Apply a shaving cream. Pretty much any shaving cream or gel will work fine, but you definitely should use something. It’s job is to help cushion the blade, as well as helping the blade glide smoothly and avoid skipping along your skin in a way that could cause nicks. It also holds onto the cut bits

Start shaving by laying the razor on your skin and moving it across the face while applying as little pressure as possible. You don’t really have to worry about the angle of the blade with a disposable razor or with a cartridge razor - it’s built into the razor. Just do a few things:Make sure you ne

Don’t go too fast or too slow - if the razor is skipping or catching, you’re probably going the wrong speed. Just move steadily and without applying much pressure at all.

Make sure you go with the grain on your first pass - meaning, the way you would pet a dog (so you’d be “laying down” the beard rather than lifting it up).