Okay, as I don't know where to fit this, a blog post about shaving. And I mean in my face. Mainly under my chin, because I want to keep my beard.
Anyway. I've always had enormous troubles with ingrown hairs after shaving. First I was using an electric razor. After a while I switched over to a Wilkinson Quattro which I used until about 5 days ago. I had used up my blades again, and those things are mightily expensive. There was this one thang that had always fascinated me though. My father prefers using solid shaving soap instead of shaving foam from a can. And a friend of mine switched to shaving soap and classic safety razors (the really simple ones, with a single exchangable double edged blade) about half a year ago and was very convinced of it. Curiosity got the better of me and I bought a safety razor. A Timor Butterfly (TTO) safety razor. I also bought shaving soap, a shaving brush and a after shave splash. Actually I bought two shaving soaps and I already had an after shave balm before. I've tested the two soaps, found the one which I prefer by a lot, and shaved with a safety razor for the first time. It was a bit rough, not having to adjust the blade angle yourself takes a tiny bit of getting used to, but was okay. At least not worse than with my Quattro. During the following days I got used to handling the safety razor, and making my own foam from the soap. I'm not going to go back to the Quattro.
This single blade irritates my skin far less then the four blades on my Quattro, with similarly smooth results. It takes a few minutes more in the morning, but to me that is absolutely worth it. And the blades are fucking cheap. I've also started to love the care products of the company "Speick" (pronounced 'shpike'). Their shaving soap and after shave is incredibly good. And I really like the smell, even though it's sometimes being described as being a typical old people smell. I don't really consider it that, the smell isn't "heavy" enough. Not enough herbs. At least my grandparents don't smell that way.
Anyway. Can foam and cartridge razors bad, shaving soap and safety razors good.