First Cold water shave :icon_eek:
Prep: Shower
Pre: Proraso pre-shave
Cream: TOBS St. James Collection
Razor: Merkur Progress @1.0
Blade: 7 o'clock yellow (3)
Brush: Traditional Shaving Co. Pure Badger
Aftershave: Alum, RSC asb
Having overdone it yesterday my face felt sore for most of the day, so I thought I'd try cold water shaving for the first time. Yesterday I had used Progress @2.5 with yellow 7 o'clock which was too keen for me. This was despite the fact the this blade was fine with Merkur 25c OC.
Shave was not as shocking as I thought. Provided the bathroom's warm I think cold water shaving is not really all that different. Certainly wakes you up, especially as water feels close to the freezing outside temps this morning.
Result: face now calming down and returning to usual. Think I'll try more cold shaves in the future.