SoS Oct 15-21

Wednesday

Nice long hot shower.
Tea Tree Soap.
Soak of milled C&E SAO and Vulfix Mayfair Brush
Pre-Shave face prep.
1921 Gillette Bostonian - nice heft
New Derby Special
This soap makes tons and tons of sweet smelling lather
3 passes - WTG, XTG and ATG
Cold Rinse
Poraso Liquid Cream A/S
Ogallala Double Strength Bay Rum

 

Cool... :rofl

 

Sorry Bro, you were talking about it and it sounded good.....was good too

Let's see teh photo....

 

Nice one Klaus, wouldn't have imagined that came from a phone

Wednesday

1. Wet face with warm water.
2. Smear on generous amount of Lucky Tiger Lemon Preshave Lotion
3. Shower, washing face last
4. Apply Sopping-Wet hot towel for 2 minutes, refreshing with new hot water as needed. (while in the shower)
5. Rinse face with fairly hot water,
6. Apply EV-OO.
7. Re-Apply Sopping-Wet hot towel for 2 minutes, refreshing with new hot water as needed. (while in the shower)
8. Rub puck of soap on face like a shave stick ("Test Bar" Shave Soap) Rub in with brush (Kent BK4 Silvertip Brush) for 30-60 seconds. Let stand another 30 seconds. Rub with fingertips.
9. Rinse with warm water, lather up ("Test Bar" Shave Soap), and shave (Gillette Tech w/ BIC Double Edge Blade)

Post:
WWR
CWR
Em's Place Antioxidant Cream
Aqua Velva Ice Blue Splash
CWR

FTW - Williams Aqua Velva Colonia ::

 

Yes :happy088

Put that in the "Cache"

 

Will do. Good idear!

 

That's a pretty good picture for a phone.

 

2007-10-17

Shower
Bath Soap: Nancy Boy Spa Bar Soap
Shampoo/Conditioner: Avalon Organics Peppermint Revitalizing Conditioner w/Babassu Oil
Shampoo/Conditioner: Avalon Organics Peppermint Revitalizing Shampoo w/Babassu Oil
Facial Wash: Neutrogena Razor Defense Facial Scrub
Deodorant: Burt's Bees Herbal Deodorant
Shave
Razor: Feather Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N
Razor Blades: Feather Pro Guard Blades for Feather ACD-N
Razor: Merkur 500 Progress Adjustable Double Edged Safety Razor Chrome
Razor Blades: Sharp Stainless Double Edged Razor Blades v2
Brush: Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Brass & Faux Ebony Best Badger Shave Brush
Bowl: Mitsuwa 6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest
Shave Cream/Soap: Crabtree & Evelyn Sandalwood Shave Cream (as pre shave lather)
Shave Cream/Soap: Honey Bee Spa Vanilla Oak Glycerin Shave Soap
Technique: WTG (Feather)/WTG (DE)/Cleanup (ATG)
Post Shave
Styptic: Tulumba Alum Block
Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Aftershave
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Aftershave Talc

Result: 4.2/5.0 One blemish weeper from the ACD-N. Expanding beyond just WTG and learning angles and different approaches. Still need a DE for cleanup and that's OK. It's a good combination for me.

 

Got a pic, sounds sweet :drool

 

Not the best...but its my first

 

First what?

 

Let me see what I can do Joe. The camera is at home and the bowl is at work.

 

Wednesday 17th

ProRaso Pre

Edwin Jagger Faux Ivory DE
Lord Blade
Muehle Super
Arran Aromatics Bay Citrus Ss

Pinaud Bay Rum AS
Ogalla Bay Rum Cologne

 

Sweet pic Isaac, that camera should take some nice Macro's as well :drool

 

Hot shower and towel
Simpson's Commodore X3
Scorpio Shaving soap
Helly 5/8 ST
Proraso ASB
Pinaud Clubman
T&H 1805 Edt

 

Simpsons Harvard 2 Best
Trumper Warwick Gold DE
C&E Sienna Shaving Soap
DR Harris Sandalwood AS
*no cologne needed

Good stuff :drool

 

Wednesday

TGQ Leatherneck soap
Taylor of Old Bond Street pure badger mini
Gillette Fatboy w/ Gillette Swedish blade
Thayer's WH
Skin Bracer Cooling Blue AS

Kinda in a hurry this morning, but the Fatboy performed well as always!

 

Wednesday

[FONT=&quot]Could not connect this morning, so I'm posting late.


MUSIC:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years – Frank Sinatra (Vinyl)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
Floris Scuttle[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Simpson Chubby #1 in Best[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Floris No. 89 SS[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Sweet Sue” TIPT-LE 6/8 #260 w/RW Mammoth Ivory Scales[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]TM Artisan 3” 20 on the Latigo / 30 on the Brushed[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Passes [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]NO [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Styptic Pencil
WWR[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]CWR[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Alum Bock[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]CWR[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]QED Da Vinci Water[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MB Summer AS Peppermint[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Floris No. 89 EdT[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Lucky Tiger 3 Roses Hair Tonic[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Not as pleased with the soap as I expected. May be my method, but I prefer Penhaligon’s .[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Have an outstanding day![/FONT]

 

Wednesday:

Omega Silvertip
Parker 22R/Sharp day 2
Palmolive shaving stick
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Musgo Real a/s
Quorum edt

I really enjoy shaving with the Palmolive sticks--they work good.

 

Red Tip Superspeed / Crystal Blade
Crabtree and Evelyn Best
Van Der Hagan Soap
Osage Rub
Anherb Balm



Man is it cold in here!