SoS: May 6, 2013 - May 12, 2013

Beautiful spring weather is finally here and we're getting ready for a nice hot summer. This is what I'll be using for:

Menthol Monday:

#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/new Rapira
Ginger's Garden Ice Mint SS
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Diana Sport Menthol Balsam
Barbon AS
YSL Pour Homme EDT

The first time I ever used this Ice Mint soap I was shocked at its menthol power - it could compete with Palmolive Menthol or Godrej Menthol Mist. The scent is awesome and the lather is a pleasure to work with, and it also gives great skincare. The Diana balsam and the Barbon aftershave are both delightful potent face-freezers.

 

Monday 06-05-2013

Razor: Muhle R41 '11
Blade: Polsilver SI (1)
Brush: Omega 10077
Cream: Arko Ice Mint
AS: Barbon

 

Weber Bulldog - R41-13
Shark SC
Omega 42
Arko Shave Stick
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

A very nice quick shave this morning...

 

13/16 Prior
TOBS Coconut
old brush (French)

Nice shave this morning. The TOBS Coconut is a sample and pretty good stuff but I'm fairly indifferent to the scent. Good cream, o.k. scent. Have a good one.

 

Monday

Prep: Hot shower, Steve's Own pre-shave oil, hand strop blade
Coffee: Master Chef, BLACK
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Omega 11574
DE: '65 Pink Lady Gillette (thanks again, Luteplayers!)
Blade: Astra SP, day 1, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

So I had to test drive my wife's new Pink Lady. What a fantastic razor! I shave every day, and I've used lots of different razors to do it - this one is Top Shelf. Darn near BBS. May have to get a blue one for myself!

But I'm a man. I can change. If I have to. I guess. --- who said it?

 

EverReady 1924 SE first pass and EJ89 w/Weber "BullDog" SS handle for final 2 passes & touchup
Gem SS and Astra SS(blue pk) blades
Corn Huskers Lotion as preshave
Unnamed SandleWood soap I'm trying to use up
Nivea Sensitive PostShave Balm
New Brut "Dominant" AS

New Brut is unimpressive I.M.O.

 

Nice shave. That looks like a spent 209 primer(Rio?).

 

Jack Palance and I love skin bracer. And I love derby blades. New ones I soak in hot water for a minute or two to get that dreadful sticky coating off. Once it is off, nothing better IMHO. Have an awesome week guys.

 

Monday:

Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
Irisch Moss Stick
Aqua Velva Ice Blue
Afta Fresh
Brut
EJ Best Medium
Dovo Natural
Well my DE expieriment is over. I have a nice fat ingrown under the right jaw for my troubles now. Today's shave with the straight was delicious though, so I saywith somethrown in for good measure. Have a nice day!

 

SOTD Monday 5-6-2013

Cadet OC/Ikon Bulldog
Personna Medical Blade
Proraso PSC
Old Spice Original SC
GT G4 Scuttle
Vintage Hess Barber's Best Boar
Thayer's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Old Spice Classic Cologne

Great way to start off the week. The Old Spice has always brought back memories of the past. It's great stuff and I'm glad to see that it still exists and is being advertised. (Although the OS ads are a little wierd at times!) lol

 

Vintage week

The only thing vintage in my shave today was the razor, Schick type I injector.

CeraVe face wash
Prairie Creations soap, unscented
HIS synthetic brush
Schick I injector with modern Schick blade
CeraVe lotion

 

Schick I2 Injector 'Hydro-Magic' with Schick blade (2)
Omega 20102 Pro Boar (thanks Gairdner)
C O Bigelow Premium Shave Cream
Witch Hazel
Family Dollar Spice

Cold water three pass+ for a happy DFS!

I'm in love with this Omega brush, wow, it's hard to go back to can now!

C O Bigelow is bliss, and the Hydro-Magic shaves like a dream!

Aces!

 

For Monday, the Most Menthol I can Muster. Awesome shave, it was a super hot night, so I didn't sleep well. Menthol and a pint of black coffee to get me going.

Pre: Proraso Green
Cream: Proraso Green
Post: some more Proraso Green
Razor: Merkur slant with Feather
Brush: Vulfix 404

 

Vintage week Monday

E2 injector
Vintage Schick (made in USA) blade (1)
MWF
Ever-Ready 79 restored with TGN Nylon knot
3 pass shave
Proraso AS

Still having trouble getting a good lather from the MWF.

 

Merkur 25c OC
wilkie blade (3)
TSD Burmese woods sample
Shave Secret preshave oil
thayers WH with menthol crystals
Clubman Vanilla AS with menthol crystals
Proraso ASB
2 pass BBS!

 

I've found loading with the soap upside down and a slightly wet brush works well. I overload like crazy and face lather. It never disappoints when I do that.

 

Georgeous Lather Bowl Leo!

 

Thanks Stroker! I found it at a thrift store for two dollars, I fell in love at first sight

 

6.5.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable
• Blade: Bolzano Superinox (2)
• Brush: WSP Monarch HMW
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Soap: Speick shave stick
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Proraso lozione dopobarba

 

Monday, May 6, 2013

Pre: hot shower, Lush Rehab shampoo/Dirty shower gel
Brush: Case, Best
Soap: Lush Karma
Razor: '71 Black Beauty (2 passes on 1)
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock (1)
Post: Lush Cosmetic Lad



Today was Lush day in my little corner of the world that other, more sane people call the upstairs bathroom. I commandeered a chunk of SWWBO's Karma soap from downstairs, and gathered together the other Lush products close at hand that I could use. Their stuff is pretty good, really nice, unusual scents, abundant lather and very "clean" feeling in the shower. Anyway, after the shower, I set about making lather using nothing but the chunk of wine-colored Karma soap. It took a little while but worked well enough, although the resulting lather thinned out considerably on my face, and made me wonder if I was gong to dry the hell out of my skin. It was also my first use of a 7 O'Clock blade, and it seemed pretty comparable to the Astras I used last week with good results. I finished up by skipping the Pinaud's (which I missed -- I like the sting and tightening up feeling from it) and using up the last of the Cosmetic Lad sample I got from the Lush store. My face feels good and moisturized, not at all dry like I'd feared, and I may try this recipe again.