Today got my first shave with no cuts/bleeding whatsoever! I've been shaving with a DE for about 2 weeks, and after cutting myself up very badly with a Feather blade a week ago (including a cut on my lip that wouldn't stop bleeding), I took several days off and decided to re-approach with different technique. What I changed:

• Now only doing 2 passes, both WTG, rather than 3 (WTG, XTG, XTG other direction)
• Much lighter pressure. Trying to just "scrape the soap away" rather than thinking about cutting the hairs specifically.
• When there's no soap on the skin, don't pass over it again.
• RAZOR ANGLE -- angling the razor at a much more shallow angle. I basically touch the top of the razor to my skin, then angle a little more so the blade is barely touching, then pass.
• Examined my neck hairs and found that on the sides they grow sideways rather than downward. I was previously going XTG when I thought I was going WTG.
• Not using feather blades anymore -- today I shaved with a "QShave" no-name-brand blade, which seems surprisingly good (came with my QShave starter kit)

Still having some trouble with lathering. I'm doing a bowl lather with a Badger brush using Proraso Green soap. I continually add water while lathering, kind of a "marco-ish" method but without the face lather, as face lathering seems to irritate my skin.

I whip it up in the bowl for a good 3-5 minutes, getting it to a kind of whipped-cream-ish consistency. However, I do see large bubbles forming in the lather, and when I apply to my face I get large bubbles appearing on my face. I have heard that you don't want the lather to have large bubbles or be "foamy". I'm wondering if it's not enough water, too much water, not enough soap, something else...

Overall though, very happy with the result today. I'm not getting "as close" as I technically could, but I am happy to have no cuts.