SoS: October 1st, 2012 - October 7th, 2012

Friday ...

Pre (Eucerin Moisturizing cream, warm/hot shower)
Omega 10083 Pro boar
MWF
Merkur 23c w/ Kai stainless
Post (Cetaphil Gentle cleanser, cold water rinse, pat dry)
Master Bay Rum

Two pass solid DFS! Sometimes ruts are good!

Great weekend everyone!!

 

Friday at last!

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: The Nits, Urk
• Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger
• Cream: Ingram
• Razor: Gillette Old Type OC
• Blade: Derby
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

My first menthol shave. Whipped up a great lather. Slick & creamy. Effortless. But then the application and the shave. WOW! Now there's a difference with other (non-mentholised) soaps & creams! I'll have to get used to it! Since it is my first menthol cream, I can't compare its "mentholishness" with others, but it is enough for me. It is so differ ent from other lathers that I just can't tell yet if I like it or not. Second try tomorrow!

Have a great day, all!

 

Friday the 5th of October 2012

A great hot shower to start the day.
Featured soap today RazoRock "Don Marco".
Brush choice today Semogue "1460"
Day three for the duo of the 20's Gillette OC and Super Max Platinum.
After three comfortable passes, cold water splash, alum, and the finishing touch Don Marco balm.
Today's shave was as close to a BBS DFS.

Everyone have a super weekend.

 

Friday 5th oct, 2012

Hot shower
Clarins men face scrub
Dr Harris lemon and Ginger soap

Blade gillete 7 o'clock yellow
Razor and brush- T&H
Pre-shave- T&H pre-shave oil
Shave cream- eshave White tea
Post-shave- Dr Harris skin toner
Eshave lavender after shave soother
After shave- tobs, mr taylors

Great have although the eshave lotion did sting abit, I gave up smoking for the baby, now I've picked up another addiction, that even more expensive!

 

This is for today's rotation. October 5th.

 

Oct 5th, 2012. Woo!

Prep: Applied Proraso Pre/Post Cream and got in the shower, reapplied.
Brush: Semogue 1305
Razor: '48 Super Speed (First time use.)
Blade: Personna Lab Med Prep.
Soap: TSD Lanolin English Fern (First time use.)
Post: Cold water rinse, alum block, cold water rinse, Thayer's Witch Hazel Rose, Juicy Couture Dirty English.

I'm not sure what to say about this shave. The shave was good, but the soap burned. I know it's not the lanolin because I've used it before with no problem. The soap went on smooth and didn't start getting hot til the second pass. Hmmm. The razor was good, I think the perfect medium.

 

Pre-shave: Marinated in Proraso Pre-Shaving Cream, Warm shower
Razor: Cadet TP-26 OC
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Muhle Black Fiber
Cream: The Body Shop Maca Root Cream
A/S: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Bar, Witch Hazel, Proraso Splash, 444

I am love, love, loving my Cadet OC. I was very hesitant buying an open comb as I heard they can be more aggressive. I am so glad pulled the trigger. This one is by far my most aggressive razor, but I haven't had a bad shave yet! I'm hooked!

 

Hello I'm Justin and its been 2 days since my last post
So to catch up.

Thursdays shave:
Hot shower
Omega badger
Feather as-d1
Feather yellow blade
Proraso gerrn soap
Cold water rinse
3 pass ok shave
The feather as and my face just dont get close

Friday's shave ( morning)
Hot shower
Gillette green 7 o'clock (day 4?)
Omega badger
Proraso green soap
3 pass dfs near bbs

Friday evening head shave
Hot water to wet the melon
Feather as-d1
Feather yellow blade
Proraso green soap
Omega badger
1 pass near bbs.
I still dont understand why i can get a great head shave out of the feather but a face shave is like i never even shaved.

 

• Prep PSC
• Irish Moos shaving stick
• Vulfix silvertip turnback travel brush
• FaTip Picollo OC
• Shark blade (2nd) shave
• EJ ASB - Sandalwood
• Floid ASL - Classico

Well me and the Piccolo got along a bit better his time! I would rate the Piccolo as "aggressive". Not over the top, but it definitely in the aggressive range for me. I like the Irish Moos and I did a combination of face and bowl lathering. The lather bowl is just a small glass food bowl with one of those plastic snap down lids. It is great for traveling and surprisingly it is one of the best bowls I have used with synthetic brushes. Must be the combination of smooth glass and synthetic hair that does the trick. I managed not to nick myself with the Piccolo, but I did have a couple of pinches. I probably could have got the job done in two passes, but where's the fun in that! The EJ Sandalwood ASB is not one my favorites but it is soothing. The Floids is always a nice way to finish but today it did sting a bit. I think tomorrow I will have to give my face a break, but the day after I will give the Piccolo another go.

Have a great day everyone!

Cheers, Lyndon

 

I see why you like it man. It smells ahhhhhhhhhhhhhmazing!

 

Saturday afternoon:

Work done for the week, family out shopping. Music on. Shower & Shave time.

Pre Shave: Hot shower / Proraso PSC
Shave Brush: Men'sBiz Super Badger
Shave Mug: Old Spice 60's
Shave Cream: Triumph & Disaster 'Old Fashioned' SC
Razor: Merkur 34C
Blade: Astray Superior Platinum (4)
Post Shave: Cold Water rinse / Nivea Post SC

Sensational 3 Passes. ( WTG / XTG / ATG) for a DFS+

Was both happy & surprised the Astra performed right until the end.

Saturday shave in daylight is fast becoming a regular routine !

I hope the rest of your Saturday is an enjoyable one where ever you are.

(btw music: Van Halen, Diver Down from 1982)

 

Oct 5
Face Wash: Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash
Pre-Shave Lather: Dalan D'Men Sensitive
Pre-Shave Oil: None
Shave Lather: Tet-A-Tet SC
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable (J1), set on 3
Blade: Personna Super (1)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Medium
Post: Witch Hazel/Rum/Aloe/Glycern mixture followed by Kistna TSB

WOW! I was blown away by this shave. I set the razor to 3 and expected a mild shave, but what I didn't expect was how effective it would be. Absolutely no irritation as the razor glided across my face.

Tet-A-Tet...I love this stuff! The scent is a bit different, but I've grown to like it.

 

Up early this morning so I figured I'd get a good start to my weekend. Nothing gets me closer to BBS than spending an hour with my GEM 1912!

Hoooooot hot shower.
Proraso Pre-shave
Proraso White Soap
30mm Copperhat Silvertip
Gem 1912 w/ new Gem SS blade
Floid Blue

We've got a travelling box going across Canada and it's my week to have my way with it. The 30mm Silvertip brush from The Copperhat is BY FAR my favorite thing out of the box. I love it, I want one, real bad ... I hope my wife reads this

Happy Thanksgiving my fellow Canucks, and to the rest of you, have a great weekend!!!

 

Arley, the majority of Bulgarian creams which I've used have menthol, but it is so minimal that you cannot feel any cooling, or very, very little cooling. Then again, most menthol creams aren't as cooling as the Lea Menthol, yes?

 

Saturday's shave

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Hans Zimmer, Inception soundtrack
• Brush: DVH boar
• Cream: Ingram
• Razor: Gem OCMM
• Blade: Gem stainless
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Comfortable and cose DFS++. Almost BBS. Nice shave. Got a bit more used to the menthol. Yesterday's lather was better, though. Guess it may be 'cause of the boar brush. Tomorrow the badger again. See if I'm right.

Have a great weekend!

 

Saturday:

Omega Silver Handle
Super Speed/Sharp day 6
Nord-ost SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Booster Iced Lime AS
Chabrawichi 555 Cologne

Inspired by my man Dmitry in Russia, I decided to use this lovely cream which is made by the same company as the great Tet-a-tet, Everest, and Phyto Expert creams. www.kalina.org produces some of the finest shaving stuff a man can find. What a wonderful shave I had - the Nord-ost cream lathers like a champ, smells really nice, and gives a very mild cooling effect which the Svoboda balsam intensifies.

 

You want to know about menthol - I'll be happy to teach you!

 

Noxema / C&E glycerine lime soap
Merkur 34c / Sharp SS (2)
Semogue boar 1438
Speick SC mixed with KMF lime
Thayers witch hazel
444 balm
Drakkar EdT

 

5/8 Kropp
Mr. Taylors
homemade brush (28mm)
Stephan Bay Rum

I'm going to hate to take the Kropp out of rotation. I've had very good shaves this week with it. It's been almost week straight with creams and I seem to be reaching for Mr. Taylor most often. While I don't think the performance is quite up to the Simpson SC, the scent is great, IMO. Hopefully, I'll bring the last of my ebay razors into rotation tomorrow if I can complete the scales today. Have a good one.

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