Friday night July 28 - mowing the stubble field
Brickell Renewing Face Scrub
Rockwell 6s on plate #3 / Topaz Platinum ( 2 )
Jason's non - 30DC Cypress Badger brush
My Red Green Duct Tape Special frankensoap
Alum and Thayers Witch Hazel Rose Petal
I finally got off shift tonight after five straight days on call. My last shave was Sunday night, so I had a five-day beard to mow through. I decided to clean up before going to bed.
I started with the Brickell face scrub to clean and degrease the stubble before shaving. This product has pumice, avocado and jojoba beads in it and feels gritty and deep cleansing as you use it. Thanks to
@BaylorGator for the generous PIF that included this sample tub -- it's good stuff and hit the spot tonight.
I used the badger brush to face lather my Italian almond soap tonight instead of bowl lathering as I usually do. I thought the extra scrubbing time on the stubble while building the lather would be helpful in working the soap down thoroughly. The frankensoap face lathered beautifully and the badger brush felt great rubbing the lather over my face. I continue to be very impressed by this Maggards 24mm two - band badger knot.
I also continue to be impressed by the speed and efficiency of DE shaving. When I removed a stubble like this in the past with my electric razor, I would have to scrub the razor in circles for ten to fifteen minutes to get close to cleanshaven and invariably had razorburn. Today, one brisk pass had me clean enough for an office shave and a second had me to BBS with zero irritation reported by the alum. The WH tonic was more for hot weather moisturizing than any need from the shave. (And thanks once again to
@BaylorGator for the Rose Petal version of the Thayers.)
My face now feels clean, non-itchy and refreshed, and I am headed to bed...
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