SoS May 25-31 2009

Tuesday May 26

Preshave: Proraso Pre?Post
Brush: E-shave silvertip
Soap: Proraso
Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Astra Superior (Day 4)
Aftershave: Proraso Aftershave Splash
Cologne: GFT Eau de Quinine

Very close to BBS thanks to a wonderful lather provided by the Proraso soap.

Pete

 

Tuesday/Martes

Gen Junior with Ted Pella blade
Bea shaving stick
La Walkiria black badger brush
Weleda ASB
Agua Brava EDT

 

Tuesday

Merkur Futur
Derby Extra (3)
CO Bigelow Cream
Thayers WH with Aloe
Pinaud Clubman A/S

 

Tuesday 5/26

• Ever Ready 100T boar
• Speick Shave Stick
• Gillette Slim Adjustable (4)
• Super Irridium
• Thayer's A/F Original
• Speick Splash

Result: Just a great as yesterday's

 

Musgo Glyce Real Lime Oil Soap
Corn Huskers Pre Shave
TOBS Lemon & Lime
Simpson Duke 3
Merkur HD
Super Iridium (3)
Pinaud Lime Sec
TSD Lime ASB
Lime Skin Food

 

Lemons and Lemonade

Razor: C3 Ball End Tech
Blade: Feather (1)
Cream: Crabtree & Evelyn/Tom's of Maine Mint
Brush: Tweezerman
A/S: C.O. Bigelow Rose Water Skin Toner/AV Ice Blue




Lemons: The C&E was a big disappointment. No matter what I tried, I could not get any kind of lather out of it. It didn't take in the bowl, it wouldn't do a thing with a face lather.

Lemonade: After laying down a thin layer on the face and beating it to death in the bowl, I noticed a very nice cooling feeling. After about five minutes of frustration, I took what I could on the brush, added some Tom's of Maine Mint, and got an excellent lather that was nice and frosty the entire shave.

The only thing I need to say about the Tech: With a Feather, it's almost perfect.

The Rose Water stuff was very refreshing with an excellent scent to it. After letting it sit, I went with the standard AV Ice Blue splash follow up and kind of regret it. The Rose Water scent is just excellent. It was a little pricey, but worth it now that I've experienced it.

 

Tuesday...

Razor: Slim @6
Blade: Astra day 3
Cream: KMF Unscented
A/S: Clubman Bay Rum

 

Trumpers razor
Rooney brush
Trumpers Limes shave soap
Booster Iced Limes AS
The Crown Perfumery Crown Spiced Limes EDT

 

Trumper's Liimes cream
Georgetown Scuttle
Rooney 2/1 Silvertip
Wade & Butcher Sheffield
TSD Ogallala Bay Rum as
Chanel Egoiste Eau de Toilette

 

Double Arrow razor
Rooney 1/1 Pure
Valobra soap
Proraso AS

 

Martes // 26/05/09

Pre/Music
Hot Shower
Joshua Bell performing "Summer" Violin Concerto by Vivaldi

Shave
Lord Tech w/ Astra Superior
Omega 10077 Blue
TOBS Sandalwood SC

Post
AV Ice Blue (AWFUL, immediately took off)
Skin Bracer Green
Vas. Moisture Lock



Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNcYT7jpH9E

Result: An excellent shave, minus the AV. Yuck.

 

TOBS St James, whipped in the GTP scuttle with my RV Silver Tip
Gillette Slim adjustable with 7 o'clock blade
444 Alum followed by a cold water rinse
T+H 1805 ASB
T+H 1805 EdT

 

Tuesday 5/26 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: The "Dana" Brush an Ever Ready 50N Boar
  [*]Cream: SCS Tea Tree
  [*]Razor: '12 GEM with standard handle
  [*]Blade: Ted Pella PTFE coated SE (shave 6)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel Toner & SCS Avocado Oil ASM
  [*]EDT: Nine Flags Patcham from Hong Kong Cologne
  
  Result: BBS, no blood, just a smooth and comfortable shave. Did have some trouble with the head. Sunburn you know. Tough to shave when it really hurts so I just did the back and sides on one pass only. The "Dana" brush works great with the creams. It is the floppiest boar I have ever seen. Almost like a badger brush.

 

Tuesday morning...a busy day at the office today:

Plisson 16
Art of Shaving Sandalwood Shaving Soap
Merkur Futur with Super Iridium Blade
Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel with ~15% alcohol
Clinique Post-Shave Healer
Creed Private Collection Tabarome

 

Tuesday May 26

Brush: VDH Boar
Cream: Ingram's
Razor: '59 Fatboy @ 5
Blade: Gillette Platinum (UK) D1
Aftershave: Thayers WH & Lavender / TSD Iced Subzero Milk
Cologne: C&S No. 88

1st time to try these blades and it was an awesome irritation free BBS shave capped off by a nice and frosty re-moisturizer.

 

Tuesday

Omega 31025 shaving brush
Trumper Rose shaving soap
3" TM Red Latigo strop
6/8 Dovo "Bismarck" razor
Trumper Coral Skin Food

Viktor

 

After the usual 1-2 minute hot towel prep:

Shavemac 22mm silvertip
1919 Bulldog/ Iridium
MWF
Lucky Tiger AS
i Profumi di Firenze 'Legno Amaro' EdT

This morning was my last time using this razor for a looong while. I have to say I can't remember ever getting a closer shave with any other razor, and I love that part. It's also a kick to truly use zero pressure to have those results, which I'm unable to get with my normal razor of choice. I can go over a tough spot on my neck or chin 2-3 times in the same direction with my fatboy/feather set up, and still not get as close as one stroke with this Bulldog type. The thing is amazingly effective....plain and simple.

Yeah, it's great, except that I prefer not to feel the blade at all while shaving. I shave mostly by sound rather than feel........the less the actual razor feedback the better for me. Weird eh? Yeah, I just don't care to actually be aware of a blade being in the razor at all. I sure feel the blade in the Bulldog.........sigh.

Anyway, it was still fun using this razor, and will revisit again sometime....maybe try a different(milder) blade. No damage done to my face, and I realize my technique is probably pretty decent to avoid any unpleasantness. This would NOT be a good razor for a new DE shaver.

BBS results,
Martin

 

SOTD May 26, 2009

TSD Anise SS
VDH Boar Brush
Double Arrow
Alum Block
Old Spice AS

 

27 May, Wednesday
Merkur Futur w/ Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless
Rooney 3/1 "Super"
TOBS Traditional SS
GFT Eucris EDT