I'm back to using a safety razor again too. Change the blades frequently. Every 4-6 shaves. it helps prevent ingrown hairs. They're cheap enough to where you don't have to worry about going through one every week or so.

If you're just starting off, buy a sample pack of blades so you can try out different ones. Use each blade to see if there are any that definitely don't feel good. A lot of people love Personna blades but they gave me awful razor burn in a mild razor on the mildest setting. Meanwhile Wilkinson Sword blades which are hit or miss for people, worked really well for me.

Once you've got a few blades that feel decent to you, use one type of razor exclusively for about 2 months then change it up. You'll be able to feel out the differences between each one more easily.

As a couple other people suggested, use Stirling Soap for your shaving soap. Mountain Man is a nice, not too overpowering scent. If you get aftershave directly from them on a lot of their splashes, you can actually set the menthol amount to either nothing to Macaulay Culkin levels of burn. I'd start with none or the regular amount.