Thursday: Soak Brush/Semogue SOC Boar/Heat up DB Brush Scuttle Hot Shower Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap Proraso Prepost cream Irisch Moos shave stick (face lathered) Schick Paul Revere/Schick Blade ( 4) Cold Water Rinse Monster Block Alum (clean hardware and software,police area) Cold Water Rinse Thayer's Rose Petal WH mixed with some Robert's Rosewater Rose Of Bulgaria splash mixed with a pea sized amount of 444 Another great face and headshave from the Schick Paul Revere,but not as smooth as the Schick Hydro-Magic.
Thursday, June 7, 2012 Prep: Cold water rinse Lather: Mike's Natural Soap O/C/BP - ultra face lather Brush: Muhle Black Fibre Razor: Sledgehammer Slant Blade: Rapira (3); 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse Wow, Mike, you sure do make a great soap! Thank you! This soap is the first one (since I started testing) to leave my face as smooth and soft as the La Famiglia soaps do. There still is something different about the feel that I can't put my finger on, but I really am pleased with both. The DVH was still good in this category, but not exceptional like Mike's and LaFam.
Thursday Arko Shave Stick/Arko Ice Mint SC Omega 10029 1955 Schick Hydro-magic/Long's Drugs-Personna D1 Arko Nem moisterizer/Arko Aqua AS/Rebul Lavanda Colonia Our Un Homme De Caron-EdT Missed my Wednesday shave....but thats alright....My shave today was more than fine enough to make up for it....
I LOVE IT!!! It was my first time trying it. It was very smooth and had plenty of cushion. I am so glad I bought it. I am new to DE shaving so every shave I am trying out different soaps and/or creams and my experience is relatively limited... but so far, it is my favorite cream!
Injector week continues Prep: hot shower Music: Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind Brush: Ever Ready 150 Soap/Cream: TSD Interception (Thanks again MoM) Razor:Schick G1 Blade: Eversharp Schick (3) Post: Lucky Tiger AS Results: 2 pass DFS The Interception scent reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it but I do know that I like it.
Thursday 7 June, 2012 Today's Featured Shower and Shave is brought to you by the following great products. Hot shower as it is typical to start the day. Featured bar soap Amber oatmeal bar, lathered with a sea sponge. Facial scrub and prep for the lather Proraso Glycerin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While I was showering the Semogue was warming up on deck. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soap choice today Vitos Extra, the Semogue lathered it very nicely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Razor choice Gillette Tech {Fat Handle} made in England. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blade choice Wilkson from England. This pairing with the Tech, is a great match. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After three passes a liberal cold water splash. Facial toning with RazoRock Alum, a dab of Thayer's Witchhazel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Final facial application Proraso balm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The :wave: returned today to exclaim that this was a DFS that deserved a {10}.
Time for a little catch-up Wednesday Prep: Hot shower Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK Soap: Woods of Windsor + a squirt of KMF unscented cream Brush: 24mm silvertip set in red mallee burl Injector: Schick E model Blade: Schick, day 3, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Brut ASB, Brut cologne 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own Thursday - another day closer Prep: Hot shower, soak brush, AoS pre-shave oil CD: The Essence of Lightning Hopkins, disc 2 Coffee: Home roasted, fresh ground Malawi Mapanga AA, BLACK Soap: TSD SOTQ B1 - Winter Pagoda (this will be available to all with the release of C3 on the first of July! ) + 3 drops M Bomb Brush: Omega 10098 Pro Injector: Schick E model Blade: Schick, day 4, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, ice water splash, Dickenson's WH, Pinaud Clubman 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own Great shaves both days. I like these blades. The other blades I have are from Ted Pella. Compared to the Schick brand, the Pella's are a bit rough.
SOTD Thursday June 7, 2012 Prep: Tepid Water Shower, Face wash with Noxzema, Brush soaking in ice water. Razor: 2012 FaTip Grande in Chrome mounted to Sabi T3 Handle Brush: Flat-Top Badger Soap: VDH Cream; KMF Unscented AS: Pinuad Clubman Post: Cold Water Rinse, Naturally Fresh Alum, Second Cold Water Rinse, Heavy Splash of Cluman Music: Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks on repeat Day two of the FaTip Round Deux I am not sure if it was the additional weight of the handle, but the FaTip felt much more aggressive today, almost R41 aggressive. Was able to attain BBS is two passes, but did suffer one weeper on jawline. Overall was a very good shave, but I think I shall use this with just the stock handle instead of trying to increase the weight.
Friday (Wishful thinking) Thursday Warm shower VDH boar Arko Extra Sensitive SC Merkur 23c w/ Feather New Hi Stainless Dickinson Witch Hazel Lubriderm Men's 3 in 1 Master Bay Rum DFS++ by means of wtg, xtg, atg. Warm water rinse between passes, cold after witch hazel. Missing my Cetaphil Gentle ... will be shopping later. Thought I'd give the Arko ES a try again. Had struggled previously for close shaves with the Arko creams. Pulled all the stops out by throwing the Feather 2into the equation ... resulting in a respectably close shave! Not bad ... not bad at all.
Thursday: LC New Voskhod Omega Boar La Toja Stick Aqua Velva Afta Original Brut The last few days I was trying a new balm to me which is the Barbasol along with the matching splash that I've had for a couple of years now but didn't use. They suck compared to Aqua Velva and Afta.
A bit of a Jubilee back ground after the bank holiday. Just finnished night shift and wanted a quick shave and as its injector week. 3pass DFS which aint bad for a set up that cost £8
Thursday! Prep: hot washing cloth, rice bran oil marinade while lathering up Music: Vangelis, L'Apocalypse des Animaux Brush: DVH boar Soap: DVH Razor: Valet Autostrop Blade: Feather (#1) Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse First shave with the Valet. And was rewarded a BBS straight away! It is now 16 hours later and the stubbles are just starting to come! Very comfortable & close shave. I really enjoyed it (well, I usually do, but this time more). Thanx Luke for an excellent razor! Shave and enjoy, guys & gals!
Thursday Brush: Vie-Long Horse Soap/Creme: Cella Razor: Merkur Futur Blade:Astra SS Pre: 3P Post: Lilac Vegetal Hair Groom: Gables Rose oil Result: BBS
Good morning. A quick (but not dirty) shave today: Martin de Candre ‘Savon de Marseille’ face wash Logona Mann shave cream Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre Gillette Sensor Excel II (4. or 5. shave on the blade, actually I have no clue…) D.R. Harris Arlington after shave Back to a DE tomorrow, wasn't in the mood for it today as my skin was still eying the Vision suspiciously following yesterday's shave...
Thursday 6.7.12 Brush: Tweezerman badger Soap/Creme: Arko stick Razor:63' English Gillette Ball End Tech Blade: walmart sword Pre: hot shower; conditioner on face Post: Thayer's witch hazel with aloe This was my first shave with an Arko stick and WOW! I didn't expect the explosion of PEZ scented lather! I face lathered it and was not disappointed I'm going to stock up on this stuff.
June 7th Wash: Nivea Moisturizing Face Wash Prep: Pre-shave lather with Mystic Water Bay Rum Soap Razor: Schick G8 Blade: Schick Injector (2) Brush: Semogue 1305 Soap/Cream: Ogallala Bay Rum Co - Bay Rum SS Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum & scent), The Body Shop - Arber ASB BBS! I'm definitely enjoying this Injector razor! I can see why some folks use these most or all of the time. This is the fourth night in a row using Ogallala Bay Rum. I was thinking I would get rid of it, but I've learned I need to use a lot of soap, and good amount of water to get it to work. Once I do that, I get very nice results. I think I'll keep this stuff. I won't use it often, but when I crave bay rum, I'll grab this.
I recall seeing Steve say he's been repeating himself this week... Me too... Friday Arko Shave Stick/Arko Extra Sensitive SC Omega 10029 1955 Schick Hydro-magic/Long's Drugs-Personna D2 Arko Nem moisterizer/Arko Aqua AS/Rebul Lavanda Colonia Pour Un Homme De Caron-EdT But the shaves have all been fabulous...
Friday, June 8 Gillette New LC Supermax SS (d2) Tabac SS Vulfix 404 Grosvenor Osage Rub Florida Water A/S TSD Florida Water Type Cologne Result: Excellent shave on 3+ passes. TGIF!
