SoS: April 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015

Thanks for the kind words.

 

Planned shave for Saturday April 11
Soap - Arko Stick
Brush - WD synthetic
Razor - Yuma
Blade - Ladas (1)
AS - Pinaud Clubman Sprecial Reserve

Have to be up and out early tomorrow (another taekwondo tourney for daughter in Chicago Area). Will update the quality of shave, my first with this travel kit, later tomorrow.

 

Saturday's Planned SOTD
Razor: iKon DLC Slant
Blade: Gillette Bleue Extra (D4)
Brush: Omega R&B LE Boar
Bowl: Dirty Bird 1.5 Scuttle
Pre Shave Scrub: SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub
Pre Shave Oil: Saponificio Varesino Fern
Shave Soap: Saponificio Varesino Dolomiti
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Dolomiti


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Planned SOTD 11 April 2015



See the TSD Iced Subzero AS in the corner? It's there because on days like today, a little skincare was a good thing. It dries down to nothing after the menthol goes away, and I add it under the Veg to keep my face feeling great. Friday, it saved my shave experience. It's in Osage Rub territory of coldness, and I really enjoy it!

Day 11 of Platinum Plus Arko April - April 2015 30 Day Rule/Focus Pic & Discussion Thread

Have a Great Saturday!
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Shave of the day

Pre- Hot shower, Bulldog Original face wash and Naobay moisturizing peeling(amazing product), sandalwood bar soap

Soap/cream- Taylor of old bond street Grapefruit shaving cream

Brush- Semogue 1470 boar

Razor- Merkur 37c

Blade- Rapira super stainless

Post- Cold water rinse, My own unscented aftershave lotion and Maca root Razor relief aftershave balm (sample)

It was just an ok shave. The Rapira super stainless was a dud, or half dud. I could only shave with one side, that felt really weird. Tossed it.

My own aftershave is really nice hahaha! why have I not done this before?

I got a sample of the Maca root balm when I was out in the city. It felt nice and now a while after my face feels good. If I was not on my no buy right now I would probably go and buy it. Good stuff.

I have gotten mediocre lather with my Semogue the past few times I have used it, I have used it with soaps. It was brought to my attention to use more product and that it might depend on the brush not being broken in yet so I have decided to use it more often and with creams. I can use a lot of product and fill the brush up real good with lather and again just use it more often than I'm doing. Im SURE this brush will be very good fully broken in =)

 

My first shave using this new Omega brush and the VDH Deluxe soap was very, very pleasant. I whipped up nice lather easily, and this soap has great post-shave care.

 

SOTD SATURDAY AM 4/11

RAZOR '58 Fat Boy
BLADE Astra SP
BRUSH Semogue 1320
SOAP Maggard Orange Menthol
AS Barbasol Pacific Rush

Quick 2-pass shave today. No pic, no time. Tried a sample of the Maggard Orange Menthol today. Nice scent, but not very slick. Once the razor was past, it was bare skin, no residual protection. Had a decent CCS for working on a Saturday. Have a good weekend!

 

Rhapsody + Gondolier = Amazing
PAA Gondolier matches extremely well with B&M Rhapsody. The lather was quick and easy, and der Vorschlaghammer efficiently demolished my stubble with no drama. Gondolier left my face moisturized and smelling great. The Bulldog face wash worked well - I lathered right over it after washing my face.

Prep: Bulldog Sensitive face wash
Soap: B&M Rhapsody
Brush: HIS
Razor: der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Voskhod (2)
AS: PAA Gondolier

 

Friday, 10th April

Razor/Blade: Merkur 34c, Feather
Brush: Hand-carved Beech 2-Band Finest
Pre: Scent From Heaven Lime Shaving Oil
Shaving Cream: Edwin Jagger Menthol
Aftershave: Blue Stratos
Post: Scent From Heaven Lime Shaving Oil
EdT: Blue Stratos

Saturday, 11th April

Razor/Blade: Merkur 34c, Feather
Brush: Omega 10065
Pre: Scent From Heaven Lime Shaving Oil
Shaving Cream: Real Shaving Co. Shave2
Aftershave: Benjamin's Bay Rum
Post: Scent From Heaven Lime Shaving Oil
Cologne: Vintage Shulton Old Spice

Last go with the Feather today. They may be very sharp but they don't last as long as other blades with me. Very good shaves nonetheless but yon wee Omega boar is too small for my big old mug. I obviously prefer the larger boar knots.

 

I just cannot use Feathers because they're so harsh. I once cut myself so badly that I bled for almost three hours and the pain was unbearable. Never again do I touch those blades.

 

04/11/2015
Prep – MR GLO
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade –Feather Pro (8)
Brush – Rubberset 400 with Omega Boar
Lather – Soap Commander Confidence
Post - Witch Hazel and CC Sandalwood AS



Great 2 pass shave with small area of cleanup this morning. User error left me with one small nick. Off to work this morning.

 

SOTD
April 11, 2015

Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: Edwin Jagger DE89/MR5 handle
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Super Stainless
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: Catie’s Bubbles LMR (Le Marche du Rasage)
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: RazoRock Baby Blue
Great shave! The MR5 handle has found its new home, love this setup. Catie's Bubbles LMR is perfect.
Go out and get it

 

Saturday
hot shower/cold water shave
Duke 3 in Manchurian
Crown Shaving Co PSB
TSD Egyptian Spice Lanolin stick
Schick G1/Pella coated injector (4)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Levan Rose Beard Oil
Shulton Old Spice (India) ASL
Shulton Old Spice edc------This is pretty dang good,but not as nice as the Indian Old Spice ASL.The aftershave to my nostils smells more like the vintage OS that I remember from the olde days,in fact the Lime and Musk smell almost dead on!I'll have to try and snag up a bottle of vintage one of these days.

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

SOTD: Saturday, April 11
Soap: Wickham Super Smooth Sheridan's
Brush: Simpson 2 "Chubby" Synthetic
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Personna Med Prep (2)
Aftershave: Pitralon Swiss

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today's shave
hot water wash with dove+ care
@Ceferguson custom/28mm high mountain silvertip
Razorrock XXX
Gillette prewar tech
Ladas(1)
pinaud clubman original
today's shave was nice. my face is sunburned from metal detecting. comfort was the call for today. the high mountain, with its large handle, is a luxury to use. the prewar did a great job with a new Ladas blade, three passes I'm smooth as silk. finished with clubman.
some of my finds are in the pic.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Saturday SOTD

Merkur Futur
Personna blue blade
Homemade lavender PSO
Simpson 46 Berkeley badger brush
Jabonman Sierra
Captains Choice North aftershave
Royall Rugby EdT
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I changed my mind with the aftershave choice after getting a smell of the Jabonman Sierra soap (pine forrest scent). I've been saving my CC North for the right pairing and this was perfect. All in all a great 2 pass shave other than a left hand/brain malfunction, which resulted in a weeper on my chin.
Garage sale season starts this weekend, so will be on the hunt for shave den bargains today. Hope everyone has a great day too.

 

Saturn's Day:

Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Beeline Boar
Soap: Speick cream
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (10, 11, 12)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Captain's Speick AS splash
Cologne: Shagya by Parfums de Marley (sample)

The only reason I shaved today was because I didn't want to find myself making yet another excuse to skip Speick Saturday. I'm extremely glad I made that choice. Bowl-lathered, the Speick was wonderfully thick and yogurt-like. On day 4, the Bic is still smoother than the Baili was on day 1. Wonderful near-BBS shave without any irritation or bloodshed, followed by the refreshing Speick AS splash. There's something about Speick that makes my skin feel different after I use it; I like it.

 

Jeff
I have had poor luck with Feather Blades also.

 

Lovely photo!

 

11 April 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* Shavemac Silvertip 2-Band + Doug Korn Cobalt Blue C7
* Cold River Fall
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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