Tuesday
'40s Superspeed & Wilkinson Sword U.K. (#1) > NF2201 & La Toja > La Toja after shave > L'Oreal MenExpert balm > Paco Rabanne EdT
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- Shaves during the last couple of weeks have been pretty messy, with lots of neck redness and irritation. Determined to sort the mess out once and for all, I sat down yesterday, went through the 'Shaving Help' section of TSR, watched about a dozen of Mantic59's videos and then chose two different setups that will take me through the next couple of weeks.
- Briefly, the constant and simultaneous change of basic parameters (blade, razor, soap) of my shaving setup, together with repeated strokes over the same area and also applying more pressure than required to the neck while shaving had resulted in the aforementioned condition. Basic mistakes, but as I am still a newbie, I do learn and hopefully things will improve.
- And things actually did improve, this morning, straight away. As the Superspeed & Wilkie and the La Toja had given me trouble-free shaves before, their combo, together with correct prep and technique, gave me a nice and clean shave today. All I need to see now is to get consistently similar good shaves from the same setup, and then alter one parameter in order to observe any differences.
- Did a test lather with Steve's soap (lime) recently and it actually seems to be
very good in all respects. As soon as I get around to using it, following the correction and good progress of my shave routine, I'll post some more comments.