30 Day Rule/Focus; March 2024. All Are Welcome!

Thanks Gary.

 

Thanks Joe.

 

thank you Joe.

 

Thanks Joe. Too many soaps? "and lastly, I hereby bequeath the full sum and total of my shaving soaps to my heirs as follows...." !

Thanks Joe, yup I am liking this one!

Fine looking shave Gary

Lovely setup Asil, interesting name for a razor blade!

Thank you Gary.

 

21st March 2024.


​

Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Bulldog Vetiver & Black Pepper Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Cien PURE Fragrance Free Sensitive Bar Soap.
Brush: Yaqi 24mm Naples Tuxedo Synthetic.
Bowl Lather.
Bowl: Tesco's Ceramic 'Cosmo' Side Bowl.
Lather: The Body Shop Maca Root & Aloe softening shaving cream.
Blade: Treet Platinum. (D2)
Razor: Parker 24C.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, /Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Brut ASL./ Wilko Men's Moisturiser.

Greetings,

A wonderful shave to finish my shaving week.

I have mentioned on many occasions that The Body Shop Maca Root & Aloe shaving cream never fails to provided me with a smooth protective slick lather in no time leaving a superb post shave feel. This cream gives the best protective slickness, and post shave feel that I have had from any shaving cream that I have tried to date...It's such a shame that The Body Shop has went into administration with the loss of another great shaving product, and more importantly the loss of 480+ jobs in the UK...Enough said.

A comfortable 2 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Wilko Men's Moisturiser.

My face is feeling cool smooth & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

 

Excellent shave Barry. It's sad that another soapmaker went belly up.

 

21 MAR 2024
Days growth = 1

Prep = cold water soak
Preshave = TOBS Jermyn street as a preshave
Soap = Tabac
Brush = Omega 10049
Bowl = Timeless
Razor = Gillette Popular
Blade = Feather (2)
Passes = 2 +
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, CWR, Thayers
ASL = Tabac
Post Care = Tabac Balm
Scent = Guerlain pour homme to the pulse points, gentile start to the day=
Damage = none

The Feather has a bit more ‘bite’ than the Bolzano, more care needed

Another superb shave with the Tabac, wondering why I don’t use this more often…

Enjoy your day and your shaves gents

 

Another great shave Barry and excellent write up

I like my Maca Root & Aloe with a synthetic brush, good to see you promoting it

The local stores are still open here in Perth WA, 20% sale at the moment, but I like to diversify my soaps and creams

 

Terrific Tabac shave Chris. I have the Tabac shave stick and never get a bad shave with it. Do you have the original formula or the new version?

 

I always like to have very good Throwback Thursday shaves, and today was just that. I new I had to work a little harder with the small and weak Clubman brush(thinking actually of flipping it), thus I knew there'd be a challenge. Not only that, the "duffnut hole"in the Jeeves puck is getting larger-the soap is just along the sides. All in all it went real well. Clean and clear in most areas, although I struggled some at S. Porcupine and the jawline. Zeroes across the board with cuts, Knicks, and Polka-dots. 2 passes. I've always been happy with Stephan Bay Rum A.S., as I was today. Clean, manly scent. There may be some clove action, but it's neatly mixed in with the other ingredients. Super Duper Outstanding.

 

Thanks Joe

Tabac Original soap in the bowl. Don't have the packaging anymore. Bought in Feb 2023. I seem to remember it was the Tallow version obtained in Oz. I find it lathers beautifully in the bowl but gets even better when vigorously applying it to the face with the 10049. Super slick

I do have the Tabac shave stick with Tallow, bought this when the vegan scare came out, but haven't got around to using it yet. Might want to do a face lathering focus at some stage, that would be interesting too

 

not a bad shave then Paul. I am finding that sticking with one setup for 3 or 4 days helps a lot. I know that is the point of this thread, but I am impatient and a slow learner. Not familiar with that bay rum, but don't mind a bit cloves in my ASL

 

thank you Chris.

 

That's as far as I go with one setup, 3-4 days. I've read that the best Bay Rums REQUIRE cloves-not sure the logic but I just shrugged my shoulders. They don't need to be overpowering, and they aren't with Stephan(as they might be with other brands).

 

fine thursday shaves gents.

 

Thank you Gary.

 

Thank you Chris. Synthetic's work best with shave creams.

 

Face lathering with a shave stick is a wonderful experience.

 

Thanks Joe. Yeah it is a shame. But it's a common occurrence with high street shopping these days, buying on line is the way forward now. It cuts out rents, taxes, wages to employees etc...

 

Shavette Shave # 224

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: Dovo Shavette
Blade: Personna Hair Shaper
Brush: PAA The Green Ray 24 mm
Pre-Shave: Pears Transparent Soap
Lather: Lakewood Soap Company Casual Friday
Aftershave: Pinuad Citrus Musk
Additional Care:
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Omega Alum
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Super shave with the Lakewood Soap and Dovo Shavette this morning. The quality and scent of the Lakewood soap is outstanding.

The Shavette is the lightest of my shavettes in either den. Also, it is fitted with one of the sharpest blades, the Personna Hair Shaper. I easily would have been satisfied with a one pass shave but I opted for my usual three passes. The end result was super smoothness. The smoothness is still presenting itself 7 hours post shave.

Hope you all had an enjoyable day gentlemen.