wet your face, then apply a small dab
of hair conditioner to your stubble.

Wait a minute or two (i.e. go and do your morning wee or brush your teeth or something)

Then lather and shave as normal.

It makes it easier to shave, and far less itchy afterwards.
( admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 13:22, Reply)