Mühle samples, day 1 - 3.4.2013 Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap Razor: Gilette NEW Blade: Personna Med Prep (1) Brush: WSP Monarch HMW Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green Cream: Mühle Aloe Vera Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel Aftershave: Mühle Aloe Vera ASL Today marks day one of testing the Mühle samples. The sample pack contains both cream and ASL of their 3 scents: aloe vera, sandalwood and sea buckthorn. I mainly got the sample pack, because I've heard good reviews of their sea buckthorn line. I began with aloe vera, though. The face feel of the cream is almost identical to Palmolive Sensitive. I wonder if it's the same thing. I couldn't detect any scent in the cream, same as with Palmolive. The ASL had a pleasant aloe vera scent and after 30 minutes my skin feels really nice. I liked both products.
Thursday, 4th April Pre: Ach. Brito GLYCE Lima Soap: Arko stick Brush: Parker deluxe pure badger Razor: Fatip Grande Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock (black) Post: Alum, witch hazel Aftershave: Black Suede Hair tonic: Pashana eau de Quinine with oil
8/8 W&B restored by Glen Vie-Long horsehair brush Ceramic bowl De Vergulde Hand soap Cold water splash Fitjar Miklagard ASC Flawless shave! I really like the new edge on my W&B after honing out the chip. Thinking to re-hone all my other razors to see if I can get a better edge too...
4/3/2013 Hot wet washcloth with a little lather on face for a pre soak. TSD Wheat Cream, Frankenstein and Myrrh Omega Boar Gillette Bulldog Old Style Wilkinson Sword (1) Cold Rinse WH Nivia Sensitive AS Balm Giorgio Extraordinary with collagen AS (best stuff that exists on the face of any planet and I have very little left and haven't been able to find more. This bottle is easily 20 years old and it smells amazing with the most healing of any ASS I've ever tried. It's thick almost a thin transparent balm.) Awesome shave. This razor is so mild that I can't tell it's even cutting until I feel my face. Smoooooth.
Pre : Shower + Pears face wash Schwarzweisskeramik mug style Merkur 15C Treet #1 Omega boar brush Cella red jar Nivea blue lotion Nivea Balm cold Dior Eua Suavage
Thursday: Axe Chilled Facial Wash #6 Horsehair Super Speed/Rapira day 4 Godrej Menthol Mist SC Visal AS Gel Osage Rub AS Azzaro Pour Homme Deo Stick Azzaro Pour Homme EDT BBS again this morning with so little effort and I couldn't have enjoyed this shave more. The Godrej Menthol Mist cream is among my top favorites - it feels like liquid nitrogen on your face, and the lather is enough for five guys to shave. The Visal gel and the Osage Rub are both so cold that it's unreal.
W&B MdC/AoS 23mm Muhle knot Excellent shave this morning. I grated some AoS sandalwood in with some unscented MdC, just enough to give it a nice light sandalwood scent. It performed great. upload img
Thursday 04-03-2013 Razor: Gillette Slim '64 @ 6 Blade: 7AM Platinum (5) Brush: Omega 10077 Cream: Arko Extra Sensitive ASL: Figaro Another great shave with my combo slim+7am=BBS with 3 passes
04/04 Thursday Hot shower with Zest Intense. Facial scrub with Axe Cooling Pyrate's Cove Rose Semogue 1460 Gillette Fat Boy dialed into #6 Dorco day four Warm Water rinse, cold water splash, Proraso balm.
Proraso Product Line (PSC, SC, ASB, ASL) Frank Silvertip Fan Brush Schick Adjustable Injector Schick Blade (2) [ 3-Apr-2103 ] Wow, what a great shave with the Schick Adjustable today! I haven't used this razor for a while and the shave today was quite a bit better than the ones I had last time. I think, for me... the Proraso pre-shave cream is really great. It provides excellent lubrication and protection. The Schick razor was sliding effortlessly around my face and it was very easy to get a Super DFS shave. Another benefit of the injector is I can shave a bit more quickly than I can with a DE. Cheers all, Lyndon
Frank Finest Fan Brush Cobra Classic Feather "Blade Guard" Blade (2) Figaro ASL (with added menthol) Had a good shave with the "Snake" today. It's quite easy to use and it has a large range of working blade angles. However, I do find that it is very important to keep a light touch. I like the Cobra all right but I would say the funny shape of the handle makes it a bit hard to hold sometimes. The handle is sort of triangular in shape with one flat side and two curved sides. To get the right angle, I sometimes end up holding it with my fingers on one of the sharp corners which is awkward. I think this is a good razor but I feel it is over-priced. Cheers, Lyndon
A little different than yesterday. I love the Omega crème in a tub. Its simple, manly, and produces a great lather. I tried a TREET super platinum today and I was not impressed. It was not even close to smooth. I'm hoping I added too much water to the crème or something as to reduces its slickness instead of a box of crappy blades. Still enjoying the captain's choice and probably will rotate that and lilac for awhile as the weather seems to be warming up some! Have a great day everyone.
SOTD Thursday 4-4-2013 Gillette Fat Handle Tech w/Feather Proraso PSC Irisch Moos SC GT G4 Scuttle Semogue 820 Boar Thayer's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB Brut Original Cologne The Tech with a feather is both mild and effective. Looks like I'm going to need a new tube of the Irisch Moos soon; love that stuff!
Thursday morning, April 4, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (3) Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush, C O Bigelow shave cream with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Thursday - another day closer. Prep: Hot shower, AoS pre-shave oil CD: Stevie Ray Vaughan ~ The Sky is Crying Coffee: Wegman's French Roast, BLACK Soap: TSD Gucci Pour Homme Type Brush: Omega 11574 SE: Gem Jr. Lather Catcher Blade: Gem, day 4, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH, B&BW Noir, hand strop blade 'Stache Wax: Steve's Own BBS! And still super smooth seven hours later.
Feather Injector Schick Blade The Manchurian DVH Extra Fris Proraso Splash Axe Chilled Gel It was a nice 2 pass this morning, and it will be the best part of my day. I am "looking forward" to dental work at noon; and doing my CMA assignment after...O_o At least the shave was good.
