SOTD Saturday night: Prep: TSD ISZ Razor: 1946 Gillette Aristocrat Blade: Super-max Titanium Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Barbershop Brush: AOS Pure Badger Shave: Face lather, 3 passes Post: Warm water rinse, cold water rinse, cold washcloth, Clubman AS, Clubman talc Pomade: Royal Crown Cologne: Burberry London Fine shave to end my day right. Evening ladies and gents.
Sunday Morning Shave! Razor: Grand Shave King Brush: Dubl Duck M-4 Soap: Palmolive After: Cold Water, Alum, Witch Hazel, Nivea ASB, Palmolive Talc Cologne: A*Men Pure Havane Shaving with the Shave King is truly amazing! I did a 4 pass with a Feather blade and NO irritation. I don't think it is possible to have a rough shave with this razor.
Sunday Prep: Hot shower, TSD ISZ PSB Coffee: What ever my folks have, BLACK Soap: Tabac Brush: Omega 11574 SE: Gem Jr. Lather Catcher Blade: Gem, day 4, 3 passes Post: Cold water rinse, Dickenson's WH, Avon Wild Country cologne 'Stache Wax: Firehouse Wacky Tacky Awesome, just awesome.
6/8 T.I. Tabula Rasa 28mm WSP knot Nice shave this morning. I really like the scent of the Tabula Rasa and had no issues lathering it. Just a normal face lather provided a nice thick, rich lather with very good protection and skin care. http://postimage.org/
Sunday: NXT Facial Wash #6 Horsehair Dovo Bismarck 5/8 Mystic SC Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Booster Polar Ice AS My favorite shave day (besides Menthol Monday) because it's the only day where I get to really enjoy a shave the way I want to. I used a very good prep - first a good hot shower followed by another rinse with hot water, then a good facial massage, a couple of hot towels, then the lathering up. The Mystic cream from Bulgaria has a wonderful traditional and classy scent and soothes sensitive skin very well. It lists menthol as an ingredient , but I can't feel any cooling effect from it, but it's ok. The Booster Polar Ice aftershave is a delightful old-school Canadian aftershave which I cannot be without. (Corinne, my wife wishes it would be discontinued!)
Final day-Thank You Week Arko SS/Omega 10029 1955 Schick Hydro-magic (Thanks Stingraysrock) Long's Drugs/Pesonna d2 OCMM/Gem SS d2 (Thanks Hoosier Trooper) Old Spice AS A perfect DFS with 2 passes, very nice indeed...But I couldn't help but hear a baby off in the distance...1 ATG & touch-up pass with the OCMM...Baby Found... Have a Great Sunday Everybody!!
SOTD Sunday 4-28-2013 Merkur Progress/BRW @4 Crystal Blade Proraso PSWC Musgo Real SC GT G4 Scuttle Omega 31064 Boar Thayer's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB British Sterling Cologne As Lloyd just said; this is the final day of thank you week and I owe a big thank you to Stingraysrock for the BRW knob on the Progress I used this morning. The added length and weight that this knob provides makes the little Progress a formitable tool in the whisker whacking business! I'm very happy with the performance of all the players in this morning's shave saga.
Friday & saturday (Shake Sharp farewell shaves) Brush: Wilkinson Sword badger Soap: The Strop Shoppe Rosemary Mint 3-pass shaves, great shaves, both of them! Sunday: Prep: hot washing cloth Music: Tangerine Dream, Poland Brush: Omega travel boar Cream: vintage Proraso Red Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Jr. Blade: Personna Red Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse Got the razor, blade and cream from Luke. Gave me an astounding BBS! Hope you're all having a blast! I know I am!
Sunday morning shave Hot Shower TOBS Sensitive skin cream (sample) TGN 22mm Nylon brush Face lather EJ89dl Astra Superior Platinum blade (1) 3 pass shave Masters Bay Rum Beautiful shave. I'd planned to use my new #6 horsehair, but after soaking it had a little stink so I grabbed a synthetic brush instead. The TOBS Sensitive Skin is a great cream, made a beautiful lather with a good feel, but of course it was unscented and I prefer scented creams to add the ambiance. It's the first time I've used the Astra blade in since my first blade sampler pack, and I must say it did a fine job. My first experience with it wasn't good, but it was one of the first blades I tried. I guess my techniques a bit better now.
Muhle R41-13 - Weber Bulldog handle Gillette Silver Blue 24mm TGN Finest Fan - Black & Gold Oscar11 handle (Thanks Steve) Institut Karite Alum Superior 70 Same shave as yesterday, but sub IK for the Klar. Feeling good.
I really like the green tobacco soap with the special reserve after shave. They're a fantastic complement.
Shavemac brush (my dads...he doesn't use it) Feather injector Martin de Candre Lucido splash I pushed for a 3 pass this morning....let's just say the blade could do 2.5. Nothing a bit of Proraso balm can't handle though....and it was a smooth shave!
Saturday night head and face shave.... Schick E2 Injector Schick blade (4 and 5) Semogue 1305 Godrej Deluxe Lime shave cream (face) Cremo shave cream (head) alum cold water rinse
Sunday: Cetaphil Face Bar Shave Secret Oil Cella Osage Rub Afta Fresh Brut Dominant EJ Best Medium Dovo Natural
Sunday morning, April 28, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (6) Semogue 1250 boar bristle brush, Arko shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Sunday morning. Axe Chilled facial wash/V05 Conditioner Shave Secret Barbasol Original Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (3) Witch Hazel Pinaud's Clubman AF For a heavenly DFS! I often forget how aggressive this Injector can be! Great shave, feels great, and I've been working on the art of the two pass. Aces!
28.4.2013 Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap Razor: Merkur 37c Blade: Gillette Platinum (1) Brush: Frank Shaving Faux Agate Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Coconut Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel Aftershave: Dominica Bay Rum sample
Brush: Semoque 1305 Razor: Muhle R89 Blade: Personna Red Platinum Israeli Soap: Proraso "Blue" Post: Osma Alum AS Balm: Proraso "Blue"
Sunday night... Gillette "Old" OC Super Iridium blade Palmolive shave stick Semogue boar Alum block Cold rinse
First 9 hours home. So for most of April it was about a 50/50 mix of: Lectric Shave Braun 590CC Nivea Sensitive ASB DE89 Head + iKon Bulldog Handle Feather Blades TOBS Eton College Simpsons Wee Scot Nivea Sensitive ASB The electric is surprisingly still working well, and was excellent for those moments I had to shave on the go in the back of a LAVIII that was tearing across a field. Home for 2 weeks then I'm back on exercise again for another month. I wonder what tomorrow will bring for shaving...
