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June 24th
BAUME.BE shaving cream
Ralf Aust
Simpson Chubby 2
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Star Jelly ASB & AS/C - John Frum
Busy lately. Commenting and posting falls behind, but did get caught up reading 30DC posts from Sunday til now.....short bout of 'O50CSS' last night (over 50 can't sleep syndrome).
Today's shave was very nice. 3 full passes, BBS results with no issues. New shaving cream, BAUME.BE, directly enabled by
@Primotenore. Bowl lathered with a Simpson Chubby 2 synthetic, a little dab goes a long way. Very soft cream, screaming yellow in color with a container consistency that reminds me of Castle Forbes, Art of Shaving, St. James of London or other similar creams. Resulting lather is slightly muted yellow in color, very thick and silky. Residual slick between passes is awesome, face feel is wonderful. A WTG pass followed by 2 super skin stretching XTG passes using this horn scaled Ralf Aust blade was lots of fun.
Another cool straight shaving accessory showed up while I was traveling over the weekend...a Tony Miller horsehide 'Notavan' 3" Old #2 Strop, outfitted with heavy handles and flax linen option. Immediately before shaving this morning, the Ralf Aust made the first laps on it. Very fast and smooth draw on the super supple linen & leather. Helped make the RA a very smooth & laser sharp shaver.
Followed my shave with a favorite, PAA's after shave balm called Star Jelly, which is slightly mentholated (awesomely invigorating!). Finished with what PAA calls an 'Aftershave & Cologne', the John Frum aroma. A wifey favorite which lasts all day for me.
Hope everyone has a Happy Hump Day!
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