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I may have to rethink the Taylor's Lemon & Lime shaving cream. It shaved me very well two days straight, but today was one of those shaves that tells you something's wrong with your rig and you better fix it quick.

I got a few nicks, which never happens anymore, especially since I switched to the Injector. And my face finally started feeling drier and more sensitive than usual, which is what it did that first time I tried shaving with Trumper's Limes cream. Maybe I can catch a shave or two with these Trumper and Taylor citrus-scented creams, but I think regular use isn't such a good match for my particular skin.

Which sucks, I'm telling you. I really love the smell of these limey creams. They smell so fresh and delicious, and remind me of margaritas, lime sorbet, even just that lime wedge you squeeze over Baja Fresh tacos. Plus they're nice and manly -- none of that fruity-patootie rose, violet, or (ye gods) pina colada scent to throw you off your man-game. Gotta keep your edge, show 'em who's boss, eat or be eaten, and all that.

Well, I'll tell you who's boss. My hurting facial skin, that's who. And the boss says to lay off the lime shaving creams. Further, the boss says to go back to the fruity-patootie creams, specifically Taylor's Rose, if I want to keep the boss happy. Because the boss is feeling a bit raw, and needs the kind of TLC Taylor's Rose provides.

I see these guys at the gym shaving in the locker room with ungodly crap -- rusty disposables with cheap foam, etc -- and they're tough old birds. Me, I've gone soft. I let myself drop my guard and delve into this Modern Fop trip, and now my face is so sensitive it practically recites poetry.

It's my mother's fault. I got her skin. My dad can and has shaved with rock salt and a belt sander, but I have to lay off a frou-frou English shaving cream because its four parts per million of citrus oil dries my face out and makes it feel raw if I shave with it more than twice in a row.

I'm sure I'll come back to the lime creams for a shave now and then, just for a change of pace -- the smell alone is worth a shave here and there. But my skin isn't up to this stuff on a daily basis.

Tomorrow I should just put on Frankie Goes To Hollywood while I'm shaving with whatever floral cream and be done with it already. "Hit me with those laser beams.."