Great set up! All items are on place. Wish to try the Diana balm one day, as you name it a freezer! My Menthol Monday shave: TSD preshave balm +M-Bomb 8/8 W&B restored by Glen Vie-Long horsehair brush Ceramic bowl TSD ISZ soap+M-bomb COLD water wash Mayor Energy Platinum AS splash M-Bomb "rub" Seems I found the perfect combo. Think I'll stick to it for next month or two. The only drawback is that M-Bomb consumption is at high level...
Menthol Monday Proraso PrePost Cream (green) Mama Bear's Lemon Ice SS Thayer's Lemon WH mixed with 3 drops of M-Bomb Myrsol Agua De Limon ASL Not the coldest Menthol Monday shave,but not bad either,out of a possible 4 cubes this shave is rated
Menthol Monday 3/4/13 Hot Towel Proraso Green p3 Super Adjustable Feather Blade (1) Cold Rinse Osage Rub Nice cool shave today. First shave with a feather blade. Not too shabby. First try with Osage Rub, not a huge fan of the early scent, but the coolness is good!
Hot shower Shave Secret PS oil TSD ISZ SC w/ a dab of Palmolive Menthol from Italy Weishi razor w/Feather blade (had to do 3rd pass with my Gillette NEW OC) Thayers lemon WH w/added menthol Crystals Osage Rub clubman AS w/added menthol Crystals Clinique mens face lotion Thawed out about 10 minutes ago
Simpson Colonel X2L Proraso Sapone Face Lather Merkur Progress Voskhod (2) 3 passes to include WTG, XTG, and XTG Osage Rub Proraso Liquid Cream After Shave Balm Near perfect shave today. Love Menthol Mondays!
UPD to previous post. The shave was not only very smooth and pleasant but lasts for 12 hours easily for reason unknown! I could not find what I did in different way, so just try to repeat the set up next week and see if I can get the equal quality...
Menthol Monday: Gatsby Ice Cooling Gel Facial Wash #6 Horsehair Super Speed/new 7 AM Gada Cool Mint SC 444 AS Balsam Barbon AS YSL Pour Homme EDT Plenty of icicles will be going into my face from this shave - the Gatsby facial wash by itself is colder than a lot of creams and soaps, and it smells nice and gives great skincare. Next, we have the Gada Cool Mint cream which is probably the CHEAPEST shaving item sold here in Montreal, and this lovely-scented cream lathers so beautifully and freezes like the Arctic. After that, some 444 balsam will add a big third coating of iciness, and finally some Barbon aftershave will make me feel frozen until nightime!
Dmitry, the Diana balsam is extremely strong menthol - many guys find it too powerful. I'll try to get some for you!
Menthol Monday Proraso PrePost Cream Mama Bear's Awakenings Thayer's Lemon WH mixed with 4 drops M-Bomb The Rub What can I say,this shave is rated 4 out of 4 cubes
Menthol Monday Simpson Colonel X2L Italian Palmolive Shaving Cream Face lather Merkur Futur Personna Med Prep (2) 3 Passes Osage Rub Halston Z-14 Zen shave!
Menthol Monday - March 11, 2013 Soap/cream: Arko Ice Mint cream Brush: Ever-Ready C40 Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable I-2 birth year/quarter @4 Blade: Laser Super Platinum (5) Cold water rinse Dickinson's Witch Hazel Flag & Sail Original Brisk aftershave 80% BBS, 20% DFS
Menthol Monday 3/11/13 Hot Towel Proraso Green p3 Super Adjustable Feather Blade (2) Cold Rinse Osage Rub Same as last week., I'm kinda menthol deficient.
Another Mmenthol Mmonday! A proven set up was used: TSD preshave balm +M-Bomb 8/8 W&B restored by Glen Vie-Long horsehair brush TSD ISZ soap + M-Bomb Cold water splash Mayor Energy Platinum AS splash M-Bomb "balm" Menthol addiction does it's best - I could not feel my face to the of the shave and the cold water splash was almost painful. But that menthol kick was a real deal. Great shave!
Menthol Monday: Gatsby Ice Cooling Facial Wash #6 Horsehair Super Speed/new 7 AM TSD Iced Subzero SS Diana Sport Menthol Balsam Osage Rub AS YSL Pour Homme EDT This is perhaps the "mother of all menthol set-ups" because it's by far IMHO the absolute coldest. JoAnna's Iced Subzero soap and cream have menthol power which there are no equals for. The Diana Sport balsam is the type of freeze which can cause your eyes to tear and your nose to run, and I know a couple of guys who cannot tolerate it. The Rubby Dubby Doo falls into that category also. In other words, these are products which are only for a hard-core menthol addict like little old me!
Menthol Monday Morning - 18.3.2013 Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap, VITOS pre/post Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Blade: Rapira (1) Brush: WSP Monarch HMW Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green Cream: Palmolive Cool Post: alum Aftershave: Myrsol formula K sample , TSD SubZero milk sample What a great way to wake up!
Menthol Monday: Gatsby Ice Cooling Facial Wash #6 Horsehair Super Speed/new 7 AM Tryphon Mentolo Shaving Stick 444 AS Balsam Barbon AS YSL Pour Homme EDT What a delightful and bone-chilling set-up for a Menthol Monday Shave this is - the Gatsby facial wash is not only freezing-cold, it also smells nice and leaves my face very clean and well-cared for. This Mentolo shaving stick is no longer available because of the closure of the company which produced it - the lather it gives is off the charts, and it has a very nice, minty scent with a STRONG cooling sensation. I don't think that the 444 balsam and Barbon aftershave need any more mentioning. They're brrrrrrr cold and beautiful! Sorry, no photos this time.
Menthol Monday - 25.3.2013 Prep: shower, homemade pre-shave oil Razor: Merkur 37c Blade: Personna Med Prep (2) Brush: WSP Monarch HMW Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green Cream: Palmolive Cool Post: alum, Thayers unscented w/ TSD M-bomb Aftershave: Myrsol Formula K sample, TSD SubZero AS milk sample I caught a cold during the weekend and this shave felt great.
Today's BBS shave: Hot shower Axe cooling face wash TSD ISZ shave cream 1970 P2 Black Beauty razor Voskhod blade Alum Block Thayer's lemon WH with added menthol crystals Osage rub Nivea Q10 Balm Clubman Vanilla AS with menthol crystals so cold it burns!!!!
8/8 W&B restored by Glen Vie-Long horsehair brush TSD ISZ soap + M-Bomb Cold water splash L'Oreal Expart AS splash +M-bomb Very nice shave!
