Friday Merkur Futur Gillette SP (6) Omega Boar TSD Cool Water Type Soap Aqua Velva Ice Sport Somewhat hurried shave, but the Gillette blade is still going strong! Near BBS in 3 passes. The AV Ice Sport has a scent that complements that of the soap rather nicely.
I am hoping to get some of that this Christmas! My brother was buying for me this year, but I think he will probably just give me some soaps, a razor and maybe some expensive custom brush that he tried once and didn't like the feel of (all discards...I honestly don't want to know how much money he spends on shaving...)
Friday's Shave and Shower Omega 48 Vulfix Soap GOLD Tech Persona Red Three passes Warm Water Rinse, polar splash, Thayer's Witch Hazel, Kananga Water . A mighty DFS.
Gold Gillette NEW Wilkinson Sword (3) TGN Silvertip TBS Maca Root Shave Cream TBS Maca Root Razor Relief Pinaud Clubman AS This razor always seems like a contradiction to me. For instance - I had a great smooth feeling shave with no tugging whatsoever, yet I would up with 5 or so weepers (granted, nothing major). Also interesting to me is that of all my razors it gets closer than almost every other in the neck area, yet for the face, the one place I can usually get an effortless BBS, it struggles to get as close after 5 passes as most can do in 3. In any case I wound up with a nice close shave after all, and feel great after slapping on a little of the ol' Clubman. 4/5
bday shave Jack Black Beard Lube Chubby 2 Super lather: Master's Lilac Vegetol Soap and Bigelow SC Wade and Butcher Wedge TSD twice iced Cedarwood/Lemon Splash Ahava AS Balm Music-Muddy Waters Outstanding scents/sensations/smoothness/sound-worthy of marking my first half decade
Brush: vie-long Extra horse Professional Soap/Creme: Cella Razor: Gillette Old style Blade: polsilver Pre: hot towel Post: Masters Lilac Vegetal Hair Groom: Gables Creme-oil Result: DFS
FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 Gillette super speed with feather blade(day3) PRORASO white boar hair brush 1st time head shave with the DE today. Wonderful results! The old fusion is retired for good!
FRIDAY 09 December: Hot Shower Feather Artist Club SS Folding with a Super Pro Blade Semogue 1250 Brush Vitos Green Shaving Soap Alum Block followed by Proraso Pre/Post Old Spice A/S Good shave today.....the fear of using a straight has now gone, I just have respect! Will have to get my camera functioning. In the post yesterday......I received what can only be described as 'razor porn' I intend to give my new Kai Captain Excelia Japanese style, its inaugural shave in the near future!
Friday shave: Hot shower, scrub face with Neutrogina daily wash, rub beard down with some of my conditioner at the end of my hair-washing Art of Shaving Sandalwood pre-shave oil MWF sample lathered up with my AoS Fine Badger brush Razor: My new vintage Joseph Allen & Sons NON*XLL "Medium Size Hollow Ground" razor I just got from Whipped Dog! Warm splash, styptic, cold splash, AoS Sandalwood Aftershave Balm I got about 1/3 of the way through my first real straight razor shave and.... the power went out! I opened the blinds in the bathroom to let the late afternoon light in and very carefully finished the flat portions of my face with the straight and called it a day. Result: SAS
Meant to post this yesterday...R.I.P John Lennon... A Frosty Mug Shave My shave was like an A and W rootbeer, frosty mug taste! I used some pif'd product (thank you Johnny for the Proraso pre/post and cream, and thank you for some Alcolado Glacial Mech Guy), and the shave was on. Assorted soaks/splashes Proraso pre/post Vulfix 404 Mixed EJ89 Feather (2) Witch Hazel Alcolado Glacial Jockey Club Talcum It was frosty from the first bit of Proraso pre down to the Glacial, which I really enjoyed. It is more than just chilly, it has a citrusy scent as well. I enjoyed the Feather Blade again, and achieved a smooth and clean BBS and the face feels great!
Friday Prep: Hot shower CD: Hosana! Praise ~ Let the River Flow Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Ethiopia Illubabor, BLACK Soap: Irisch Moos Brush: Vulfix 406, The Burlington Razor: Merkur 34G Blade: Astra SP, day 5, 3+ passes Post: Cold water rinse, Osage Rub, Pinaud Clubman Shave Rating: 5 Blades Yup. Another golden shave.
Thanx mang. Yea, Phil's shipping speed is superb. I have heard such great things about this razor and a few that have said the 41 is a great shaver, but causes a bit of a burn. Thanx
To the tune of "Makin' Whoopee" Another day, with the same old face! With all those hairs growing all over the place. Another season, another reason, to do some shaving! If you don't know this old song...then I will introduce you! Dr John (with Ricky Lee Jones) Makin' Whoopee
Botanics face scrub Feather AS-D1 Feather Blade Simpsons Chubby 1 in super Mitchells Woolfat Alum + Propolis L'Occitane Bavx Balm L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau de parfum. Jamie. Super shave BBS. took the dog for his early morning stroll 6am usual, very cold just started snowing.
Saturday's shave: SB FS Best Badger SS Figaro SR Gillette super adj. Black Beauty (@7-5-4) RB Supermax SP (#3) ASL Pino silvestre ASB Davines Pashana Cologne
Saturday, December 10. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime Razor: Schick G1 Blade: Schick Soap: MWF Brush: Simpsons Wee Scot Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5 Face Lather Today Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Floid Blue It is amazing how much soap you can load up in this Wee Scot. Lathered my face three times to make three passes and never had to reload the brush once. Have a GREAT day.
Saturday Razor: Unbranded German Shoulderless Strop: Jeltz Original Brush: Simpson 57 Soap: Nanny's Ice & a Slice Post: Alum, Pashana Original Awesome shave, It is my wife's birthday today but a work day for me so the kids will be waiting on her all day (well we can dream). My 1st use of a Nanny soap and I was very pleased with it. Our tap water is hard and plays havoc with soaps so I'm really quite impressed with how well it lathers. I shall use a slightly wetter brush next time but it was a very stable lather and the menthol "kick" was just right on this frosty morning.
