SoS: January 25, 2016 - January 31, 2016

Tuesday's


Razorock Classic Shaving Soap
Jayaruh #40 Black Badger
AutoStrop VB1
Feather SE
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Rose Petal WH
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

The Razorock Classic Shaving Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #40 Black Badger brush. Two passes with my Valet AutoStrop razor and a Feather SS blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse and alum block, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Aqua Velva Ice Blue after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Tuesday morning:

Stirling Pre-Shave Soap
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Astra day 2
Razorock One-X SS
Razorock One-X AS

Time to show some love to my Razorock One-X stuff. The soap is such a lather maniac with an awesome scent that's based on Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo. The matching aftershave has that same gorgeous scent and what makes these two products all the more precious to me is the fact that my lovely, wonderful wife bought them for me as a belated Hanukkah gift, so by showing these two great products some love, I'm showing my wife some love - wouldn't you agree?

 

SOTD January 26, 2016

Prep: Warm shower
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Razor: Wet Shave Club 3-piece
Brush: Satin Tip 'The Purest' synthetic
Lather: Proraso White
Post: Witch hazel splash, Nivea sensitive balm
WTG, touch-up

One pass with touch-up CCS this morning. I think I've dialed in the water amount for the Proraso, along with being more aggressive in loading and face lathering with the Satin Tip brush. The soap needed a little more water and the brush needed a little more force. Those additions have created a much better lathering experience than I was getting a couple of weeks ago.

24-hour beard growth only needed the one pass with touch-up around my jaw and neck. I could have gone for more closeness, but "less is more" is often a good adage. It applied today.

Have a great Tuesday!

 

January 26

 

Tew'sDay Planned SOTD



Razor: King Cobra\Triad Handle
Blade Kai Titan Mild (D3)
Brush: Pav P6 Inferno 26mmTGN Finest
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: Homemade Lemon Lime Chill
Shave Soap: Beaver WoodWright Thomas Tew
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Beaver WoodWright Thomas Tew
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Interesting bowl. Do the bumps stir up good lather?

 

Yes it does so and quickly I might add. I have three of these bowls. This one, one in sheet metal design and then a green one.

 

Simpsons Chubby CH2, Feather ASD2, Chiseled Face Trade Winds & Jojoba Oil.

 

Planned Tabac Tuesday

Mongoose razor
Thater 4125 brush
Tabac shaving soap
Myrsol Masaje Antesol aftershave
Tabac EdC

 

TUESDAY
Evening shave for Tomorrow
After shaving very early this morn (pre-dawn), I opted to have a nice relaxed shave this evening. Another CMON— this time a vintage 'Cadillac' 5/8." Route 66 'Sweeney Todd' lather and finished with a splash of DR Harris, 'Marlborough.'
Very pleasant!
Have a super Tuesday, everyone!

 

Planned Tuesday Shave
Mitchell's Wool Fat
Doug Korn brush
Leresche #51
Nacet Platinum (1)
Alum
St. John's Bay Rum
Have a wonderful Tuesday!

 

26.i.2016

 

GOOD MORNING TSD!! SOTD 01/26/16

Gillette 1920s Old Type Ball End
Asco Super Stainless
Badger
C.OBigelow
Three Pass Shave
Cold Water Rinse
Alum Block
Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S

A real close and smooth shave this A.M. The Old Type and Asco blade combo felt great.
Bowl lathering the C.O. Bigelow made a very rich and thick lather and very different from face lathering.
I'm going to stick with this set up the rest of the week the Brush and A/S will change according to my whim.

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!

 

01/26/2016
AlumiGoose with Hempel Ti
Feather Pro (3)
Doug Korn DK7 with Druida Manchurian
Catie’s Bubbles Santal Sensuelle
Witch Hazel
Fine Platinum
Whipped Shea Butter

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Guy what a beautiful setup!

 

B&M L&L
Lavanille all around today for a superb shave. PAA Ice started it off chilly, laying a base for optimal Lavanille lather whipped up with my HIS XL. Der Futur smoothly reduced my stubble over three passes on five.five. Lavanille Tonique finished up this shave the right way, leaving smooth great smelling skin.
Have a great day, no matter which pill you choose.

 

January 26 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Simpsons Commodore X3 Best Badger
Stirling Electric Sheep SS
Ontario Cutlery Co
Stirling Unscented PSB -- Mentholated
Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill AS

 

Tuesday


Blackbird
Persona Lab Blue (10)
The Soap Exchange tallow
TGN synthetic
Old Spice

 

Tuesday's shave, 26 Jan

Soap: I rummaged through the deepest parts of a bathroom closet, finding a sample piece of Queen Charlotte's self-titled soap, part of a shipment of samples from QCS in late 2014 I believe. At the time I found them to be superb, primarily in terms of scent, but also performance. I wanted to try it now to see if my experience with soaps and lathering has changed anything. Curiously, the lather built up quicker than anything, although quite airy and dry. I added more and more water without it changing all that much. But what do you know - it performed flawlessly, both during and post shave. Some Nivea sensitive balm spiced up with a squirt of Byredo Oud Immortel, and I am quite enjoying myself right now I wouldn't say the scents of the soap and the cologne are complementary, but they are at least within the same realm of tangy fruity-floral with wood and peppery notes.

Razor: coming from the Mongoose, the PAA DOC in three passes was nowhere close to a BBS. It's smooth but not very efficient (or I held it at a wrong angle).

 

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 - Tabac Tuesday
3 hot towels
Plisson Synthetic
Tabac Stick
Edwin Jagger DE89 head/Kelvin handle with Gillette Silver Blue (1)
W, X1, X2, touch up
Cold rinse, cold towel, witch hazel, Tabac AS Balm, Tabac AS Lotion
GES