Happy Monday! I hadn't shaved in exactly a week so this took me almost an hour Hot Shower + Brush soaking RSC Shave Oil (for first pass only) Proraso Pre-Shave Cream (for the rest of the passes) Proraso Green Soap Vulfix 404 Boar/Badger Mix Gillette '73 Black Handle SuperSpeed Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (Yellow) (second shave) Warm Water rinse + Towel pat each pass Cold Water rinse to finish Blue Floid AS Brush Teeth & Clean up Nivea Anti-IrritationASB What a wonderful DFS+++. Not quite BBS, but about the closest I can get. 5 passes; 2 WTG, 2 XTG (each way) & 1 ATG. I did a few things a bit different this morning. I lathered the Proraso for a lot longer than I normally do, allowing the RSC oil to marinade on my face for a good 2.5 minutes or so. I also let the Proraso pre-shave marinade on my face for at least 30-45 seconds each pass and made a point of really focusing on technique each and every pass, going deliberately extra slow - FUN! Including doing my hair, I was in there for a little over an hour. Speaking of hair - Lucky Tiger Cru-Butch applied pre-shave, followed by a generous slathering of Layrite SuperHold Pomade post-shave - slick! What a great way to start the week!
Monday 08/13/2012 Congrats to all of great athletes from the Olympics for a great job. As always my morning starts with a hot shower. I follow this with a facial wash with Proraso glycerin. Menthol Monday I chose Derby menthol shave cream gentle freeze and cooling. The Semogue 1460 was the designated brush for today. No matter what is called to lather cream, soap, hard soap it does so admirably. Monday's is normally razor and blade change, today's choice 40's Gillette Tech and Trig for the blade choice. Three passes today. A exceptional shave was followed by cold water splash, alum of course a from Osage Rub. I hope everyone has had a great Monday
SOTD Monday Morning Pre (Eucerin, warm shower) Omega 10083 Pro boar MWF Merkur 23c w/ Astra SP Post (Cetaphil, Dickinson's Witch Hazel, cold water rinse) DFS by means of wtg, xtg, no touch-up. A little irritation on neck. This blade is past its prime ... new blade tomorrow . Happy skin otherwise!
Monday 13th August Hot shower and facial scrub 3P Pre/Post cream Fatip Piccolo/ IP (3) Semogue TSN LE Badger/Boar Brush Nanny's Down Home Summer Soap Simple Facial Toner Re-Gen Oil Lilac Vegetal Morgan's Classic Pomade Day 2 with the TSN Brush.Even now it is starting to look good, but it has a little further to go. Today I had to work hard to get my usual lather with the Nanny's Soap. Three pass BBS
Monday! Prep: hot washing cloth Music: Mike Oldfield, Music of the Spheres Brush: DVH boar Soap: DVH Razor: flare tip rocket Blade: Derby (#1) Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse DFS Have a great week ya'll!
Monday August 13 Merkur 34C w/ Astra SP Ogallalla Bay Rum and Sandalwood Shave Stick lathered w/ Whippeddog 22mm Silvertip Followed by some Alum and finally some matching Ogallalla AS to finish off a DFS. I didn't really try to hard today and had to be really careful around a cut on my lip but turned into a really nice shave. I do think this Ogallalla likes me.
Rene, the older Proraso Green cream doesn't have quite as much skincare as the newer version, and the newer one seems to be slightly more cooling, at least to me.
Menthol Monday: late post today warm shower H.I.S. synth brush/Ayars Bowl Proraso PrePost cream Vostok shave cream & soap lathered together Merkur 39c"The Hammer"/Perma-Sharp Super (2) cold water rinse Monster Block Alum cold water rinse Thayer's Medicated Superhazel mixed with 3 drops M-Bomb The Rub followed a few minutes later with Vostok aftershave balm A nice and frosty start to the week
Shower: Burt's Bee's Mens Care Soap Razor: Parker 22R Soap: Omega Shave Soap! Blade: Shark Super Chrome Brush: The Body Shop Syntax brush. (Not the one in pic) 2 passes no nicks! overall nice shave. I have the feel and scent of the soap!
Tuesday! Prep: hot washing cloth Music: The XX, XX Brush: DVH boar Soap: TSD bay rum Razor: GEM OCMM Blade: GEM stainless Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse Pretty darn good DFS++
Prep : Just a shower, cold water as the weather is really hot around here Brush : Frank Shaving finest badger, 22mm Cream : Palmolive classic Blade : Wiking Sword, israeli-made, second use Razor : Edwin Jagger DE89L Post : Alum block, Halo Facial Toner(witch hazel and rosewater), GFT Sandalwood Skin Food, Tabac aftershave Three passes, 2 WTG and one ATG, the lather was excellent and the blade performed very good, as ussual . My first use of witch hazel in the form of a locally-made face tonic, wasn't very impressed with it. Also, my first use of GFT Skin Food, sandalwood scented, it was better absorbed that the Nivea ASB. Finished with a splash of Tabac. All in all I got an effortless BBS, very happy with it. One of my co-workers visited Russia and I placed a blade command with him, he bought me 25 Sputnik blades and 25 Gillette Rubie , for 8.75$ . I'll try a Sputnik tomorrow.
A wonderful Tuesday to all of you! My Moment of Zen today consisted of: Musgo Real pre shave oil Calani Purissima shave soap Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre Merkur Futur (opened up to 3) Feather FH-10 blade (day 2) Bloc Osma Alum Musgo Real Classic after shave I would rate the shave to be a FS. Had to rush the second pass a bit and I think I would have paid more attention to the jaw line had I taken more time. Anyhow, tomorrow’s another day with another shave…
Tuesday: Omega Wooden Handle Super Speed/Rapira day 2 Viking Sensitive SC (Russian version) Svoboda AS Balsam Osage Rub AS Givenchy Pour Homme EDT My comparison period continues for another day or two with the Russian Viking Sensitive cream. I find it to be better than the original Bulgarian version although the latter is also very good. There's better lather, a nicer scent, and more skincare from the Russian cream, as well as more menthol. The Svoboda balsam is a top favorite of mine, not to mention the Osage Rub.
I almost forgot to say that it's thanks to my dear friend Dmitry in Russia that I was able to make this comparison!
Tuesday: Duplicated Mondays shave. Proraso Pre / Proraso Soap / Semogue 620 / Edwin Jäger DE89L w/ Feather / RazoRock alum / Thayers WH / Floid Blue
Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Good Morning! Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts Prep: Wash face with O Melhor Soap Razor: Schick I1 Blade: Schick Soap: Klar Kabinett Brush: Semogue 2010 LE Scuttle/Mug: Schwarzweisskeramik Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Alt Innsbruck
Tuesday, August 14, 2012, Shaving Ritual Razor: 68 Slim Gillette Adjustable (N4) (set on 9) Blade: Blind Blade Test Blade 9 (2nd use) Brush: Semogue 830 Bowl: Gravy Boat Scuttle Cream: TOBS Sandalwood A/S: Alum & Cold Water Rinse A/S: Aqua Velva Musk Today is day two of blade nine in the Blind Blade Test.
