SoS: April 2nd, 2012 - April 8th, 2012

Love that Tet-a-Tet and am grateful to you for being the one who turned me on to it. Where do you get it?

 

It was my pleasure - it came from our dear friend in Russia!

 

Saturday's Shower and Shave
Hot shower
Vulfix 28 mystery puck of soap.
Gillette Gold Tech with a Super Platinum blade.
Cold water splash, RazoRock alum, Thayer's Witchhazel, Kanaga Water.
Really nice DFS

 

Sat.
Brush: Vie-Long Horse
Soap/Creme: Cella
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Rapira SS
Pre: Hot Shower
Post: Stephan Lilac
Hair Groom: Gables Creme-Oil
Result: quick mild CCS-DFS

 

This week was marked by finishing some of my shaving stuff. First, I used up the last bits of Fitjar Miklagard soap and no have a nice empty tub. Second, I have only a couple of shaves left of my Phyto Expert SC...
8/8 W&B restored by Glen
VieLong horsehair brush
Phyto Expert SC
Cold water splash
Nivea AS splash
Nice and smooth. I tried the new touchup routine on 12k and the test shave converted to one of the most comfortable straight shaves I ever had. Seems, it works!

 

Saturday Night: I shaved with my March Newbie PIF winnings!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hot towel prep
Ginger's Garden handmade shaving soap, Baby Powder scent. This is amazing stuff. I may just have a new favorite soap!!!! And it smells great. (PIF giveaway)
Col. Conk badger brush
Gillette SS (Thank you Johnny so much I love this razor!!!!!!!!!!!!!) w/ Rapira blade 1st shave (Both were PIF giveaways from Johnny!!!)
Cold water rinse
Alum block
Nivea after shave balm
Master Wells Bay Rum AS
Clubman talc

3 pass for a very nice and relaxing BBS

 

April 7rd - Late Night Shave
Beverage: dry
Music: Ska from Sky.fm radio
Prep: Nivea Face Wash
Pre-Lather: Ogalalla Bay Rum Co SC
Razor: Ball end Tech, A1 (1955)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Blade: Ladas (3)
Soap/Cream: GFT Coconut SC
Post: 5Savages After Shave
AS: Masters Bay Rum, Nivea Revitalizing Q10
BBS!

Tech + Ladas = awesome, comfortable shave.
The OBR soap made my face sting a bit. I'm not sure what flavor it is, so I'll have to see what I have remaining and go through the process of elimination. I'm betting it's Bay Rum & Sandalwood, since I just had some face burn from TOBS sandalwood soap.
The GFT Coconut performed fine, but I could not smell any coconut. My daughter came home and I had her smell it and she had no problem with it. I'm going through my samples on weekends and this is the first GFT I've used. This first lather is not quite as good as the T&H creams I've tried, but it worked fine.
Masters Bay Rum seems a little musty to me.

 

Hot shower
Proraso Pre cream
Merkur futur set #1.5
Shark blade (day 4)
Omega pro 49
Proraso soap Green bowl
Proraso lotion

nice BBS , i tried on futur feather and Astra and Treet but with shark blade give a comfortable shaving , in order to get a smooth shaving i think chosen the razor and blade have the greatest influence on him other shaver

 

I didn't get to post Saturdays shave til now...I was too great to be ignored....
There has been so much activity concerning Slim adjustables I had to break mine out...
Saturday's Shave
Arko Shave Stick
Omega 10029
1965 Gillette Adjustable
new Perma-Sharp Super
Arko-Nem Mango moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS
Rebul Lavanda Colonia

Shave scored the highest rating on my wife's post-shave kiss test...
This is one razor I always take forgranted....It's a classic that raised the bar when it was introduced...And set a standard that remains 'state of the art'

 

Easter Sunday

55’ Gillette Red Tip
Supermax SS (d3)
Tabac SS
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Jovan Musk
Result: A high-end DFS on 3+ passes.

 

Sunday - Happy Resurrection Day!!

Prep: 30 minute marinade with TSD ISZ PSB, hot shower, soak brush
CD: Ron Kenoly ~ Jesus is Alive
Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK
Soap: Irisch Moos grated into bowl
Brush: Ever Ready 200T with original knot
SE: Gem Push Button
Blade: Gem, day 2, 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse, L'Oreal Comfort Max ASB, Old Spice Cologne, hand strop blade

Couldn't take it any longer. Had to grate the Irisch Moos stick into a bowl. Just don't like face lathering.
This soap is fantastic. It would be nice if they sold it in puck form. Oh, well, as long as I have a cheese grater...!

 

Prep L'Occitane Lavender Soap
Razor Vintage Japanese Fon Golden Star 7/8
Brush Simpson Chubby 1 in Super
Pre Shave Burt's Bees Shave Cream
Vulfix Persian Musk Shaving cream
Alum + Witch Hazel
Botanics Moisturiser
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
L'Occitane Bavx EDT.

Jamie.

The Fon Golden Star gave up a beautiful Easter sunday shave, two pass shave with minor touch up.

 

Well done! Yesterday, I finished off a tube of Tet-a-tet cream. Thank goodness I still have 2 more new ones!

 

Happy Easter!



Grandfather's Autostrop
Feather SE
The Colonel
Martin de Candre
Proraso Pre
Proraso AS

Today was the first shave in many days! I wanted it to he perfect because of it being Sunday, Easter, and the first shave in almost a week. The MdC lathered easily, the razor was able to mow through the heavy growth, and the proraso AS was the perfect finishing touch! The result was a irritation- free BBS!

 

Sunday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Shark day 5
Mystic SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS

A beautiful shave which I enjoyed so much - the Mystic cream from Bulgaria is a most brilliant performer. The scent is really nice and classy, the lather is rich and easy to create, and it soothes sensitive skin very well. Unfortunately, although menthol is listed as an ingredient, there's no cooling effect. I had to depend on the Aqua Velva for that, and it came through for me Sorry, no pictures today!

 

Sunday:

Soak Brush/Semogue 620
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
Mama Bear's Lavender & Peppermint shave stick (face lathered)
Weber SS DLC/Voskhod (1)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean brush,razor,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
Floid Blue mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Nice BBS Easter Sunday shave,love those Voskhods.

 

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SPRING SUNDAY to EVERYBODY and a HAPPY EASTER to all who celebrate it !!
And may your shaves reflect this beautiful weather which is on its way....
The thought did cross my mind that maybe this was the best shave of my life....But then I know thats impossible to gauge, and I'm out of Old Spice...so lets suffice it to say that today's shave had one of those 'Best Shaves Ever' kind a thing going on...."
Shave:
Two passes+ touch up with...
Arko Shave Stick/Omega 10029-face lathering all the way
'55 Schick Hydro-magic
Long's Drugs/Personna D2
Arko Nem mango-mandalina moisturizer/Arko Aqua AS
Rebul Lavanda Colonia

Have a Great Spring Day, a Great Easter Sunday and a Great Spring Shave to All....

 

Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Easter everyone!

hot shower
omega badger
proraso white
gillette super speed
shark super chrome
cold water rinse/gillette AS gel
3 pass DFS!

 

Easter Sunday morning, April 8, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade (2)
Semogue SOC boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Nice photo Nick...beautiful razor...looks like you have enough lather there to shave 3 men, and a St Bernard...