December 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

DEcember 5th
Barbasol Floating Head w Astra (1)
TGN Finest/ Maple
Asylum/SV Colonia combo
Thayers

4th day with the FH and switched out the Nacet for an Astra SP. Today’s decadent software is the Asylum Colonia, made by SV. I rank this Colonia scent a tick behind my other SV scents, but still a nice dupe.
3 passes later I am totally smooth again. One weeper, but not really any significant irritation. After 4 days, this Rhodium plated beaut is already heading towards my Mt Rushmore of shavers.
Have a great day all!

 

Thanks Joe...I'll give it A. Mighta been an A+, but I missed a section of the top of my neck.

 

Dec 5th
Decedent December

Razor: Canadian Gillette NEW LC original plating
Blade: Voskhod (2)
Brush: Century #5
SS: MLS Colonia Di Agrumi
AS: Stetson

I think I got over confident this morning. Smooth shave but I nicked my neck. Nothing serious just one of those times when I felt a slight pinch and then saw blood a few seconds later. Still a great shave. I nicked myself with my Mach3 more than I do with a DE. Its just life.

This Canadian NEW LC was $2 (plus $5 shipping). All it needed was cleaning. That kind of thing happens a lot.

 

fine shave Perry.good morning..

 

awesome shave and pic Jason..good morning..

 

fantastic shave and pic Evan..nice new lc..

 

Here in Boston it's prounounced "Alabamer" awesome, due to the fact that the word following Alabama begins with a vowel. . But not by me.

 

Love that Century brush, Evan! Original knot? The Canadian LC is absolutely one of my favourite shavers. Awesome.

 

Yes, the chin is a tricky area. I keep the blade almost flat in that area and make short, deliberate strokes. I start at the lower lip and stroke down a bit and then slide over to the next section and continue until I finish the chin.It's similar to eating corn on the cob going left to right going one to two rows at a time. When you hit the area where the chin meets neck, then you have to rotate the blade to follow the contour of it. Most importantly, use a soft touch. I use North to South and South to North to get a nice smooth chin. Sometimes I will go West to East, but it usually is not necesssary.

 

Awesome shave, Jason!

 

Great shave, Evan!

 

Thanks Jason!

Yes, original knot. Still smelled like a new boar brush when I first used it. Antique store find.

 

Love the colours, Gary. That ‘Crat is quite the stunner, too!

 

Wonderful stuff, Jim! The handle on that razor looks pretty snazzy as well.

 

Looks like Jeff’s enabling has worked, Terry, those blades are now sold out.

 

Thanks guys for liking another of my "no word posts". . I got it fixed....sort of.

 

Great lavender shave today. Day 5 of Decadent December featured my Gillette New LC which delivered a very comfortable noggin and face BBS. I really like the Grooming Dept Scentless Donkey Milk soap salted with 5-6 drops of M-Bomb I’ve used for the last two shaves. It provides a slick, thick, nourishing lather that was a pleasure to wash and rinse with after the shave. I feel smooth and refreshed!

SOTD 12/05/19

RAZOR: Gillette New LC
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a face and dome scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar
SOAP: Grooming Dept Scentless Donkey Milk
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Fine Lavender Pour Homme AS Splash

 

Williams Luxury?
Great to hear the Straight journey is going well, Patrick. I’m sure you’ll get the chin sorted out so, too.

 

Another awesome LC! 6 drops of M bomb, Jeff? Yes, no doubt you feel refreshed!