April 25
Shavette Shave #51
Gear
- Razor: Max Headroom Focus R21 Shavette
- Blade: Lord (2)
- Brush: Stirling Finest Badger
- Soap: Stirling Texas on Fire
- Menthol: Stirling Frost Drops
- AS: Pinaud Citrus Musk (1 Frost Drop)
- Balm: Stirling Glacial Unscented
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The Shave...
Opted for a quick 2 pass shave with no touch ups yesterday--WTG and ATG. Overall it was between DFS and CCS, but closer to the CCS side of things. Not awful considering how little effort I put into it, and a 2 pass, no touch up shavette shave that gets higher than CCS is always a win in my book!
51 down, 49 to go!
April 26
Slim Sunday
Gear
- Razor: Slim Jim (Gillette Slim)
- Blade: Personna Blue (3)
- Brush: Semogue Boar
- Soap: Stirling Glastonbury (3 Frost Drops)
- Menthol: Stirling Frost Drops
- AS: Aqua Velva Ice Blue (2 Frost Drops)
- Balm: Stirling Glacial Unscented
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Lather
I get good lather from a bowl. I get good lather right off the face. But I get
fantastic lather off the palm. Yes, it’s messy. Yes, there is an extra step involved in rinsing off my hand before the shave. But I get consistently perfect lather. Super hydrated, slick, and yogurty, but just to the point where peaks want to topple. It coats my face like mime paint, doesn’t dissipate, and doesn’t dry out on my face. I like my Sundays to be special shaves, so palm lathering is my go to Sunday method.
The Shave...
Three-pass shave today--WTG, XTG, ATG. Yes, the Slim is adjustable, but today I felt like taking her to warp factor 9 and keeping her there. The WTG and XTG passes were light and easy, as was most of the ATG pass. The touching up started to get heavy-handed, but I realized what I was doing and backed off. Caught it before irritation set in, which is awesome because I am BBS. Like…
glassy BBS. Like...
freshly Zamboni-ed ice BBS. I’m considering welding the setting to ‘9’ now.
Hope everybody has a wonderful Sunday, and that you all enjoy it the best way you know how--stay safe; stay strong; stay happy!

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