Shower or Shave April 30 - May 6

Shower or Shave (SOS) April 30 - May 6

...........well?

 

Monday AM

Off to bed right after I post this... just got done deciding what I'm going to use when I wake up (in about ohhh.. 3 hours or so :mad: )

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post at end of shower
B&B Finest Ebony
'63 Fatboy w/ Sharps blade (Day 1)
Tabac soap
Warm water rinse
Cold water rinse
Aqua Velva A/S splash
Cold water rinse
Anherb A/S Milk + Mama Bear's Summer A/S Milk Peppermint w/ Menthol ==
YSL Rive Gauche EdT

And on a somewhat related side note: I'm having a hard time using anything other than my Fatboy. Nothing gets as close, with as little irritation. Is it the weight of the razor? Is it the geometry of the head angle? Is it the thickness of the handle? Don't know. But something about it is magical...

 

Monday

Feather Portable
Israeli Blade
Shavemac 23mm Pure Badger Brush
Mitchell's Woolfat Soap
Alum Block
Anherb Aftershave Conditioner

LT Piver Vetvier EDT

Great start to the Week

 

Monday 30th

Merkur LongHandled Classic
Derby Extra
Muehle Pinsel Super
De Vergulde Hand Ss

Man AS

Ocean EdT

 

Monday:

Omega brush
Parker 22R/Sharp day 3
Palmolive Sensitive shaving cream (from Romania)
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Aqua Velva a/shave

a quickie, but a goodie! Now, off to the office.

 

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Monday

• Hot shower
• Hot water on C&E Best Badger, rub on face
• C&E Best Badger
• C&E Almond Cream
• SS/Feather
• Alum block
• Booster Bay Rum AS
• DR Harris Aftershave Milk
• C&E Sienna EDT

After three days growth, a superb shave!

 

I havent posted in this section for a while, so here goes.

Merkur Slant w/gillette
C&E Best Badger Brush
MB Giovanni's Tuscan Memories SS
witch hazel splash
Aqua Velva A/S
L'Occitane Eau des 4 Voleurs EdT


I skipped the alum block today, just to see if there was any real difference. I replaced it with a witch hazel splash. The only thing I'm noticing is that my face doesnt feel as dry, and I havent used an ASB yet. Probably won't need to. I might be onto something here...

I forgot how much I love Mama Bear's original Giovanni's Tuscan Memories soap too. I've neglected it since I've gotten new toys like the Florena and St. James creams. The smell is perfect, and it lathers like no other.

 

Tweezerman Badger Brush - Poor thing got one whiff of the soap and started shedding.
Merkur Futur/Derby (3)
QEDman Vetiver Soap - Talk about a strong scent! I wasn't sure if I was going to like this one but it mellowed out after I put it on.
Thayer's Witch Hazel, Alcohol, Aloe Aftershave
Ogallala Bay Rum Aftershave - I threw this on about 20 minutes after the shave. I didn't need a balm.

Result: 4.6/5.0 BBS with no real backtalk from the Thayer's. The QED soap did a really nice job of protecting even with the Derby. The Derby's don't do as well as the Feathers. I'm going to have to revisit all the blades since I have my techniques down and can make some better evaluations.

 

I think I speak for ALL of us when I say......

"Thank You for your support" !!
Keep em coming.

 

Monday:

Gillette Tech
Red Personna
Kent BK4
Trumper CSF / PRE
Wilkinson SC aloe vera
alum
Floid
Anherb ASC
Esteban Secrete Afrique EDT

Great shave - great scent

 

Beautiful really.

Similar shave for me today:

Speick Superlather :drool
Wilkinson PB brush
Merkur HD
Speick AS
Coral skin food

 

Shave Fit for a King. " Monday "

Today was one of those shaves where everything falls in its place.
I think not having shaved on Sunday did contribute to a closer shave aswell.

- Brush Teeth -> Put on Scent from Heaven Shave oil quite some oil on the beard to start weaken it.
->> Get some breakfast going mind you this is 2PM when I was doing this all...

-> Take smoothie and eggs upstairs while having breakfast play some pacman game at TSD while the beard weakens further oh goodie beat my own hi score while im at it. oh that was fun .....

Shower Aramis Shampoo + VGH Bath Soap.


Kent BK8 baths in hotwater...
Proraso bowl
Gillette N066 /Fresh Derby Extra /3 passes
Old Spice
Cold Water splash.

Then grab the Scent From heaven Peach Scrub
Cold water
Anherb Gel

Let face dry..
Floris Santal a/s balm
Floris Santal EDT.

This is pure pampering.......::

 

Monday AM

Shower/Pre:
Dr. Haushcka Cleansing Milk
Oregon Soap Co. Patchouli Bath Soap

Shave:
Almond Oil
SWING Razor
Schick DE
SR 3226
Aramis Shave Soap

Post:
Warm Water
Cold Water
Aramis Aftershave Splash
Cold Water
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Dr. Haushcka's Quince Day Cream

Aramis EDT

 

in the shower:

Clubman Shampoo
C&E Sandalwood soap

at the sink:

'53 Gillette SS/7 a.m (1)
SR 3226
Tabac s/s
warm water rinse
touch up with disposable Gillette
cold water splash
Thayers Lavender w/h
Tabac a/s
Tabac deo
Tabac edc

 

Today.

 

Rest of the week!

Going to rotate the Booster decants with matching J.M. Fraser's cream

 

-------> :signs154

 

:happy088

Sorry about not being able to color-coordinate the splashes to the bottles. All they had at my Target was blue, and white. So the Polar Ice was good to go, but the rest of them had to be in white bottles.

Glad they arrived safe and sound!

 

Avon Driven pre shave scrub
C&E BBB
Gillette Milord with Derby day 3
KMF Lavender SC
Aqua Velva Classic
Avon Wild Country ASC

:happy005