SOS 3-10 Feb 07

Tuesday AM

Hot shower
SR 3124
'61 Fatboy w/Feather blade (Day 3)
Nancy Boy Replenishing cream (rubbed on warm wet face with fingertips -- hey, it's "brushless," right?)
Taylor's Avacado cream
Alum
Thayer's Rose W/H
DR Harris Sandalwood A/S splash
AOS Sandalwood EdT

Man, I forgot how slick and moisturizing the ToOBS Avacado cream is. It was one of my first creams, and I definitely need to work it into my rotation on a more regular basis. I didn't even need an A/S balm.

The combination of the Avacado and the Nancy Boy Replenishing (cucumber) cream (used as a pre-shave prep straight on the face) yielded one of the smoothest and most irritation-free shaves to date! I knew there was a use for this new Nancy Boy cucumber cream... not too wild about the scent, but I smelled like a summer salad while shaving! ::git

 

Tuesday:

Merkur HD w/Derby
Omega Proraso Boar Brush
Honeybee Soap - Mystery Flavor
Pinaud Clubman
Nivea ASB

 

This week Texarkana, Texas:

Hot shower and towel
Proraso Pre
AOS travel Brush
Palmolive Red Shaving cream
Lasco E-Z Glider 5/8 Wedge
Proraso ASB
Pecksniff EDT


Raf

 

Feather AC / pro-blade
SMFIII
L’Occitane Cade Soap
Floris Santal ASB

Second attempt and second failure for my SOTD photo. I have three choices 1) do that outdoors 2) buy powerful spotlights 3) upgrade my material. This is very frustrating.

 

I wish I understood photography better, to me these are some of the most incredible pictures I have ever seen.. I have no idea what I am missing, but I am awed by these! I want them for my website!

I am so thrilled to see pictures like these every day.. I am so glad that we are all here.. this is so awesome! Thank you Yukio!

 

Merkur HD
C&E Best Badger
some French Olive Oil soap
alum
aqua velva
GFT coral skin food


The French olive oil soap I got in a trade left a lot to be desired. Maybe its just my methods, but all olive oil soaps I have tried hold nothing to Mama Bear, QED etc. They just produce a fairly light, airy weak lather. Although it is fairly slick, the lather dissipates way too fast. I think this rather large brick of soap has been downgraded to the shower.

Lately, the Aqua Velva and Coral Skin food have been my go-to after shave combo. I know a lot of people knock the Coral Skin food, but I feel it does a lot of good, especially on a day like today. I really butchered myself with the crappy lather the French soap produced.

 

Sue, I have all of the lectures from my Photography class. I could send you some of the ones that explain the basics if you want.

 

Nivea Sensitive Skin Face Wash
Merkur Future
Gillette Swedish Blade
Mama Bear Patchouli & Lavender Soap
Alum Block
Neutrogena ASB w/Thayers Lavender Witch Hazel

 

b4 Bed.....

TJ's PreShave #10 (cant say for sure + or - ....but havent had a bad shave since I started using it)
Omega Elegant Brush
Musgo Real Cream + ColConk Amber Soapy H2O = SuperLather !
SS + Feather [#3S(3P+TU)]
Aqua Velva Musk (...me thinks this is better than the AV Classic )
Musgo Real Spritz + RNB ASB = UberBalm
Pinaud Special Reserve on the chestal region
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nice shave today
despite the fact I butchered my mug yesterday.
Still went for BBS and was NOT disappointed

 

wasnt going to shave but when you take a shower why not shave..

-Muhle Superbadger
-Salter something (cant read some sample jar)
-Fatboy /fresh Gillette Rotbart DE
-British Sterling as free sample
-Adidas as balm.
-Eau du Tsar EDT

 

No time for the shave today

Shower
Dessert Essence Thoroughly Clean Face Wash
Muller's Lane Unscented Bath Soap
Grapeseed Oil
Drakkar Noir EDT

 

Simple, Sue. Look at this SOTD I took last week:

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I want to reproduce it 1) with less noise, especially in the water drop at the bottom 2) with sharper edges 3) at a faster shutter speed to capture the movement and enhance the textures.

Yes, I’m painfully anal, but it is not that hard to achieve if you have the proper equipment.

(and wait, I’ll get you better pictures)

 

....that's
what SHE said !!
Great pix, BTW

 

I am going to be very presumptious. Any chance of one or two hi res pictures for the forum.......to download for screen backgrounds? Many of them are real works of art.

 

For no good reason, I usually trash the original pictures; I just kept these two ones because someone on SMF asked them immediately after I had posted them:


And this one. I don’t even know why it’s still on my HD.


I'll try to think about nifty set-ups specifically for this forum.

 

Perfect......you picked my favourites

Best Regards and Many Thanks!

 

That one right there is just too many kinds of awesome.

 

Thank you for the compliments, though I still have to find why so many persons like it in particular (that was also this photo that started the sotd controversy on B&B). I find the one on the right to better composed. Damn, I even prefer the yellow waterish one.

Anyway, I'm pleased you're pleased.

 

LYRT KEEP POSTING THE PICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should shave 20 times a day just so we can see the photos

My shave

HD w/ Sharp
AoS GBB
"Wall Street PSO" er TJ's (I just like calling it Wall Street I don't know why)
DVH cream
Thayer's WH W/ aloe
DVH ASB