SoS: January 11, 2016 - January 17, 2016

What brand of soap is that?

 

Planned SOTD - 13 January 2016

Day 13 - 90 Day intro to SR



Whipped Dog "Sight Unseen" 5/8
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Route 66 Lumberjack
Alum
Pinaud Citrus Musk


Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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Its a Gary Anderson design made by Shavemac.

 

Wednesday!

Day #8 of the seven day exploration: Cella

Prep: hot shower
Music: Gioachino Rossini, Il Barbiere de Siviglia
Brush: vintage DVH boar
Soap: Cella
Razor: Gillette Slim (birth quarter) @9
Blade: Schick platinum blade
Shave: 3-pass
Post: DVH alum, hand strop blade & reload upside-down



The soap:
It is a soft soap (exactly as soft as Cella! ) and it has a nice almond scent.


Ingredients:

• Cocos nucifera oil
• Tallow
• Stearic acid
• Aqua
• Potassium hydroxide
• Sodium hydroxide
• Potassium carbonate
• Prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond oil)
• Parfum

Lathering:
The brush loads quickly and forms lather quickly and is nicely soft and slick.



Shave:
The slick lather has a nice cushioning effect. After the pass some slickness remains.

After the shave:
Very mild alum reaction.

Overall verdict:
This is an excellent soap of good quality which lathers easily.

Shave result:
DFS++!

Have a great Hump Day, ya'll

 

Very nice picture!

 

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! SOTD 01/13/16

Razor-Weishi 9306
Blade-VDH Stainless(1)
Lather-Waleda
Brush-E-Shave Badger
Three Passes-Wtg,Xtg,Atg
Post Shave-Cold Water Rinse
Witch Hazel,Gillette After Shave Gel

A very smooth and comfortable Wednesday morning shave with a BBS finish!

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!

 

01/13/2016
Razor – AlumiGoose with Triad Ti
Blade – Feather Super Pro (6)
Brush – Shavemac Silvertip D01
Lather – Soap Commander Passion Shave Stick
Post - Witch Hazel followed by Fine L’Orange

 

Wine Wednesday
I didn't need my sonic screwdriver to get a great shave today. Fireside yielded optimal lather over a thin layer of Shea Moisture creme to set up my stubble. Der Futur efficiently left my face clean and and smooth in three passes set on 5.5 with a Personna lab blue installed. I finished up with Krampert's Finest Acadian Spice Bay Rum and I'm feeling good.

 

Good morning everybody.

Had a visitor today when I started setting up stuff for the picture of the day. Looks like she was thinking about getting rid of her facial hair ...



Tried a new soap (well, new to me) that I received yesterday from a trade:

- PannaCrema Namaste
- Semogue OC badger
- Merkur Futur
- Sputnik (#4)
- Tüff sensitiv/Pinaud Special Reserve (sample)

This italian artisan soap is a top performer, absolutely fantastic. Ridiculously easy to lather, the lather itself is super-slick and creamy, provided an incredible cushion for the razor. The scent ... well ... I guess you have to learn to love it. Top note is lemongrass, but mixed with a slightly musty scent of oakmoss. Pretty strange combination, so it's good that it is lightly scented compared to some US artisans like Stirling or Chiseled Face. And the scent evaporates quickly. Skin feels very good after the shave.

I started with the Futur set to 2.5 for the WTG pass. Very gentle, very pleasant. After that I confirmed yesterday's findings: Shaved the left side of my face ATG on 2,5, the right side on 5. The higher setting definitely felt more pleasant. Then I tried some touchups on setting 1: very smooth as well, but the razor actually didn't cut much So I went back to 5 for some finishing touches unter my chin and at the jawline. I might have overshaved a little at my chin, but achieved a perfect BBS shave today.

Finished with a splash of Tüff Rasierwasser, waited a few minutes and applied a second layer of Pinaud Special Reserve (despite my wife's threat of violence should I ever use it ) But sometimes you just have to man up and do what you have to do, right? The result was similar to yesterday's experience with the Clubman. On my skin she seems to like it. Her comment: "Nice, but you have better stuff." Okay, I can agree with that.

 

Great review I was curious about that soap.

 

January 13 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Stirling Frozen Tundra
Ralf Aust 5/8
Stirling Unscented PSB -- Mentholated
Proraso AS

 

Excellent pic and review!

 

SOTD WED. 1/13/16
PRE SHAVE CLEANSER: NOXZEMA CLASSIC CLEANSER
PRE SHAVE OIL: SHAVE SECRET
SHAVE SOAP: ROUTE 66 LUMBERJACK
SHAVE BRUSH: @Jayaruh #12
RAZOR: MERKUR 15C OC HEAD/RR BAZOOKA HANDLE
BLADE: ASTRA SP

AFTER SHAVE BALM: GOLD BOND MEDICATED EXTRA

SOAP: GRANDPA'S PINE TAR SOAP
COLOGNE: ACQUA DI SELVA BY: VISCONTI DI MODRONE

GOOD MORNING FRIENDS. VERY NICE BBS TODAY WITH THREE PASSES. THIS MERKUR 15C OC HEAD IS A REAL TREAT TO USE, IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE AND SLIPS INTO TIGHT PLACES EASILY. ROUTE 66 LUMBERJACK IS A WONDERFUL PERFORMER AND JUST FILLS THE ROOM WITH BLISSFULLY SWEET AROMA. INVIGORATING START TO THIS CHILLI MORNING. HAVE A GREAT SHAVE AND A GREAT DAY GUYS.

 

SOTD January 13, 2016

Noxema Preshave cream
Gillette Heavy Tech / Astra SP
Omega / TOBS Natural
WH / Shea butter / Nivea Sensitive ASB
Great shave this morning! A wonderful way to start the day.

 

Thanks...one of my plaid shots!

 

Hello fellow Shave Denizens, here's today's SOTD;

Early to mid 1930's Gillette Waterfall set New.
Polsilver Super Iridium blade.
Omega Travel Brush (Boar).
Proraso Blue shaving cream.
Avon Mesmerize Post Shave Conditioner.
Avon Mesmerize cologne.

I tried my luck with this Gillette New today out of a need to develop better technique with my New razors. Actually the shave went pretty good. I've always felt sort of "meh" towards the Gillette New, but I may have changed my opinion of the New a little bit today. The razor really performed good. I'll have to use one more often.



Have a great day!

 

A magnificent shave which felt so icy-cold and refreshing thanks to the MITA soap. I had a mountain of lather in record time and two passes got me BBS. The Lucky Tiger a/s cream and Alt Innsbruck both gave me lots of extra chilling!

 

TOBS Sandalwood (last minute line-up change) face lathered w/Omega 6151 Pure
'48-50 Aristocrat w/Sputnik blade
Witch hazel followed by Nivea ASB finishing w/Floid Vigoroso (Not as much menthol as I expected but enough. A new favorite of mine!)

2 comfortable passes for a DFS!