SoS: March 9, 2015 - March 15, 2015

Gem Junior razor (w/baton handle)
Gem Stainless blade
FS Silver Tip brush
Williams SS (with added menthol)
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix
Colorado Sage Cologne

Added just enough menthol to cool off the Williams. Got a great lather and shave. Ready to go I think

 

Pre: Shave Secret
Brush: Custom Boar by Steve Brown Swirl Handle
Soap: RazoRock Brain Freeze
Razor: Maggard Razors MR3
Blade: Astra SP
Splash: Humphreys Alcohol Free Cucumber Melon Witch Hazel Facial Toner
Post: Nivea Sensitive ASB & Fine Classic After Shaving Splash – Platinum

Monday! I had a fantastic weekend shooting pics of the massive ice flows at the pier in South Haven, MI. It was beautiful but also pretty nerve wracking LOL Some absolutely insane people were venturing way out on the lake ice. Not me! The temps were in the low to mid 40s all weekend so I had a smile on my face everyday! Winter is DEAD!! ...Get the rest at...

That Shave Life!

 

Monday

Soap: Straight Razor Designs unscented
Brush: Doug Korn D7 with HIS synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Super Iridium
After: Cold rinse, CeraVe lotion

 

03/09/15
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – ATT S2
Blade – Persona Lab Blue (3)
Brush – RV with TGN Finest
Lather – MdC
Post - Witch Hazel and Dove AS Balm



Shave the morning was just so so at best. In fact it might have been the worst shave of the new year. Guess it pays to get up on time and not rush thru things. Well there is always tomorrow.

 

9 Mar 2015
Menthol Monday
Soap - CO Bigelow
Brush - Plisson Synthetic
Razor - 66 Slim Adj (7,5,3)
Blade - Personna Lab Blue (2)
AS - Barbasol

Great shave today and was reminded once again to try your blades in different razors. The blade was so-so in 2 razors but in the slim, excellent. Also felt good to use menthol.

 

March 9, 2015

Pre- Face wash with warm water
Brush Soak- Sriracha Mug of Doom™
Razor- Ikon 102 Slant
Blade- Personna
Soap- Soap Commander Passion
Brush- VDH boar
Post- Cold water rinse, Osma Alum block, Thayers Witchhazel
Aftershave- Nivea sensitive balm
Smell Good- Fine L'Orange Noir

Two and a half passes :WTG , XTG, cleanup

 

Today I added a good amount of Stirling Glacial Obsidian to my LPL. This resulted in a very mentholated shave. 3 passes and all is well.

LPL
Sputnik blade
Gillette New Long Comb

 

9 March 2015

* Wolfman WR1-SB + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + K-Translucent
* Cold River Citrus
* Unrefined Shea Butter



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Mongoose B2
Kai Mild
Simpson M6
SV - Felce Aromatica
Nivea - Energy A/S

Masque - Russian Tea

 

Menthol Monday
hot shower
DB Brush Scuttle/Vie-Long 13065S-2
Proraso PPB
Stirling Orange Chill
Gillette Fatboy/Bolzano (1)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH mixed with a pea sized amount of 444
Levan Rose Beard Oil
Thierry Mugler A*Men Ultra Zest

A nice and frosty start to the week.

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

SOTD
Proraso pre-shave
Soaproraso
EJ DE89 with Bulldog handle
Gillette Silver Blue
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How is the Mugler Ultra Zest? That's the new citrus cologne? Correct?

Thanks

 

Menthol Monday:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (2)
Passes: WTG, XTG, XTG (4, 5, 6)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

I hadn't shaved since Friday, as I adjusted to how a new migraine medication made me feel. This produced lots of stubble, relatively, for the Bic to tackle this AM. As is typical with Ginger's Garden for me, I had enough lather for 4 or more passes within 40 swirls on the puck, and the shave was very smooth and comfortable, though I did get one weeper under my chin on the last pass. DFS+ results, overall.

 

Monday 9 March 2015



Mastro Livi K720, 7/8 Full Hollow, Square Point​

I am getting ready to go back home and, before packing, I shaved with this Mastro Livi K720 straight razor, so smooth and velvety, a lovely caress on the skin. I love its square point, very effective in giving a precise shave with just a simple touch. I also used the popular Omega 48 bristle brush - the shaving brush of professional barbers - big and effective, capable of mounting lather with no efforts at all. A generous splash of my Bay Rum aftershave, and now I am ready to go.​

• Pre-Shave: Roberts Distilled Rose Water
• Soap: Aquagena
• Brush: Omega 48
• Bowl: Chinese Bowl
• Strop: Mastro Livi Loom Strop and Hand Palm
• Razor: Mastro Livi K720, 7/8 Full Hollow, Square Point
• Post-Shave: Argan Oil
• After Shave: RazorGuy Bay Rum

 

Monday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Bath Soap
Soap: Cold River Soap Works “Original”-Bergamot & Bay
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue Super Platinum (6)
Brush: oscar11 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Country Club Sweet Water

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

CRSW Bergamot & Bay today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 badger. Great, easy, thick, lather. 7 O’Clock Blue still in the NEW SC. Nice smooth, close, shave. I finished with CC Sweet Water.

Bob

 

Monday, March 9 -- SOTD

Prep--Hot Shower,Nivea face wash
Soap--Maggard Limes & Bergamot
Brush--Semogue Boar 1305
Razor--Merkur 34c
Blade--Rapira Platinum Lux(3)
Aftershave--Thayers Lemon, Maggard Limes& Bergamot

What a great shaving soap and AS, BBS shave 2 passes. Didn't take much to load and had enough lather to shave three to four times if needed. Very slick and easy lather. Great smell to soap and AS. 40 degrees here in Boston I think I found my spring soap and AS.

 

Monday 9th March



Warm shower
Hot towel
Speick stick grated scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Bell Tube Aristocrat (1916)
Personna Med Prep (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Speick aftershave

 

Menthol Monday
Solid Krampert's Frostbite shave. The soap whips up very easily and is tolerant of water. I thought I put in too much, but it still worked out great. My face is smooth and still cold thirty minutes later. I really like this soap because it matches and enhances my favorite menthol aftershave.
Prep: Proraso White
Soap: Krampert's Finest Frostbite
Brush: HIS
Razor: der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Voskhod
AS: Krampert's Finest Frostbite
Oops! Wrong thread!

 

3/9/2015 Menthol Monday!! Woo Hoo!!

Prep: Hot shower with Nivea Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: GE Jones Shake Sharp, John Jay Velvet Shaver straight razor
Blade: Polsilver Super Iridium (1)
Brush: Vie Long Horse Hair
Soap: TSD - Iced Subzero
After: Home made ASB, Osage Rub after shave
Cologne: Cuir Cannage

It is Menthol Monday and it was a Darn Fine Shave. The Vie Long brush whipped up the Iced Subzero into a good and cold lather. The Shake Sharp and the Velvet Shaver did an admirable job on the stubble. The Osage Rub brought the arctic chill and the Cuir Cannage will have me smelling great all day.

Have a blessed day!

 

Today was the first day of my week-long usage of the M.Peroni razor.
A more detailed recap of this morning's events can be found here

Razor: M.Peroni
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Soap: Soap Commander
A/S: Provence Sante

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