buying blades this year. Looking forward to my first DE89 shave and will stay with Astra SP's for a bit and then will consider trialling other blades.
I have a tuck of Feathers that came with the Jagger and a little box of Wilkinson Swords that came with the Classic DE, so alongside those I may try some of the various Gillette 7 o'clocks and/or get a sampler pack to see what works for my skin. From what I've read, a mild razor & sharp blade is a good combo, but I have also seen 'Feather' and 'rough as a badger's arse' in the same sentence a few times, so I suppose getting the right amount of sharpness & smoothness together is the holy grail for DE shavers. The razor comparison topic in 'DE Blades' sub forum looks like a great resource but it seems however much you read, one man's fave blade will shred another man's face to shreds so I'll only find out by trying them.
Anyway, I digress. . . I think the only other thing I may do is get a few shaving cream samples from the likes of TOBS and T&H as some of the scents seem interesting! (Oh mother, I can feel the rabbit hole opening under my feet)
So how do you see YOUR shaving year panning out?