SoS: April 2nd, 2012 - April 8th, 2012

Tuesday...
Proraso shave soap applied with Copperhat Yellowheart Badger brush
Beard removal preformed with 2 passes of my Rolls Razor
Warm rinse - Cold rinse
Finished with application of vintage Aqua Velva Frost Lime aftershave

Very Nice Shave

 

Dovo straight
TSD Angel soap
Art of Shaving brush
Old Spice as

 

That's a great thing. Guys cannot stop to look at Corinne also! We both have the same dark Mediterranean appearance, only she looks like a beauty and I look like a beast!

 

Tues
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Poraso
Razor: Schick Hydro Magic
Blade: Chinese Schick
Pre: Poraso Pre/post
Post: Poraso As balm.
Hair Groom: Jeris w/ oil
Result: DFS.

 

Hey, Mike.

Last night I face loaded DVH and right before I took the brush to my face, I just kept the puck in my hand and twirled the brush on it for about 5 secs. Just enough to get a little soap on the brush before going to the face. Kinda puts soap on soap instead of using a "dry" brush.

Hope that helps.

 

My Wednesday’s shave ritual of this week:

Calani Cadre Noir shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
‘60s British Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
Feather (3.)
Speick Men after shave

Nice shave! Have a great day, everyone!

 

Imperial hollow ground
Cheap chinese mixed badger (love this brush)
Mystic Waters Cedar and Sage
Osage

This was my first straight shave in quite a while. I only went with 2 passes and no ATG. Great shave.

 

Shower
EJ pre shaving cream
Merkur Bakelite 45C
Shark Blade
Arko Stick
Omega Pro 48
Arko Maximum Comfort lotion
Arko Maximum Comfort Balm

 

April 3rd - Late Night Shave
Beverage: Fukamushi Sencha green tea from Indigo Tea Co.
Music: Marshall Tucker Band - Where We All Belong
Prep: Nivea Face Wash
Pre-Lather: Edwin Jagger Sea Buckthorn SS w/ the Turkish No. 6 brush
Razor: Ball end Tech, A1 (1955)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Blade: Personna Super "Lab" (2)
Soap/Cream: T&H 1805 SC
Post: 5Savages After Shave
AS: T&H 1805 ASB
DFS+

I'm starting to think the Tech is not quite as close shaving as my 38M.

 

Tech Week
Wednesday
Eucalyptus & menthol theme

Gillette Tech
Feather
De Vergulde Hand boar
Proraso
TSD Iced Eucalyptus WH
Proraso

 

Wednesday, April 4

55’ Gillette Red Tip
Ladas (d2)
Tabac SS
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Old Spice
Result: DFS

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot shower, soak brush
CD: Muddy Waters ~ The Essence of Muddy Waters
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Kenya/Ethiopia blend, BLACK
Soap: TSD Cedarwood
Brush: Omega 49, the RED one
Tech: '66 Ball End Travel Tech
Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade

Not bad. Technique is very important with this razor. The cardinal rule when using a safety razor is NO PRESSURE, let the weight of the razor do the work. Many times the best way to do this is to hold the razor at the very end of the handle. Well, the Travel Tech has no weight or any real handle to give much room for moving down. One has to hold the razor directly under the head and be very aware of how much pressure they are using. Attention to technique, along with the right blade, and these little guys can give a pretty decent shave.

 

Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick Adjustable (2)
Blade: Schick
Soap: New Proraso
Brush: Semogue 1305
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue A/S

Testing a Schick Adjustable sent to me by a friend. Will give my opinions after Saturdays shave.

 

Wednesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/new Shark
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Alt Innsbruck AS
Obsession For Men EDT

After a frigid shave like this I feel so good - the menthol of this Palmolive cream is so potent and nice, and the scent is great. The Alt Innsbruck aftershave is also loaded with menthol as well as having a great scent which doesn't compete with an eau de toilette.

 

Wednesday...
Arko shave stick applied with Omega Baby-Pro boar brush
Beard removal preformed with 2+ passes of my '38 Senator
Finished with Arko Cool AS Cream/Arko Aqua AS Splash

A very nice shave indeed! Better than a Barber Shop Shave...Wouldn't change a thing..

 

Wednesday

Gillette Black Handle
Gillette Spoiler
Penworks Finest
MEM Olive SC
Sea of Spa ASB - sensitive

It was the first shave I have had for the past few days. Shaves like these are always welcome! The Penworks seems super floppy...but I am used to stiffer brushes. The MEM...I forgot how much I LOVE that cream. The scent is amazing, as is all the other aspects of it.
After 2 passes, the SoS ASB was a nice finishing touch.

 

Good luck Shawna, i'm sure you will be as fit as a fiddle in no time.

Regards Jamie.

 

iKon Modern
Shark Super Chrome
M&F Lee7
La Toja Manantiales
Humphreys Citrus WH w/ M-Bomb

Humiecki & Graef’s - Skarb

 

Wednesday

Soak Brush/Semogue 620
Hot Shower

Proraso PrePost cream
TSD ISZ shave soap
Pils 101NE/Voskhod (3)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean brush,razor,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
TSD ISZ splash followed 30 minutes later with TSD ISZ aftershave milk

I love it when a plan comes together.I had a great 3 pass shave,one pass head,followed by a nice menthol blast!!!!

 

Wednesday morning, April 4, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna blade (8)
Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!