I had seen this article on how to get that perfect shave ages ago, and finally decided give old school shaving a shot about six weeks ago. I dropped out of the razor tech arms race with the Mach 3 and have since tried various shaving gels to sooth one particularly irritable area of my neck with limited success.
A brush and lather with the same razor yielded much better results! There’s definitely some truth to the brush making whiskers stand up, and heating my face with a hot washcloth when I haven’t showered before also helps soften them. The final change I’ve made is replacing blades more ofter, putting my face above excess frugality. With the right size plastic container, the system is even quite portable, and there was a certain charm to lathering up with the brush in an old hotel in England.
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