SoS: June 3, 2013 - June 9, 2013

Today was my first experience with Speick soap. I'm like almost everyone else in that I cannot pinpoint its exact scent. I detect herbal, but still a warming spice accord. It is, however, super light and super manly. I feels its almost more of a fall and winter time lather, but it still produces a great soap lather. I am absolutely in love with Astra SP's. I scooped up 100, they were delivered for less than $15. Great deal, make it a great Friday.

 

Friday

Hydro-magic with Schick blade (5)
Preshave - Coral Skin Food
Cream - C.O. Bigelow
Brush - Omega Mighty Midget (Badger and Boar)
Face Lather
3 pass shave
Cold Water Rinse
Proraso Green Aftershave

Great shave, I've been using the Coral Skin Food as a preshave the last 3 shaves.

 

SOTD Friday 6-7-2013

Cadet OC TP-02B
PolSilver SI Blade
Al's SC - Boheme
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega 31064 Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Pinaud Virgin Island Bay Rum

The Boheme SC and the VIBR makes a great combo. With the hot weather of the last few days, the VIBR makes me feel like I'm on a tropical island! Great shave today with the Cadet OC; love it!

 

Friday morning, June 7, 2013

Schick I2 Hydro-magic with Schick blade (6)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Friday morning, June 7, 2013

Schick I2 Hydro-magic
Warm C O Bigelow lather paints Omega boar bristle—
Personna blade (3) cuts a DFS!

Aces!

 

4 pass BBS goodness today.

hot shower
proraso pre/post sc
gillette black beauty P2 set on 5
gillette wilkinson blade/ from India
VDH deluxe soap
cwr
lucky tiger as
clubman as w/ added menthol

 

Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: PolSilver Super Iridium
Brush: Restored Ivory w 24mm Silvertip
Pre: Musgo Real Lime Oil Soap
Soap: Mikes Bay Rum
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Captains Choice

 

SOTD 07 June 2013
Razor: Mergress
Blade: Wilkinson Sword
Brush: Ever-Ready C40 w/TGN 22mm 2-band finest
Wm. Neumann & Co. 1911 set

 

Friday afternoon. New soap for the shower:

Friggin' manly, eh?

And a new brush:


Fatip Grande
7:00 yellow
Semogue 830
Tabac
RR Baby Blue
John Varvatos Vintage cologne

New brushes suck. I like the handle though.

 

I always get the impression of lavender. But not six string folk song lavender. It's like German heavy metal lavender.

 

Friday
Gillette Fusion (On my skull only)
Mergress @ 3 & 2
Shark Super Chrome
Simpson Duke 2 Best
Geo F Trumper Limes SC
Old Spice Classic A/S

I keep browsing around at other razors and of course some vintage Gillettes but I'm really hesitant to use anything other than my Mergress. It's just flawless in almost every setting and is super attractive.

 

It took a number of shaves before my 830 'settled down' a bit and bloomed. A bit scritchy at first, but softened nicely after several shaves. It performs much better now after the break-in period, develops wonderful lather, and feels great on my face.

 

Nice bloom! Your brush and mine are like 'before and after' pics. I think I'm going to like it. Nice and stiff and seems to have a tremendous capacity. The heft is great and I love the handle.

 

I only have the Ginger's Garden Ice Mint soap - that scent is absolutely magnificent. It's so minty and fresh, and the lather explodes immediately. The cooling effect is really strong, and the skincare is great. Irena is a soap genious!

 

Erik Anton Berg razor
Trumper Vintage Best Badger Brush
EJ Sea Buckhorn Soap
TSD Sea Buckhorn Witch Hazel
EJ Sea Buckhorn AS Balm
music-Dropkick Murphys
coffee-home roasted aged Sumatra

 

Yep! Can't wait for my order to show up. It shipped today!! Maybe I'll have it for MM next week!

 

Love the Jagger Sea Buckthorn! Might have to use it tonight! Thanks!

 

I had that brush, It never bloomed like that tryed to get it broke in for 3 months. You have a nice, Congrats

 

Friday, morning & evening shave (for a concert)

• Prep: hot washing cloth
• Music: Philip Glass, Heroes
• Brush: Omega travel boar
• Cream: The Strop Shoppe- Rosemary Mint
• Razor: Star 1912 / Gillette Aristocrat Junior
• Blade: Star / Personna Red
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse, hand strop blade

Two nice shaves. The evening shave I started with the Star, but the blade had reached its end. Therefore I switched to the Gillette for a nice BBS.

That leads to today's shave: none! - Still smooth...

 

I must have changed my mind a dozen times before I decided on my choice of cream for:

Saturday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/7 AM day 6
Lord Emofresh SC
Svoboda AS Balsam
Max Refreshing AS
Chabrawichi 555 Cologne

That's the problem when you have such a GIGANTIC stash of creams, soaps, etc - it can be so difficult to make a decision of what to use. The Lord cream is fantastic in every way - the lather is so rich, the scent is very nice, and it's actually more cooling than I thought. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, it's made in Egypt like the Lord razors and blades. The Svoboda balsam works like medicine to cool and soothe my sensitive skin, and the Max Refreshing aftershave from Bulgaria not only smells great, it's a powerful face-freezer. I'm as BBS as anyone can want to be.