Injector Wednesday CeraVe face wash Prairie Creations unscented soap Custom silvertip brush Schick injector, type "G" Schick blade Cold rinse CeraVe lotion After the irritation I had Monday with my "I" injector, I was careful this morning with the more aggressive "G": took my time with face prep and moved slowly with no pressure. The shave went well. Three passes, no irritation and a very smooth face.
PRE: Hot Towel + MR GLO Soap + Am Crew PSO BRUSH: Omega 636 LATHER: D.R. Harris Lavender + AOS Lavender (Warm) RAZOR: Merkur 38C BLADE: Astra SP POST: Gillette Cool Wave (Crystallized) + Seacret ASB Terrible Pic this AM...I hope I am more focused than the pic today! Started out good with a 5:30AM run and a great shave, now to make breakfast and lunches...Have a great Wednesday all!
Wednesday morning, June 5, 2013 Schick I2 Hydro-magic with Schick blade (4) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Wet Wednesday 1. Hot shower with hot towel to face for about 1.5 minutes (in a rush this morning!) 2. Pumped out & applied a nickel-sized pool of my homemade pre-shave oil (see here: http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/how-to-make-your-own-pre-shave-oil.31132/page-4#post-585504 3. Tried a NEW soap: Provence Sante Green Tea 4. Gillette Fat Boy again with yesterday's new Astra 5. Identical follow-up as Tuesday's procedure (4771 aftershave, Pre de Provence balm) The new PS oil felt great on the face. Really slick with a subtle bergamot/clove scent! I was almost tempted to simply shave with NO lather, but wanted to try the new soap. The Provence soap smelled nice enough, and generated a rich, creamy lather that coated my face beautifully. Good stuff! It's a nice change from the wool fat.
SOTD Wednesday 6-5-2013 FaTip Piccolo/Weber Wave Astra Superior Platinum Blade Proraso PSC Old Spice Original SC GT G4 Scuttle Omega Boar Dickinson's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB Old Spice Classic ASL I have not been happy at all with the little FaTip Piccolo's performance in the past. (It tends to want to eat my face; very unfriendly!) I love the FaTip Grande's performance so it's just got to be that skinny little handle that is the culpret. Problem is; the Piccolo head has a different thread than most any other razor on the planet! I swapped around and found that it fits on the Weber Wave (and Weber Bulldog) handles (however, the Piccolo handle will not fit on anything else.) At any rate, I love the look of the FaTip head on the Weber Wave handle and I think the extra thickness, length and heft of the Weber Wave handle will bring this little demon under control. I haven't shaved yet so; the proof is in the pudding as they say. I'll edit results later today after I shave. Edit: BINGO! Problem solved! The Weber Wave handle gave control of the Piccolo head and the shave performance was outstanding. This is a keeper!
Sort of...Here is the link: scentsy.com/products/scentsy-catalog.aspx sorry don't have link option on iPad browser... Melts wax at a low temp as an air freshener. My wife got this as a gift and I felt it could be better put to use as a lather warmer...doesn't get hot enough to damage brush in time it takes to shave...just nice warm lather! It is heated with a light bulb.
Wednesday morning, June 5, 2013 Schick Hydro-magic Warm lather glides boar bristle, Personna blade cuts A DFS My first use of the re-branded Personna blade ordered from EMS, wow, what a smooth sharp shave! Aces!
Razor: Merkur HD Blade: PolSilver Super Iridium Brush: BG Yellow Beehive horsehair Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap Soap: XXX with Menthol added Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave: alcolado glacial w Osage Rub combo
Omega 31025 Boar Halinger Schafmilch and Lanolin Soap Facelather Merkur Futur Personna Med Prep 3 passes Tabac After Shave Lotion Another outstanding shave with the Haslinger soap!
Proraso pre Mike's Orange, Cedarwood & Black Pepper Soap Omega 37 Boar Merkur 34c HD Feather (1) Thayer's Original Acqua Di Parma ASB
5.6.2013 Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap Razor: Sabi T2 Blade: Sputnik (2) Brush: Frank Shaving Faux Agate Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green Soap: Institut Karité (3) Post: T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel Aftershave: Musgo Real Classic sample Yowza, the T2 really is on the aggressive side. It's heavy as well, which is something I really like. My kitchen scale shows exactly 100g!
Wednesday 05-06-2013 Razor: Gillette New LC Blade: Polsilver SI (3) Brush: Omega 10275 Cream: SuperMax Lemon Lime AS: Brut
Super Silver DE with a Bolzano blade (2) HJM super badger Palmolive Cool Gillette proseries intense cooling balm Pitralon Classic A cool combination for a nice wake up after a 14 hour work day 3 pass BBS, this Super Silver DE is awesome, I'll give you guys some pics and a review when I catch the time (sorry no pic today)
Thanks so much - it'll be welcomed and loved. I also want you to have some more of the creams that I sent you!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Simpson Case, TOBS Grapefruit, Superadjustable (2 on 2), Gillette 7 O'Clock (1), Pinaud's Bay Rum Back in the saddle after a few days away. Didn't have much time so I missed a few spots, but otherwise a good quick shave.
SOTD Wednesday Prep: Warm shower, TSD ISZ PSB Razor: Merkur 34C Blade: Super-max Platinum Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Barbershoppe and Williams Brush: AOS pure badger Shave: 4 Passes & buffing Post: Cold water, Thayer's Lavender WH, Axe Chilled ASG Pomade: Murray's Superior Cologne: John Varvatos Vintage Needed a chilly shave after working in the yard today. A very nice soothing lather and the whiskers just slid off, no irritation or bleeding and I am baby butt smooth. Time to take an afternoon nap and then off to the Cardinals / D'backs game.
Wednesday afternoon: Had such a good shave at the gym the other day that I'm ditching pre-shave for a bit. Razor: Fatip Grande Blade: 7:00 yellow Brush: Vulfix Grosvenor Lather: Tabac Aftershave: RR Baby Blue Cracked open a new bowl of Tabac today. After I used that stick at the gym yesterday, I was reminded of how freaking good it is. Starting to really like the Fatip. Also, Baby Blue? So good.
