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Tuesday evening December 12 - ultimate Western capitalist imperialist decadence
Pre: shower with Supply Lost Provence Deep Body Wash
Delta Echo Ink black Gillette Black Beauty on 4 / Topaz Platinum ( 2 )
Kent BK12 badger brush
Supply Lost Provence Ultra Lather Shave Cream (like a croap)
Supply Lost Provence Post Shave Healing balm
After finishing the Mystery Cream Challenge, I had a different shave planned for today. However, when I showered, I used the Supply lavender/blue sage/basil shampoo and body wash, and like the scent so much I decided to extend it through my shave.
The Supply cream comes in a 2" diameter glass jar far too small for almost any brush to load from it, so the croap-like cream has to be dug out and spread in a lather bowl or on the face. Especially with the brush I picked today. I used my Kent BK12 brush - the Soap Aircraft Carrier - for the second time. To have a bowl big enough for it to lather in, I broke out my Junichi Tanaka scuttle.
I have had the scuttle for about a month but this is the first time I used it. Since I was using the scuttle to lather in anyway, I also decided to try a warm lather and filled its outer chamber with hot tap water.
The brush eventually whipped up an excellent lather. I thought I had used too much cream, but the amount was just right for this brush. The photo doesn't show a lot of lather in the bowl, but that huge brush is stuffed with enough for at least two shavers.
And the lather and that huge pillowy badger brush were warm when applied to my face!
I did a full three passes, then relathered for a fourth time just to enjoy the feeling. I left that lather on my face while I cleaned up to enjoy this cream's excellent postshave feel.
As a final decadence, I skipped the alum and finished off with the matching balm.
It was a great shave tonight!
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