SoS: November 11, 2013 - November 17, 2013

Wednesday morning, November 13, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (3)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a CCS!

 

13.11.2013

• Prep: shower, 3P
• Razor: Cobra Classic
• Blade: Feather Pro (8)
• Brush: The BiG Shave 2013 #90/100 by Semogue Portugal
• Soap: RazoRock Nonno Michelino
• Post: Thayers Medicated Superhazel
• After shave: HBG for Men Sandalwood

 

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Dove Men's Face Wash​

Kiss My Face Cool Mint Moisture Shave​

Parker Pure Badger Brush​

Schick M Adjustable​

Schick Stainless Steel​

CWR​

Thayers Cucumber Witch Hazel​

Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS​

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It was a great shave today with Kiss My Face Cool Mint leading the way. It lathered well with the Parker pure badger brush for two passes and touch-ups with the Schick adjustable. The KMF is very cool, and the cool continues. Finished off with the Thayers Cucumber WH and Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS. Feeling clean and refreshed.​

 

SOTD using a VDH boar is my own mixture of VDH Deluxe grated with the addition of Egyptian Sandalwood EO along the way.
Razorock Little Bastone using a Gillette Super Thin.
Cold water rinse, Clinique moisturizer followed by the Veg.

 

Oh my God. Tonight's shave... wow. Just wow. You'll see why soon.

Prep: hot shower, L'Oreal Men Science Face Wash, TBS Maca Root Face Scrub.
Brush: Turkish #6 Brush.
Razor: '62 Gillette Slim set to 6 for the first pass, 3 for the second.
Blade: Personna Lab.
Soap: Stirling Glacial... stay tuned for more.
Post: cold water rinse, C.C. Bay Rum, Phyto Balm.

Most of this summary will be dedicated to Stirling Glacial. I thought it couldn't get any colder than Palmolive Menthol shave cream, or TSD ISZ soap. Well I was wrong, Stirling seriously made me shiver. This soap is reportedly colder than QCS Vostok, Yeti Snot, TSD ISZ, and whatever menthol bombs I have missed. When I lathered up, I instantly felt the freeze when I started lathering on the soap. It made my eyes water and my nose ran... it was a slight challenge trying to keep snot out of the lather... haha. I had trouble initially because I think I didn't load enough soap on the brush. I'll get it down pat soon. If you have used Stirling Soap before, you know that Rod's soaps have excellent skincare... this was no exception. I had pretty slick lather that helped the razor glide. My face felt tingly and cold for at least 15-20 minutes after the shave. The CC Bay Rum intensified the tingling. There was no burn though. I guess that means I got a good shave.

 

Bond cream is awesome! That is all!

 

I use to be a love all the Clinique Men stuff. They have some great products. I ran out of every thing and the closest store that sells it now is a 2 1/5 hour drive for me. Still have the Chemistry cologne, though. Love it!

 

I have one of those Rockets on the way...

 

Nice!! The Brits I have are quickly becoming my favorite razors! That one in the pic being my favorite of the Brits, never gives me a bad shave!

 

I'm hoping I have the same experiences as you. I have high hopes for it.

 

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/

Razor: R41'13+Weber Bulldog/Classic Handle/Merkur Futur @ 4
Blade: Polsilver SI (2-4)
Brush: WD Silvertip
Cream-Soap: Gingers Garden Snow/Pascale Menthol/Barbon
AS: Denim Original/Black/Musk

Excellent shave these day - little closer result from R41 paired with right handle Ginger's Mentol snow is real menthol bomb!

 

Barbasol Razor
WS Super Swordedge UK blade
Semogue 1800
Arko SS
Alum
Superior 70

 

Thursday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 4
Mama Bear Lemon Ice SS
Svoboda AS Balm
Barbon AS
Aramis Stick Deodorant
Aramis EdT

Congratulations to the Lemon Ice soap - after trying and trying it's won a Cracky Wacky Ticky Tacky Freeze Award. Oh yes, this soap can freeze your face off and it smells really nice. The only thing it needs is a little more skincare, but other than that it's fine. Many thanks to my dear friend Dmitry who sent me this wonderful Svoboda balm, and many thanks as well to my good friend Tiberiu in Romania for sending me the Barbon aftershave which I love so much!

 

Thursday:
hot shower
Shave Secret PSO
Parker 80R
Lord Platinum (4) 2+passes
VDH boar
LA Santa Monica Bay Rum soap (sample) in the scuttle
alum
Old Spice Classic AS

Fourth and final shave with the Lord Platinum. This blade pairs extremely well for me in the 80R despite the fact that it'll never be more than a three shave blade. The big plus for me (besides an excellent shave) is that it does the job without a third pass which works great on a weekday when I'm watching the clock. Got a couple weepers in the moustache area trying to do the final touch up so I knew that it was time to send it to the blade bank. Can't say enough good things about the Los Angeles Shaving Soap Company's products. Absolutely terrific lather from only a wee bit of soap so I'll be picking up some full size jars very soon.

 

Thursday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Barbershop Bath Soap
Soap: RazoRock XX
Razor: ’66 Gillette Slim “6”
Blade: Rapira Swedish Supersteel (4)
Brush: Omega 6192 Pure Badger
Aftershave: TSD Signature-Bay Rum Blend

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

4th shave with the Rapira Swedish SS in the Slim. I tried another new soap for the first time today, RazoRock XX. The RR XX has a great scent and produced a good, smooth, easy lather. The Rapira has done very well through all 4 shaves with the Slim on “6”. No tugging, just nice close, nick & burn free shaves. I finished with TSD Signature Bay Rum Blend w/menthol. My face feels great.

Bob

 

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Prep: Warm shower, Homemade Cedarwood PSO
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89L
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2)
Soap: RazoRock Nonno Michelino
Brush: Vie-Long Horse Hair
Post: Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman

Excellent shave today. I'm going to have to try out more RazoRock products. If the rest of them are as good as the Nonno Michelino, I don't see any reason to buy the high priced soaps.

Have a great day!

 

SOTD Nov 14

Prep: hot shower
Razor: Weishi 9306
Blade: Merkur (day 3)
Brush: Wilkinson Sword
Cream: Musgo Real Classic
Passes: 3 (WTG, XTG, ATG)
Post: cold water, alum, Proraso blue cream

Everything was going great for today's shave, and then I over reached with touch ups and ended up with a sore, smooth face

 

Same shaving tools as yesterday with the exception of Osage Rub was used this morning.
Here's the set up from Tuesdays shave which I didn't post.
5/8 Engels Special
Synergy SS
homemade brush
Great shaving razor.

 

Thursday:

Prep: Healthy Accents Daily Renewal Cleanser face wash, Crown Co. Supreme Glide Preshave Lotion
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine Glycerin
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (3, 4, 5)
Post: Cold water rinse, Dickinson's WH, Lucky Tiger Vanishing Menthol ASB
Cologne: Gigember Estragone by Dr. Vranjes

Who just had his best shave in memory? This guy! I decided to bowl lather this morning because it's marginally easier for me to get good cushion from the lather produced that way, and my face had been feeling a little beat up from the Astra. The microbeads in my new (cheap, store brand) face wash did a great job both softening my whiskers and smoothing out my face; the shaving soap was as luxurious as ever; the Bic continues to be my most consistent performer. The primary reason I reached for the Lucky Tiger today was the amount of recent chatter I've seen about this or that new mentholated shave product, and my face is sufficiently frozen as a result. It's also BBS and irritation-free.

 

Prep: Proraso Green Crema pre Barba
Cream: TOBS Jermyn Street
Brush: HIS Synthetic
Razor: Maggard m10
Blade: Gillette 7 OC yellow
Post: cool rinse, Krampert's Finest Acadian Bay Rum

DFS. I used the last of my Krampert's bay rum today. I'll miss it until I can get a refill. I really enjoy the scent and skin feeling it provides. Perhaps I'll try Captain's Choice next, but it's hard not to just order a refill right now! My shave was smooth and easy with the MR10 breezing through the creamy TOBS lather. My face feels great, and I can still catch a whiff of bay rum three hours later.

Have a great Thursday men.

#sotd
#maggardrazors
#kramperts
#bayrum