SOS September 2019

Dame good shave, Scott.

 

Yup. The "Real McCoy".

 

Thursday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Cella Crema Da Barba
Jayaruh #206
Dad's Schick E3
Personna Injector
CWR
Cella After Shave Balm

My prep was just a cold water rinse. The Cella Crema Da Barba face lathered well with the Jayaruh #206 Brush. I did two passes with Dad's Schick E3 razor with a Personna Injector Blade and ended up with a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, I finished off with Cella After Shave Balm. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Star 3 piece razor
Wilkinson blade
Plisson/L'Occitane brush
Lea Shave Stick
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
Barbon A/S

A shave a lot like yesterday's cuz that one was pretty good so why not? My face is happy. Now go enjoy your day folks.

 

SEptember 12th
Razor: H&S NO75 LE
Blade: Derby Extra (3)
Brush: Yaqi Purple Haze
Pre-shave: Stirling Mentholated
Soap: Stirling Bergamot Lavender
Stirling Bergamot Lavender witch hazel
Stirling mentholated post shave balm
AS: Stirling Bergamot Lavender

Good morning!

 

SOTD September 12, 2019
A Stirling SEptember

Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap
Blade: vintage Personna twin
Razor: Personna injector
Brush: Poculi synthetic
Soap: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Sharp Dressed Man aftershave

Have a great day!

 

Thank you, Gary!

 

Merkur 34c HD with Treet carbon blade
Proraso green soap
Omega 49
Mennen skin bracer
L'oreal asb
Cold water

 

Thursday

Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Sandpiper
Soap: Bulgari Man in Black
Razor: Vintage Gillette Red Tip Super Speed
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (6)
Brush: Thater 2-Band Badger-26mmx55mm
Aftershave: Bulgari Man in Black EdT

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Bulgari Man in Black today. 20 seconds to load the Thater 2-Band Badger brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Rapira Platinum Lux still in the Gillette Red Tip Super Speed. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Bulgari Man in Black EdT.

Bob

 

Stirling Single Edge Shavette September

It was an all out PiacenzDay Wednesday. We threw the works at it too.



Piacenza shampoo - the Stirling shampoo is all I use any more. Awesome stuff. Wish they had a liquid version.

My first use of the newly acquired body soap - real soap, not wash. Performance was good, but I probably prefer the bar soap. Also I'm trying to pick up the most glorious stank of the Piacenza, but all I'm getting is a soap smell. After a few minutes I concluded I was smelling Sandalwood, and this container was likely mislabeled. No problem, this will make it easier to get the Lovely Mrs Headroom on board. She uses one of those puff balls which probably work a little better than my terrycloth wash cloth.

Routine great performance from the economical and awesome Stirling badger.

Piacenza shave soap convinced me I have no need to commit my Wednesdays to a nostalgic box with some soap bastardized by the manufacturer.

Went with the Focus R21 Evolution using a GSB for a refresher before my new Focus R28 Slim Al shavette shows up. Great tool, the R21, it will be hard to beat.

Finished up with the Stirling Piacenza AS splash. Went to the light side since I planned on doing a couple of hits of the EdT as well.

Also used the Stirling Piacenza deodorant (missed the photo shoot). Fab performance in my experience, long lasting. I could easily speculate that it has been discontinued because it is a more vicious product than most.

Be well y'all!

 

Tom,
First I recall you NOT using an edge forward shaving device.

Do you like the core?
Should I assume Feather blades or are de-splined Gem types OK? (seen this on the Genesis.

 

My Thursday morning Grand Freeze:

Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap
Razorock Plissoft 26mm Monster
Super Speed/Shark day 5
Stirling Glacial Black Cherry SS
Stirling Glacial Unscented ASB
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Aramis EdT

My face is frozen stiff after this ungodly menthol assault (in a good way!) but I enjoyed every minute of it. The mentholated pre-shave soap from Stirling started the ball rolling with its invigorating cooling sensation, it leaves your skin spotlessly clean, it softens up your stubble, and its slickness turns your face into a skating rink. The Glacial Black Cherry soap has such a delightful scent, the lather is so rich as well as easy to work up, and the freeze hits you like ten tons of frigid bricks. The Glacial Unscented balm doesn’t lack menthol either - not only is it as cold as ice, it has such wonderful moisturizing and soothing. The Alcolado Glacial splash froze the daylights out of me. This shave was a three pass BBS work of art!

 

Date:- 12 September 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Epsilon Synth. v2.0 Silvertip Fibre Faux Horn 26/52mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Ariana & Evans ~ Frozen Mojito
Razor/Blade:- RazoRock Game Changer .84 / NOS Wizamet Super Iridium #7
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10), Lavender (15) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Hugo Boss (Original)

 

Perfumed by:
Chris Cullen


Razor - OneBlade Genesis V2
Blade - *2nd Shave
Shave Brush - 20mm GBS Synthetic 3rd generation
Deodorant - Generic Baby Powder
Shaving Soap - Catie's Bubbles "Barnegat Bay"
Aftershave/Cologne - Catie's Bubbles "Barnegat Bay"

***EDIT - 3-pass shave. Darn near perfect smoothness. No irritation. No cuts or abrasions. Very comfortable during the shave and after. Got the water just right for the lather which I've been missing with Catie's Bubbles soap. The Catie's Bubbles cream has always been perfect, but the soap formula does require the user to dial in the right water to get the best lather. Getting that consistency right was the key to this shave.

 

Williams Wednesday 9/11

Williams Shave stick
Shick Adjustable
Shick platinum plus 2
Omega Brush
AV Aftershave




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Tabac Thursday 9/12

Gem contour
Gem carbon blade 2
Tabac shave soap
Simpson PJ2
Tabac AS

Carbon blade was pulling so switched to PAL Adjustable for 2nd pass




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good morning,fantastic shaves and pics gentlemen....

 

Thank you, Gary!

 

cool shave sir..