I've had absolutely beautiful shaves over the last 3 weeks. Finally binned the derby in favour of a Gillette 7 o clock sharp edge. The Gillette blades are definitely one of my favourite blades, they maintain their sharpness longer than the feathers for me, but are admittedly less sharp on the first few shaves.
I decided to give the body shop maca root another try after my bad experience with it last year, i found it lacked slickness. So i used more cream, ( about the size of two peas) which is more than i usually use compared to my tube creams. And low and behold, beautifully slick, cushioning lather! I loved it so much, that i used it for 6 shaves before moving on to my col conk lime puck, which requires longer loading than usual (around 20-25 seconds against my usual 15) because the puck is quite a bit smaller so the surface area in contact with the brush is smaller too.
Overall fantastic shaves, and I'll definitely be re-writing the review i posted on this cream last year.
Shave 1:
Razor: Gillette aristocrat barber pole
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic
Soap: uncle Jon's pipe smoke
Blade: Gillette 7 o clock sharp edge (1)
Aftershave balm: prep
Shaves 2,3,4:
Razor: Gillette aristocrat barber pole
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic shave
Cream: the body shop maca root
Blade: Gillette 7 o clock sharp edge (2,3,4)
Aftershave balm: the body shop maca root razor relief
Shaves 5,6,7:
Razor: Gillette aristocrat barber pole
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic shave
Cream: the body shop maca root
Blade: Gillette 7 o clock sharp edge (5,6,7)
Aftershave balm: prep
Shaves 8,9,10:
Razor: Gillette aristocrat barber pole
Brush: Wilkinson sword classic shave
Soap: col conk lime
Blade: Gillette 7 o clock sharp edge (8,9,10)
Aftershave balm: prep
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