Mondays shave I recently oiled my TTO razors so it was really nice to load up my gillette slim. Today i decided to try with a Ladas blade. To be honest i didn't go too well and i was left a little bit sore around my neck today. Nice menthol shaving with the edwin jagger menthol pre shave cream Pre shave - Edwin Jagger Pre shave cream. Razor - Gillette Slim Brush - L'occitane Plisson Synthetic Blade - Ladas Lather - Martin De Candre fougere Aftershave - Nivea sensitive balm
16 February 2015 * Wolfman Razor WR1-SB Aluminum Prototype * Super Iridium * WSP Manchurian + Oscar11 All-Amber Barbeiro * Mystic Water Frankincense & Myrrh * Unrefined Shea Butter
Cobra Classic Feather Super M&F Chief Klar - Sport Fine - Fresh Vetiver Christian Dior - Cuir Cannage
Menthol Monday hot shower Shavemac Custom 167,2 band,d01,fan Proraso PPB Stirling Glacial Wintergreen ATT R1 Kronos/Gillette 7 o'clock Green Permasharp Stainless (1) ice cold water rinse Monster Block Alum ice cold water rinse Tend Skin Iced Walgreens WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 A work in progress,I started with 6 crystals and today ramped it up 2 more. Dior Cuir Cannage Great shave,face and dome BBS! Stay frosty,my friends!
Monday, February 16, 2015 Whipped Dog Synthetic C. O. Bigelow + 4 drops glycerine '69 Gillette Black Beauty (5, 4, 4) w/Gillette 7 O'clock SP (1) Cold splash, alum, witch hazel, TSD AS Milk W/X/A, touch up (W)
Monday Prep: wash with glycerin soap Soap: Straight Razor Designs unscented Brush: Oscar11 HIS synthetic Razor: Feather AS-D2 Blade: Super Iridium After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion
16 Feb 2015 Pre - Corn Huskers Soap - RR XXX Brush - WD Synthetic Razor - 66 Slim Adj (5,4,3) Blade - GSB (1) AS - Barbasol Brisk Very good shave again today. I think it was the first time using the Silver Blues since my initial 30 day rule in October. Performed very well,, but after using Personna 74* the day before everything else is 4 steps down IMO. Nice Menthol finish on a fine 2 degree morning.....
Menthol Monday -6° outside and inside today. The FrostByte-Frostbite combo is as cold as I've ever felt in a shave. I cannot argue with the results - nice smooth shave. Only one weeper due to operator error. The New LC is my favorite three piece razor - close and comfortable almost every time. Prep: Proraso White Soap: HTGAM FrostByte Brush: HIS Razor: Gillette New LC Blade: Voskhod (2) AS: Krampert's Finest Frostbite
Gillette New Improved Bulldog Gillette Silver Blue Semogue BC Mistura Arko SS Alum I really enjoy my New Improved. I also am not sure if it is the more aggressive razor or the extra glide that Arko provides over the IK, but my last few shaves have been fantastic and lasted well enough that I could easily skip a day.
SOTD 16Feb15 Monday Presidents Day 2015 Hot water Shave Today I had a DFS. No nicks no Weepers. Had a few problems with my hands going numb, but not while I was shaving. I used my Whipped Dog 30/65mm Silver Tip Badger Black&White Marbled Resin Handle * {My Preferred Brush} I used myVDH Luxury Mug Set and VDH Luxury Shave Soap. For my per-shave oil I used my Pacific Shaving Co. All Natural Shaving Oil. The razor I used this morning was my Weber 3pc. S/S Polished Head 85mm Classic Handle * ,{This is my Preferred Razor & Favorite} loaded with a Wilkinson Sword DE Blades Black Container. My after shave is one of my favorite stand by aftershaves, Captain's Choice Cat O' Nine Tails.
Monday 16th February Warm shower Hot towel Mystic Water Lily of the Valley scuttle lathered Finest Badger brush made by myself Gillette ABC Shell pattern handle Silver (1910) Personna Med Prep (2) Cold rinse Thayers Superhazel Old Spice Sensitive aftershave
Menthol Monday: Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger Soap: Stirling Glacial Obsidian Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC Blade: Asco SS: Red (3) Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (7, 8, 9) Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS splash Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy It is probably instructive for me to consider how amazing my lather seemed this AM, after a week of using the Ogallala shave stick; previously, I had always found the lather of the Stirling products not quite up to snuff, but this AM it seemed as if it were positively exploding off my brush. No doubt, it benefited from the comparison. The shave was very chilly, but very comfortable, with no nicks, weepers, or irritation, but the blade's advancing age made it such that three passes - with no true ATG pass - only produced DFS+ results.
Here's how I see the Frost_byte soap and Glacial soaps. The Glacials rank as 10/10 on my menthol scale and the Frost_byte rank at around 9 & a half/10, so there really isn't much difference. Both brands are DARNED frigid.
I'm thinking about ordering that soap also. But, I can't imagine it being quite as intense as Frost_byte or a Glacial.
That is some brush, Patrick. Have you given it a name? If not you should. It is your preferred brush!
SOTD Monday 2-16-2015 Cadet OC w/Wilkinson Sword Noxema TOBS St. James SC GP Scuttle Omega Boar Dickinson's WH GB Body Lotion Pinaud Lime sec EDC
First time using the Wilkinson "Sticky". Razor: Wilkinson Sword "Sticky" Brush: L'Occitane Plisson Soap: Arko Blade: Polsilver A/S: Provence Sante "Bit of body splash": The Veg
