I have to tell you that after my second shave with the Muhle R89, I seriously thought of giving up ............
Hardware: Muhle R89 - Personna (Red) Blades - Proraso Soap (white) Nivea ASB (gallons of it) :lol:
Software: Proraso Soap (white) Nivea ASB
If you recall I promised to just go for a single pass?, well I didn't, I just kept going until it was too late, no cuts or nicks, just a very nasty rash.
Savlon cured the rash but my face was sore for a couple of days, my own stupid fault.
So onto shave number 3 .........
Hardware: Muhle R89 - Personna (Red) Blades
Software: TFT Soft Cream (white) Nivea ASB
Took lots of time lathering up well as per Mantic's instructions, but I could still feel the razor starting to drag in certain places, the alarm bells started to ring,
so I stopped and tried to work out why I was having these 'lack of glide' problems, the answer?
Gel
Plain and simple:
Drag = friction - friction = heat
And so I reached for a tube of King of Shaves Gel, the difference was unbelievable, no drag, no irritation, no problems.
I went for the full 3 pass routine with no problems at all, I put Nivea ASB on afterwards, but to be honest I didn't really need to.
So my question to you all is, do I just continue down the Gel route and give up on soap / cream or do I use the Gel as a base and apply soap / cream on top?
Hardware: Muhle R89 - Personna (Red) Blades - Proraso Soap (white) Nivea ASB (gallons of it) :lol:
Software: Proraso Soap (white) Nivea ASB
If you recall I promised to just go for a single pass?, well I didn't, I just kept going until it was too late, no cuts or nicks, just a very nasty rash.
Savlon cured the rash but my face was sore for a couple of days, my own stupid fault.
So onto shave number 3 .........
Hardware: Muhle R89 - Personna (Red) Blades
Software: TFT Soft Cream (white) Nivea ASB
Took lots of time lathering up well as per Mantic's instructions, but I could still feel the razor starting to drag in certain places, the alarm bells started to ring,
so I stopped and tried to work out why I was having these 'lack of glide' problems, the answer?
Gel
Plain and simple:
Drag = friction - friction = heat
And so I reached for a tube of King of Shaves Gel, the difference was unbelievable, no drag, no irritation, no problems.
I went for the full 3 pass routine with no problems at all, I put Nivea ASB on afterwards, but to be honest I didn't really need to.
So my question to you all is, do I just continue down the Gel route and give up on soap / cream or do I use the Gel as a base and apply soap / cream on top?