30 Day Rule/Focus, May 2025. All Are Welcome!

8th May 2025.


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Shaving Recipe for today.

Prep: Warm shower:/Cien Men Kenya Shower Gel.

Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears Transparent bar Soap.
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Synthetic.
Face Lather.
Lather: Chinese Cologne shaving soap.
Blade: Gillette Wilkinson Sword. (D2)
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Classic.

Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Cold water face wash with brush squeezing's, /Alum Rub./Cold Water Rinse./Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.5 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With Care+Witch Hazel./Duru mandarin Cologne. /Aloe Vera Gel.

Greetings,

Early morning shave,

The Chinese cologne soap provided me with a wonderful protective lather in no time.

A close comfortable 2 pass + pick ups silky smooth shave with no errors to report.

Finishing the shave off with a few small dollops of Aloe Vera Gel.

My face is feeling smooth, & smelling divine.

Keep safe, and enjoy your day ladies & gentlemen.

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Fine Throwback shave this morning. I should have done better at the top-right side of N. Porcupine, and the right sideburn area at the jawline, but nice work elsewhere. No damage. One pass. I had to be very careful with that Royal Copenhagen pour spout, but it was worth the attention with that nice scent that followed. Pretty Outstanding. (Course I prefer going all the way on a Throwback shave, but I was satisfied in the end.)

 

fine shave Barry.

 

-Thursday-
brit tech hybrid
tuxedo
vito's green
legend spirit



good morning gents
lazy day shave
the vito's green lathered easily with the tuxedo synthetic,
smooth 2 passer with the tech hybrid,minor pick ups
thayers and spirit edt to finish
awesome
have a fantastic day everyone

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Thank you Gary.

 

Very nice Stirling shave John

 

Wonderful shave Joe.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

Well done Gary.

 

Awesome shave Chris.

 

Lovely shave Barry.

 

SRS # 1292

Rating: 5 / 5

Razor: AA Gen Takahashi Tokusei
Brush: Shore Shave Blue Nebula w/ Paragon 25 mm Boar
Lather: Stirling Sharped Dressed Man
Aftershave: Stirling Sharp Dressed Man
Additional Care:
Omega Alum
Dickenson’s Original Witch Hazel
Stirling Unscented Glacial Balm

Wonderful Stirling shave this morning prior to heading out to a luncheon with a bunch of retired teachers. As usual, the Stirling soap provided a nice, thin lather which allowed the blade to comfortably do its work. Three passes to super smoothness with the Japanese straight.

 

Thank you Joe.

 

thank you Joe

fine stirling /straight shave and pic Joe.

 

Thank you Barry

Thanks John

thx Gary

very moody, nice

Thx Joe

and again Joe

Fine shave Barry
Never really tried the Aloe Vera Gel as a post shave treatment yet
This is one ingredient of your home made mixture I take it?

Classy set up.
Enviable Razor!

Thanks Joe

Hope you had a great lunch. Btw what do retired teachers talk about then? From what my wife and I hear from a retired teacher friend who still does occasional relief work: who would want to be a teacher these days? But that's just down under I am sure, right? Pretty scary

Nice shave!

 

Friday 09 May 2025

1 Days growth

Hot Water Prep and Preshave = Palmolive Shave cream
Soap = Stirling Bergamot and Lavender + RasoZero Protetivo
Brush = Semogue Galahad C3 Premium Boar, super little brush
Bowl = White plastic
Razor = Gillette Argentinian Tech B2
Blade = Kai (4) (still smooth, binned anyway)
Post = Usual CWR, Alum, rinse, pat dry, Thayer’s rose petal, L’Occitane ASB
ASL = Pinaud Clubman
Scent = Prada Ocean Luna Rossa
Passes = 2 +
There was minimal Alum feedback

Yesterday I used the Italian made RasoZero on its own and found it a bit lacking. Luvverly scent though. Today I mixed ½ scoop of it with 1/2 scoop with the slowly diminishing Stirling and was rewarded with abundant thick and slick superlather

Lovely damage free start to the Friday

Really nice texture to the handle of the Tech, no risk of slipping

The Luna Rossa lasts and lasts and lasts for most of the day

Have a super run up to the weekend everyone

 

Thank you Chris. The Aloe Vera Gel I get from my local shopping centre, this one also contains witch hazel, which is a great beneficial combined post shave astringent, toner & moisturiser for my mature skin.
I only use/need a small amount which obsorbes in to my skin without feeling sticky. Well worth trying out with your post shave application. You should be able to pick some up in Oz if and when you decide to give it a try.
PS: it also doesn't have any lingering scent that will clash with your post shave ASL/EdT/EDP application.

 

Here was today's shave(Fri).

same as yesterday, BUT

A.S.-Russiam Leather*

*from the TSD Store..

Very nice shave today. Most of the foam came out in cloud-like form(result of the combination of dunking and shaking, which I always do with cans). I like cloud-like form! Reminds me of my Rise cans from many years ago. Boy, I'd love to see those back! Anyway, clean and clear all over. No cuts, Knicks, Polka-Dots, Red-ball sunsets. One pass. I should have used more of the A.S., but will do next time. I guess I was thinking that with Russian Leather, you shouldn't overdo it, but a little more wouldn't have been so bad. Shux. Smells nice, though. It was a Russian Leather kind of day-chilly, cloudy. For the shave itself, As Outstanding As It Gets.

 

May 9 SOTM

Good morning

Straight Razor Shave #607
Ralf Aust
MrEE LE #10 Cashmere Brush
Pedro Fiasco's Limoncello SS and AS
Stirling Alum Block
Beard Growth: 3 days



I definitely needed a shave. Moreover, I need to look nice because I am going to my friend's father's wake this afternoon. Anyway, 2 error-free passes gave me a nice shave. It's a dreary Long Island day so I went with the Limoncello to brighten up my start to the day. I made a nice lather as you can see below:



There wasn't any alum feedback. Applied the wonderful matching aftershave to end this session. Take care.

 

thank you Chris.