Shopping for new blades for my old razor I realized that the gel used on the blades could not be vegan. I didn’t want to check online if they were vegan and as I realized that the blades for my old razor cost about the same as a saftey razor + 5 blades, I bought the safety razor.
Like it so far, was a little concerened to cut myself but slow and steady wins the raze (haha, get it…?) It leaves a tiny, tiny stubble, but maybe that is just me getting used to the new razor. What I like is that it is much easier to clean, since you can remove the blade and rinse it off or even disinfect it. Should I disinfect my blade? Dullsters on the internet, what is your wisdom?
I don’t bother disinfecting the blade beyond a rinse between shaves. I’ll definitely clean the razor a little between blades though.
As others have said the stubble thing will improve with practice. If I need an insanely close shave for some reason though I’ll do a second shave “against the grain”. So if normally I shave from my temple pulling down to my chin, with the handle down next to my chin, I’ll flip the whole thing. I’ll pull from my chin up to the temple, with the handle up next to me temple.
Again that’s only on occasion when I need true glass smooth.