SOTD Friday 5-3-2013 Cadet Mongoose TTO w/Personna Medical Blade Proraso PSC Palmolive Classic SC GT G4 Scuttle Omega 31064 Boar Thayer's Witch Hazel Nivea Replenishing ASB Brut Original Cologne A simple and clean shave this morning will last me through this evening's festivities. Those Personna Meds are great!
Friday: Cetaphil Face Bar Shave Secret Oil Barbasol Regular Osage Rub Afta Fresh Captain's Choice Bay Rum Gillette New Long Comb Red Personna Have a good weekend everyone!
Gillette Slim Adjustable Wilkinson Sword IB LE Semogue La Toja SC Nivea Energizing Face Balm Great shave with the La Toja. It reminds me of Speick a little.
Friday morning, May 3, 2013 Schick E2 Injector with Personna blade (10) Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush, TABAC shaving soap with hot water lather, finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!
Thursday CeraVe face wash Queen Charlotte unscented soap Mühle hjm synthetic brush Schick Krona with Personna lab blade CeraVe lotion I just got the Schick Krona off eBay, cleaned it up with tub and tile cleaner, and I was eager to give it a test drive. First couple of strokes went well enough, but then I flipped it over to use the other edge. Yow! Aggressive, harsh, rough! I rinsed it off and looked closely. Sure enough, the gap on one side was much bigger than the other. I finished with just the mild side, did 3 passes and got a shave that was OK, not great. I'll fuss with the razor sometime to try to get the gap fixed back where it should be.
My first one of these! Proraso White Merkur Slant Grosvener brush Derby blade Clubman aftershave This will be an afternoon shave, decided to postpone until after my MTB ride.
Friday afternoon. My first May Shave this month. After 3 no shave days it was time. Double up on shower time for prep. Matas Face Wash. Haslinger's Ewe Milk wipped up with Semogue 1520 in my IKEA bamboo bowl. Mūhle R89 loaded with a fresh Shark SS. 3 passes, the traditional. Tried to follow my evil wiskers to the best. Cold water rinse, alum block, finished of with cold water again. Nivea Sensitive asb followed by Nivea Sensitive face cream. I had one nick on my chin but else a pretty DFS with little sting from the alum. Felt pretty darn good
Friday CeraVe face wash Prairie Creations unscented soap HIS synthetic brush Vintage Bakelite slant with Gillette yellow blade Wonderful, smooth, comfortable BBS! A big contrast to yesterday's unsatisfying shave with the Schick Krona.
Friday! Prep: hot washing cloth Music: Edward Scissorhands soundtrack Brush: Dickinson & Gilroy travel boar Soap: Erasmic stick Razor: Star 1912 Blade: GEM stainless Shave: 3-pass + touch-up Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, hand strop blade & reload upside down First shave with the Erasmic stick. Hm. Not stellar yet. I'm not apalled by the scent. It's not bad, but not nice either. Luckily it dissipates quickly. The lather wasn't great either. I'll give it another go tomorrow morning. I guess it just takes some time getting used to it. Have a great weekend ya'll!
Boker 6/8 (new antique store acquisition for $12!) Simpson's Vintage Brush with ST knot Tet-a-Tet SC TSD Iced Grapefruit Witch Hazel Tet-a-Tet Balm music-Soundtrack from Oh Brother Where Art Thou java-home roasted Kenya AA Love this new blade with fresh Glen hone on it-smoooooooth
Hot shower prepWilliams Mug Shaving SoapParker pure badger brushGillette Aristocrat with Shark Super Chrome bladeThree pass shaveCWRDickenson's Witch HazelPinaud Clubman AS
Friday evening Razor: Gem MM Clog-Pruf Blade: CVS/ASR Cream: Godrej Deluxe Lime Brush: Ever-Ready resto w/TGN super badger knot Alum block Cold water rinse
Merkur 34c Voskhod IB LE Semogue Vitos pre-shave Maca Root shave cream Speick ASB Floid Black AS After my long week of being on call at work it was time to treat myself with a fantastic shave from some of my new goodies. Pitty I didn't think to take a picture.
SOTN 5/3/2013 After a brutal technique defining neck shave last night I turned to the old faithful loving embrace of my friend and yours Tabac! Face wash Nubian Heritage Frank and Murrrrr Bar Tabac Soap Gillette Tech (Fat Handle) Wilki Sword Warm Rinse Cold Rinse WH Spray Osage Rub ( What else would I use when my neck feels like I shaved with sandpaper lastnight?) RSC PS Balm I'm telling you, that Tabac is made from fairy spit or something. It's a magical soap for me. That's why it's my go to "after brutal shave" soap! And I just got my Osage in today and had to use it. That stuff is magic too. My neck feels awesome and I got a really nice close shave
SOTD Friday night Prep: Hot water splash, TSD ISZ PSB, hand strop blade Razor: 46 crat Blade: Supermax Titanium Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Barbershoppe Brush: AOS pure badger Shave: 3 passes Post: Cold water splash, Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel, iced Nivea Sensitive ASB this same setup has been working great but for whatever reason i have been getting irritation on the neck and the shave doesn't seem as smooth. I have no idea why.
