I had my shave all planned out for this morning yesterday, but I made a change. I decided to try out The Beehive synthetic I completed last week. It performed very well as a face lathering brush. That was the only change in the line up. The Red Tip did not disappoint either. It is a very efficient razor. A great shave all in all.
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15 February 2016 * Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Brass * Iridium Super * WSP Original 2-Band + Oscar11 Rootbeer Translucen tC7 * Mystic Water Bay Rum * Unrefined Shea Butter * Bergamot/Vetiver EO
FYI: Out of 75 posts I had to go through today, only 27 were SOTD's. Just sayin'. Monday Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep Soap: Maggard Platinum-Tobacco & Leather Razor: Gillette New Short Comb Blade: Personna 74 Tungsten Plus (7) Brush: oscar11 High Mountain White-22mmx48mm Aftershave: RazoRock Tuscan Oud WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) Maggard Tobacco & Leather today. 20 seconds to load the oscar11 HMW. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna 74 still cruising along. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Tuscan Oud. Bob
I started my weekly regiment. My scaled down version of the 30 day focus. I'm hoping this will assist me in honing my shaving technique. SOTD Hot water face wash Razor -red tip Blade - persona blue (2) Brush - synthetic trader joes Soap - trader joes Post shave - neutrogena balm, witch hazel Cologne - Pinaud citrus musk Now I did start this regiment yesterday. And i got a really good smooth shave. Not bbs, but it was good. Today's shave was with some irritation all over. I had weepers as well. I notice even before the shave that my skin was irritated already. I can tell when I was rubbing my face against the grain that I'd probably would be irritated. This sort of affected my technique. My attempt to minimize more irritation caused me to create the very thing I was trying to avoid. I may have to actually skip tomorrow in hopes of allowing myself to heal properly. I usually say that and then I don't end up doing it. So to sum it up, not a great shave. Thanks for reading and happy shaving
Todays goal will be to shave without bleeding once again. Merkur 180 Kai blade TOBS cream Badger brush L'Oreal balm Let's see if I can do it again.