Hot shower
GFT limes cream, face lathered
New Forest T2
Gillette Slimtwist
Boots blade (4)
GFT limes skin food
Oh my. After inserting the fingernail-worth of the cream sample into the heart of the brush, made the impulse decision to try face lathering for the first time (other than with the Palmolive stick on holiday, which is a rather different process - soap on the face not in the brush, and all). Liked it very much. Got very good quality lather, *just* enough in the brush for the fourth half-pass on the neck, really nice - and given how little cream I used, a very good result. Went back to the more conservative strategy on the neck-based ATG (two passes each at 45 degrees), very comfortable. As close to a perfect shave as I've had, and one of the quicker ones at that.