Monday AM Here's to a short work week for (hopefully) everyone! It's 1 degree F outside... wind chill of negative 18. So what does that call for? MENTHOL! Hot shower Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower Tabula Rasa cream during shower SR 3124 Merkur Progress w/ Derby Extra blade Tryphon Permafrost soap + TSD Frostbite cream WWR TSD Iced Sandalwood A/S splash CWR Mama Bear's Peppermint/Menthol milk Ungaro Ungaro III EdT
Monday: Omega Silvertip Lord Super/Derby day 3 Florena S/C Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Booster Mosswood A/S Aramis EDT I cannot believe that this was my 2nd consecutive shave without any menthol! Florena is another cream that I wish was still around.
1 degree? Wow , that's 15 degrees warmer then where I am right now... 14 below this morning... Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap TABAC C&E BBB Merkur HD Treet Classic Boosters June Clover Nivea ASB
Monday 12/22 . . . [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel [*]Brush: Knotty Badger refurbished Ever Ready 300 Silvertip [*]Cream: TSD Coconut Lime Verbena [*]Razor: '40 Gillette Regent Tech [*]Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (shave 4) [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil [*]A/S: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel Toner & Nivea Sensitive ASB [*]EDT: TSD Old Spice Type [*]Result: Wonderful BBS shave with no blood today. Back to the DE on the head instead of the electric. Did experience some slight burning of the cream on the face around the mouth. Experience similar burning with SCS Verbena cream. Otherwise this shave was a great way to start the day and the week.
Monday: Musgo Real Lime preshave soap / Lord Parker frankenrazor / Wilkinson white label blade d2 / Arko Shave Stick / VDH brush / Clubman Pinaud aftershave The frankenrazor works well, the Wilkinson blade smooth. Good way to start the week.
Razor: 38C Blade: Gillette Sharpedge Brush: Simpson PJ3 Best Cream: TOBS Rose A/S: C&S No. 88 splash followed by Wesley&Scott Rose balm Edt: C&S No. 88
Razor: Slim Adjustable Blade: Red IP Brush: BK4 Cream: Omega AS: Proraso Splash BBS! Wow I honestly think the omega is better than proraso. Didnt use an oil pass today b/c wanted to use the proraso splash solo with anything else. quite nice and not exactly what I was expecting....but still very nice.
I will do a side by side comparison soon but the Omega was much better. I might even do a blind test. 2 bowls squeeze equal amts into each and try to tell difference.
Monday: Merkur "Mergress" / Gillette Swede blade Rooney Heritage Alibaba 3 Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender cream DR Harris Pink; Trumper Limes Skin Food Creed Royal Scottish Lavender
NDC Gillette Super Speed Gillette Swede Rooney 3, 1 Taylor's St. James Shave Stick SCS Sandalwood splash SCS Bay Rum w/Twist milk Terrible shave. I used my wife's Olay Age Defying face wash. It made my whiskers feel like barbed wire. I recall that soon after switching from that to Cetaphil face wash my shaves took a drastic turn for the better. This experience just proves the difference.
Monday Hot Shower - Hot Towel Art of Shaing Unscented Pre-Shave Oil Penhaligons Castille Shave Cream Art of Shaving Brush Gillette Tuckaway Dorco ST-301 Aqua Velva Ice After Shave Splash
Monday Razor: Gillette Slim Blade: Red-Pack Personna Brush: Tweezerman Cream: Musgo A/S: Stephan Alpine Menthol
Rooney 3/2 Super Greenpond Sandalwood SC Slant w/ Feather Humphreys Witch Hazel Ahava ASB Gap Smooth Sandalwood EDT Have a great night!
Monday Razor: Gillette #58 Blade: LB Wilkinson Brush: Simpson Polo #8 Cream: Coates Sandalwood A/S: QED Texas Cedarwood a/s/c Edt: Diptyque Tam Dao
Tuesday: Omega Silvertip Parker 22R V1/new Derby Proraso Aloe/Green Tea S/S Arko Aqua A/S gel Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Floris Santal EDT A new blade always helps to give a great shave--the Derbys are excellent, and they really are quite forgiving!
