Friday: #6 Horsehair Super Speed/7 AM day 5 Gada Cool Mint SC Diana Sport Menthol Balsam Osage Rub AS YSL Pour Homme EDT Only a hopeless menthol addict like me can use a set-up like this when the weather outside is so bitterly cold - the Gada Cool Mint cream is frigid with awesome lather and skincare, the Diana Sport balsam can be too much for somebody who cannot tolerate intense menthol, and the Rubski Dubski can freeze your face off. I really enjoyed this shave a lot!
Shave of the Day (SOTD) Friday January 25, 2013• Prep: Brush soaked in cold water, tepid shower, face washed with Dial Soap • Razor: Matador Capa Dorada Open Comb • Blade: SuperMax Super Platinum (2) • Brush: GDCarrington Maple Apple Brush set with Ace Shaving 22mm High Density Silvertip • Soap: Taylor of Old Bond Street Avocado • AS: Mennen Skin Bracer Original with added menthol • Post: Cold Water Rinse, double splash of aftershave Another sample of TOBS from my buddy Todd, wow this stuff is nice. The TOBS Avocado does not smell anything like avocado, more like fresh cut green grass with notes of lime and floral. Like the other TOBS I have tried this has no problems building a luxurious lather even with the moderately hard Lake Michigan water my village uses (127 mg/l for you hard water nerds). First use of the SuperMax SP in the Matador Open Comb, which was never nice, much better than some of the other blades that I have used in it, This will become my go to blade for this razor. Two full passes along with a few touch-ups and some light buffing on my neck provided a BBS. Very nice way to end the work week, as the shave was fairly quick and the results where excellent.
Friday Schick M3 injector (the protector) Schick blade (4) Pashana mixed badger & boar Prep Sapone da Barba Harris Sandalwood AS Proraso balm 14 minutes, 3 passes + touch up, 1 very DFS
And it shaves really good, I haven't used a DE for months. Not long ago someone posted that it almost feels like cheating to shave with an injector. And that's exactly how I feel about them. Effortless, smooth, close, great engineering. They are just great. Did I mention I like 'm alot?
Friday soak brush/Savile Row 3824/DB Brush Scuttle hot shower Mr Glo glyce lime oil soap(too cold outside for even Proraso PrePost) Lavanda SC Schick E3/Ted Pella Coated Injector (3) warm water rinse Monster Block Alum warm water rinse Thayer's Lavender WH Ach Brito Lavanda mixed with a pea sized amount of Aloe Life Skin Gel Great 2 pass face,1 pass dome for BBS all around,enjoy the weekend everyone
SOTD Friday 1-25-2013 Edwin Jagger DE86811 w/Astra SP Proraso PSC Ingram SC Parker Badger Thayer's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB British Sterling Cologne
Friday morning, January 25, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (5) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Double shot of espresso - Black WSP Prince Silvertip Brush Mama Bear's Rose Ice Metholated Shaving Soap FACE LATHER! Merkur Futur (No. 2 setting) Personna Med Prep (1) 3 Passes: WTG, XTG NTE, XTG ETN Hot/cold water splashes Master Lilac Vegetol Zen Shave this morning! The lilac vegetol worked very well with the rose scented soap. It was a reminder of summer!!!!
FRIDAY - WOO! Feather AS-D1 Open Comb Feather (2) T&H Trafalgar Muhle STF 23mm Dirty Bird Original Scuttle Captains Choice Bay Rum A/S
Friday - 25.01.2012 Merkur 34c Super Iridium Blade Frank Shaving Chubby Badger L'Occitane Cade Soap Proraso Aftershave Lotion L'Occitane Cade Aftershave Balm Proraso Styptic Gel Still trying out the SI blade, this time in the Merkur 34c razor. Apparently the blade heard my "complaint" from last posting and took its revenge. My chin was basically Mauled, but I will live to shave another day. (knock on wood) The L'Occitane shave soap used to be a personal favourite of mine, but lately I have had some trouble creating a decent piece of lather from this soap. It is closer to a thick foam than lather. It is stil shaveable, but not as pleasant as it could be. Perhaps I should do a Monkeylord and practise making lather for the fun of it. Proraso's aftershave is the only workable aftershave lotion for me. A nice clean lotion that soothes and calmes the skin, while also giving me a good wholesome sting. The scent is pleasant, but not perfumed and it does not linger. I wouldn't mind a few other lotions like that. That's all folks.
Friday! Prep: hot washing cloth Music: John Barry, Dances With Wolves soundtrack Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger Cream: Godrej (face lathered) Razor: Star 1912 Blade: Gem stainless Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse First time with Godrej. Got it yesterday (thanks mate!). Half a tube. WOW! Chilly! But very nice! Needless to say but I'll say it anyway: stellar shave! Have a great weekend ya'll!
I must to admit the Godrej Menthol cream is almost competition for Palmolive Menthol. To me they are around equal in the freezing. I have a tube of it which is also about half-empty so I use it only sometimes.
Gillette fat handled Tech '60s Gillette stainless blade (borrowed pic below) Tabac soap BBS. I hadn't used one of these blades in awhile - I'm use them very sparingly - but they are truly a classic. Quite sharp and super smooth - the smoothest shave I've had in a while, in fact.
Pre shave. Jack Daniels Old #7 Scuttle Georgetown G5 Cream TOBS Lavender Brush AOS Badger Strop T Miller Latigo Razor Wacker Jungmeister 6/8 Aftershave Witch Hazel, AOS Sandlewood lotion, my beloved Old #7
Ah, Ingram from the UK, yes. I have the Egyptian version of Ingram which can out-freeze the UK one easily. Same nice scent, but even better lather and skincare, a better consistency, however it comes in a smaller tube. Here's what it looks like:
I shaved last night, but got bored during the day while doing school work so I decided to give my straight razor a go for the first time while my whiskers were short. I just tried shaving my checks and upper lip for a little while. Not cuts, no irritation . Successful first try, and since my face was feeling good and I had a bunch of lather left over, I took out my trusty safety razor and did 2 passes giving me a DFS. First time I've tried a second XTG pass in a couple weeks. Felt good! Pre- Hot towel over lather x3 Shave- Schmachtenberg Bros Climax Razor, '85 Gillette SS, Astra SP (3), Green Proraso cream, Whipped dog silver tip, Georgetown scuttle. Post- Witch Hazel, Aqua Velva
