SoS: April 14, 2014 - April 20, 2014

Dove Men's Face Wash
TOBS Lavender Shaving Cream
Semogue 1305 Boar
Schick M Adjustable
Schick Injector Stainless Blade
CWR
Dickinson's WH
Aqua Velva Ice Blue

This week the only thing I am varying is my after shave. I am getting wonderful shaves every day. The TOBS face lathers so easily with the Semogue 1305 boar brush. Two passes and touch ups with the Schick M adjustable leave me with a close comfortable shave. A cold water rinse followed by Dickinson's WH and Aqua Velva Ice Blue after shave left this shaver clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

That looks like a New Improved head rather than a New.

 

View attachment 48723 Wednesday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/Sharp day 3
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC
444 AS Balm
Max Refreshing AS

Wonderful, wonderful BBS results this morning with so little effort - how could I neglect such a fantastic cream like Palmolive Menthol? It smells so nice, it lathers so richly and gives such an icy menthol effect with great skincare. The 444 balm and the Max Refreshing aftershave which is from Bulgaria put plenty of extra freezing in my face afterwards.

 

5/8 T.I.
WSO White Lightning
homemade boar
Nice shave this morning. My week has been nuts so far and it's all up hill from here, lol. Have a good one.

 

April 15, 2014. Shave of the day: #HTGAM razor (USA), #Dorco blades (KR), #P&G's #bacon shaving cream (USA), #handmade pure #badger #shavingbrush (UK), #HBG #bayrum aftershave (USA), #Proraso pre shaving cream (ITA).

I know it's hard to believe, but the bacon smell is so good !! Obviously is a fat cream that makes your razor slide in a perfect way

 

Wednesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap
Soap: Stirling Lavender Sage
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue (4)
Brush: Plisson Grey Badger
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angle for my beard a bit)

I used my Stirling Lavender Sage today.. Great lather, great scent, great shave! I finished up with Aqua Velva Musk (glass bottle).

Bob

 

Wednesday
hot shower
Semogue Soc,2 band
3P PSC
The Fat
Gillette Red Tip/o'clock black (3)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Thayer's Cucumber WH
Lucido ASL
Cartier Roadster edt

Wonderful 2 pass face plus 1 for da dome =BBS all around!
Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Wednesday:
hot shower w/Pinaud Clubman scented body wash
ShaveSecret PSO
Gillette Slim (9) 3 passes
Gillette Wilkinson (4)
VDH boar
LASS Topanga Fougere (sample) in a warm mug
Thayers unscented w/aloe
Pinaud Clubman AS

Great shave today! Seems like whatever razor I put a Gillette Wilky in, it performs flawlessly. It's not the best blade I've ever used but it never fails to deliver a consistently reliable performance at a terrific price per shave.
This isn't the first time I've used the Topanga but it's the first time I got a good lather with it. I always seem to have trouble with soap samples (vs cream samples) because you're trying to load the brush from a stiff little almond of product (that you end up chasing around the bowl) rather than swirling a puck. Usually I end up with lather that's too thin so this morning I made sure almost all of the water was shaken out of my brush and was able to pick up most of the sample and produced a very buttery meringue with plenty of slick cushion.

 

4/16/14
Prep: Warm wash with Stirling bath soap
Lather: Stirling Barbershop
Brush: Stirling Best Badger
Razor: Merkur HD
Blade: Bluebird Hi Stainless (3)
Post: cold water rinse and Captain's Choice Lime

DFS in 3 passes plus neck touch up. I have used Barbershop exclusively since about March 24 for face and head shaving, except for 1 days travel shave with Palmolive. The color in the bottom of the mug is starting to peek through. I conservatively estimate this to be shave #32 on this puck. No, I don't have a chart or a spreadsheet, just counting on my fingers and toes. Face or scalp lathering every time always delivers a slick, yogurt like lather that does a great job for my face. Bluebird blade also did a fine job, again.
I feared that using one soap exclusively would turn this back into just the chore of shaving, but the changes in brushes, blades and aftershaves has kept it interesting enough.

 

Hashtags?

 

John-Try pressing the sample into the bottom of a mug or bowl. It gives you more surface area to work with and won't bounce around.

 

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: EJ DE89 Head w/ Weber Classic Handle
Blade: Personna Lab Blue (4)
Soap: Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Brush: Semogue 830
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Old Spice

I've said it before and I'll say it again...I really like Williams Mug Shaving Soap. It works up into a really nice, very slick lather. Great shave!

Have a great day!

 

Is the Stirling brush holding up? Not long ago I believe you wrote that it was shedding.

 

It sheds every time. 3 to 4 or more hairs. I guess I chalk it up to being spring time and shedding its winter coat

 

SOTD April 16 -- I got it in a PIF week

Prep: hot shower
Razor: 1968 slim twist
Blade: Feather (day 3)
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Stirling One
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: 444

Seeing as it's I got it in a PIF week, I figured I'd break out the Stirling One and give it another try. I hadn't been able to get a great lather out of the Stirling One, but added some water to the puck while I showered this time. I did get a better lather, but it was still off... it did provide an irritation free shave though.

 

My first SOTD photo. Received a close and comfortable shave with this gear.

 

Well I was a little frustrated after a few meetings at work yesterday. So I decided on going home and drink me a few beers (2) and jump into my shaving spa..
Guys let me tell you I think I will start adding the 2 beers to my pre shave. I had the best shave yet, since I started wet shaving. It was painless and came out so smooth. I've had BBS before but this one here was 100 time better. I got my wife and kissed her. Her response to that was, its like kissing a women. Should I be ok with that?

 

Does she kiss alot of women to know how they would kiss....

Congrats on the smooth shave and the adult beverages

 

She's done it twice. That I know off. HAHAHA!!!

 

Rotbart No 15
Iridium
M&F Chief
HTGAM Cherry Sandalwood Vanilla
Nivea Energy A/S

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