SoS: February 9, 2015 - February 15, 2015

SOTD
Menthol Monday, February 9, 2015

Hot-Warm Shower, Neutrogena Face wash, Stirling Soap - Bergamot Lavender
iKon 102 Slant w Triad Copper
Gillette Silver Blue #1
Doug Korn Proto-type - Florescent Amber 2-band 27 X 49mm
Proraso Green
Alum, Dickinson’s +Menthol, Gold Bond Green Lotion
Proraso Aftershave Lotion
BB 1818


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Monday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Tabac
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (3)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Tabac

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Tabac today. 20 seconds: load & go with the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette Silver Blue in the Slim. Nice smooth, close, shave. I finished with Tabac.

Bob

 

02/09/15 February Focus on Blades

Prep – MR GLO
Razor - Mongoose Satin B2
Blade – Kai Sharp (2)
Brush – RV with Shavemac Finest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm



Great 3 pass workday shave this morning. Initial thoughts are that the Kai Sharp blade is smoother than the Feather Pro while being just as sharp. It will be interesting to see how the blade changes as the week goes along.

 

2/9/2015 Menthol Monday!! Woo Hoo!!

Prep: Hot shower with Nivea Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Cobra, Hamburg Quick Cutter straight razor
Blade: Feather Professional (9)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: The Shave Den - Iced Subzero
After: Home made ASB
Cologne: Prada - Amber Pour Homme Intense

A cold shave on a cool winter morning. The Iced Subzero was whipped into a nice lather by the Vie Long brush. The Cobra and the Quick Cutter made short work of the stubble. The ASB was a nice finish for this shave and the Prada will have me smelling great for the rest of the day. I have noticed that when I use the Cobra razor that I have the tendency to chase the BBS. This shave resulted in an almost BBS face.

Have a blessed day!!

 

A chilly menthol shave early this morn! Three passes with the Hans got me close enough to BBS territory for my day off shave.
Such a sweet razor!
Have a great Monday, all!

 

Barbasol Floating Head
Gillette Silver Blue
Semogue BC Mistura
Institut Karite Soap
Alum

 

PSO: Palmer's oil
lather: Sterling Barbershop
brush: Frank Shaving badger
blade: Ladas (2)
razor: Standard Razor
finish:HolyRollah's awesome DIY balm >here<

Still tweaking back to the Standard. I forgot that it is a study in contrasts! It feels beefy, but is indeed rather light. Though more mild than aggressive, it is still pretty efficient. I just didn't drive it to top performance, taking 2.5 passes and more touchups than I think is really necessary with the razor. However, that's what it took to catch the lil' rascal today!


All in all a rockin' BBS, even though I still missed a couple of micro-spots.

On a sad note, shaking the water from my brush, the glue gave out. <sigh> No biggie, but... y'know... who wants that?
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Yesterday as we were getting ready for a trip to the mall, I fessed up to my fiancée that this shave thing was a borderline addiction. So of course we stopped in L’Occitane so I could let her smell the balms before I picked one and she surprised me by buying me an early valentine’s present of Cade soap and L’Occitan balm (her fav) . I think I stumbled right into her trap because I didn’t complain about her shopping the rest of the day but the cheese was worth the trap.

Sorry for the blurry pic, was a quick snap on the way out for the day.

• Prep: Warm shower and St Ives oatmeal face wash (not pictured)
• Preshave: no product
• Soap/Cream: L’Occitane Cade soap
• Brush: L’Occitane synthetic
• Razor: Merkur 39C
• Blade: Gillette 7 O’clock SharpeEdge (yellow box)
• Post shave: Cold water rinse, Alum stick, L’Occitane after shave (L’Occitan scent)

 

I'm a fan of many of the L'Occitane software products. Their Cade soap & cream is simply tops…

 

Get a ring on that gal! QUICK!

 

Pre: Shave Secret
Brush: Custom Boar by Steve Neon Barber Handle (The Force)
Soap: Headblade Headslick
Razor: ’30-’40s Clix Bakelite
Blade: Astra SP
Splash: Wal-Mart Witch Hazel 86%
Post: Gillette Lotion ASB & Fine Classic AS – Platinum

Good morning! New week and new attitude! First of all my newly repaired brush appears to be just fine. Can you tell it’s been broken in the pic? It was the black collar that fractured. I think I did a pretty decent patch up job. My only concern is I didn’t check that the adhesive was water proof first, so at some time in the future I may have to repair the repair. Ah cie la vie....

Get the rest at That Shave Life!

 

@Adonis Love that brush

 

Best part was she knows I don't usually like lavender stuff (the balm she picked had it listed as an ingredient) so she said if I ended up not liking it I could "do the pay it forward thing".

 

Lovely photo! You must be located in the interior or up north as we in the lower mainland have been having one of the mildest winters on record with no snow!

 

Phil, lovely new brush and nice pic!

 

9 February 2105

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Red Bronze
* Super Iridium
* WSP 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Cold River Select Vetiver
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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SOTD Monday 2-9-2015

Cadet OC/Ikon Bulldog w/Personna Med
Noxema
Tiki Seven Seas SC
GP Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's WH
GB Body Lotion
English Leather Cologne

Edit: Changed blades to New Personna Stainless after first pass with the Personna Med blade. It was really pulling and needed replacement. The Stainless worked well for the second XTG pass and the ATG pass on my neck area. Sometimes we just got to change those things!

 

Monday 9th February



Warm shower
Hot towel
B&M Bay Rum scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Sheraton (1937)
Polsilver Super Iridium (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
DR Harris Bay Rum aftershave

 

Have you ever tried to keep your AS balms in the refrigerator? =P

 

How is the bay rum scent of Dr Harris compared to the bay rum of the B&M soap? =)