Wednesday 7 December Hot shower Proraso white soap Omega Boar 10015, face lather Gillette Milord (gold) w/ Gillette 7O'Clock Super Platinum Black Day 7 or so Polar ice AS, Proraso ASB A three pass DFS++ shave. A little tugging and one small weeper, probably should have replaced the blade yesterday. Still a great shave. I am really loving this set up, the proraso white is so good to my face.
Wednesday, December 7. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick G1 Blade: Schick Soap: MWF Brush: Semogue 2011 LE Finest Bristle 1 #49 Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5 Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue Have a GREAT day.
Sorry for poor pic quality poor lighting in bathroom Hot shower + proraso pre Bond fresh shave cream Kent BK12 EJ89L Astra Blade day 3 Dirty English ASB DFS the BK12 maybe a lather hog but it lathers so quickly and its so soft but still with some back bone (so tempted to use my secret santa stuff today dont know how I stayed so strong)
Wednesday: Had to lather up twice. First batch of lather with Salaspina Triple Delight had my skin burning in the first pass. I guess that is another soap that I just can't use. I honestly didn't think it was likely to go well, but I had to try. Ingrams SC Padauk wood/black badger knot New Improved 7 O'Clock Sharp (day 4) alum TSD ISZ witch hazel SCS refined AS
Wednesday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/Rapira day 3 Tet-a-tet SC Tet-a-tet AS Balsam JHL Cologne The Tet-a-tet cream is quite cooling although not as much as the matching aftershave balsam. Both of these items are so good for sensitive skin, and the cream lathers up so easily. I could not have gotten a better shave even at a barbershop.
Gillette Diplomat 7 O'clock Sharp Edge Simpson Duke I Old Spice Lime cream Geo. F. Trumper Lime Skin Food
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 Pre-shave soap: Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: EJ Chatsworth Blade: Astra Superior Platinum Brush: Vulfix 2234 Super Soap or Cream: George F. Trumper GFT Cream (sample) A/S: Dickinson's Witch Hazel, Mr. Taylor Splash A truly fine shave this morning. The GFT cream lathered profusely and I enjoyed the scent. When my present stash of creams starts to develop some gaps, I will be very tempted to order a Trumper cream or two. The Mr. Taylor splash (sorry, George) provided a very pleasant finish.
Wednesday Muhle R106 Red Personna Penworks Finest Monsavon Proraso White ASB The first shave in 3 days! The Monsavon was a bit watery, but that was my fault. However it wasn't terrible lather. Today I caught a strong citrus scent from the soap, I don't know if that is how it smells to the others who have it, but I like it. I was planning on only doing a quick 2-pass this morning, but everything was going so quick and smooth, so I decided to throw in a third. The result was a most welcome DFS!!
Muhle R41 ('11) 7 O'clock Black M&F 1/2 GTP - G5 QCS Esquire SS Barbasol Pacific Rush A/S Montale - Oud Cuir D'Arabie
Wednesday Merkur Futur; Kraut & Dohnal 9/16 Gillette SP (4) Men-U Boar Col. Conk Lime Booster Iced Limes & Royall Lyme Fairly good after two passes with the Futur, but there was still some stubble left for the straight to clean up. The ultimate result was a near BBS shave in 3 passes! I used Booster Iced Limes in place of witch hazel (which I use daily, but never put in my SOTD) this morning because it doesn't last very long, but I love the scent and the effect it has on my skin. I topped that off with Royall Lyme for further conditioning and a more lasting scent.
Gem OCMM w/ Gem PTFE blade Semogue OC Boar Arko Alum Superior 70 (Boosted) I am looking forward to this weekend when I can take my time and enjoy my shave.
Wednesday morning, Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Personna Blade (3) Omega 10066 Boar Bristle Brush, Arko shave soap w/ hot water lather, finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS! A nice lather with the Omega 10066 and Arko.
Wednesday: Shumate 5/8 The Dridecker Arko Stick Alum Block Witch Hazel Afta Fresh Balm Jovan Musk After Shave/Cologne
Gillette NEW Low Price Wilkinson Sword (2) Simpson Case AOS Preshave Oil Proraso Sensitive Nivea ASB Old Spice Open combs are kind of a one shot deal with me for some reason. I don't use them very often, but then when I do I get great shaves from them. Following one of these great shaves I'll ask myself why I don't use these razors more often. So the next day I'll grab it again, but whatever magic it held for me yesterday is gone, and I'll usually suffer an at least sub-par shave. Todau was great. Unfortunately my only other gold razor is a NEW Red and Black set which I intent to use tomorrow. We shall see. In other news I decided to face lather with the Case/Proraso, and the brush held enough reeeallly nice cushy lather for 4 full passes without any kind of reloading whatsoever, I was definitely a little surprised and very impressed. All in all fantastic shave.
Wednesday, December 7 55’ Gillette Red Tip Lord Platinum (d1) Preshave Oil Blend Col. Conk Amber S/S Tweezerman Badger Old Spice Musk Been using my latest preshave oil blend: 5 parts ea castor and grapeseed oil, 1 part ea TSD M-Bomb and glycerin. I think this is my best mix yet.
La Toja Stick (cause Spain had all of that New World GOLD in the 16th century) The Dridecker Brush (cause Bill has a heart of GOLD) GOLD Gillette New Voshkod Osage Rub Phyto Expert AS Balm Music-Kanye West (GOLD Digger)-yes I'll delve into Rap once in a while-my kids worked me hard to tolerate and even appreciate this music. It's great for spinning to.
Wednesday Prep: Hot shower CD: Blues GOLD, cd 1 ~ various early artists Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor Soap: TSD Cedarwood - it wouldn't be a golden week without tapping into the gold mine that is my TSD soap collection Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington Razor: Gillette Sheraton Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH + 2 drops M Bomb, hand strop blade Shave Rating: 4 Blades The Sheraton is just a tad mild. Left a touch of stubble along the jaw line.
Golden Age Shower and Shave A long hot shower. LuJin Badger Bond Shave Cream Schick Injector Warm rinse,polar splash,Thayer's Witch Hazel,Ogalla Bay Rum. A golden DFS.
HAD THE BEST SHAVE OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!! WEDNESDAY DECEMBR 7,2011 Mark this day on the calander! Well fella's I now know the true zen like feeling that most of you experience! My goodness from Bullgoose came in the mail today and when I got up this afternoon I headed straight to the bathroom. I ordered Proraso white and RazoRock classic and a sample pack of blades. So I tried the Proraso 1st since my wife liked the smell of it better OMG!!! The lather was the easist and thickest and best I've ever experienced. It was trully amazing. As soon as I began to lather it on my face I just felt this intense cooling sensation that just blew my mind. The sample pack of razors came with feather blades so of coarse I had to try those 1st to see if they're reputation was correct. WOW! the sharpest blade I've ever put to my face. Effortless. Not 1 tug,nick,bump,burn nothing! 2 passes and I was cleaner than any other blade I've ever used. The coolest thing is any time I've ever shaved theres alway been a small amount of blood loss. I was shocked that there wasnt even a single spot after shaving with, what is rumored to be 1 of the sharpest blades.
