SoS: August 11, 2014 - August 17, 2014

37C Slant
Supermax Super Stainless (d2)
Arko (in bowl)
Vulfix 404
La Milagrosa Bay Rum

I used the Omega 64 boar brush all last week. It performed well and is a keeper, but it did not generate as much rich lather as fast as the Vulfix 404 (Mixed Badger/Boar) or the 2235 (Best Badger). I keep getting brushes hoping to equal or best the Vulfix's, but so far they reign.

 

SOTD
August 12 2014

Prep: Hot shower. Axe Boost Energizing Face Wash
Razor: Schick injector J1
Blade: Schick
Lather: Craftsman Unscented
Brush: Omega Boar 10066
Post: Alum. Dickinson WH
Aftershave: Clubman Lilac Vegetal. Axe Shield Sensitive
My first injector shave! Loved it! Close smooth shave. Very forgiving razor. Craftsman Unscented was a bit tough to get a nice lather, until I used a lot of water.
Go out and get it!

 

Tuesday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 2
Godrej Menthol Mist SC
Anherb AS Conditioner
Osage Rub AS
Santos de Cartier EdT

Another magnificent face-freezing shave today with a great cream which I love so much. Although the Godrej Menthol Mist is much less potent than a Glacial soap, it's still very cold and it gives fabulous lather with just a small dab on both cheeks. The Anherb conditioner delivered plenty of extra cooling with its awesome moisturizing and soothing power and the Rubby Dubby Doo froze my face off altogether!

 

Tyr's Day:

Prep: Hot compress, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal facial cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger
Soap: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 OC
Blade: Big Ben SS (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG (6, 7)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS splash
Cologne: Burberry Brit by Burberry

Another day, another chilly shave. The Grapefruit Mint glycerin-in-a-jar doesn't quite have the freezing power of the Menthol Snow, but it's cold enough to notice the cool, and the lather it produces is similarly very good, if slightly less so than the Menthol Snow puck I have. The Big Ben is starting to show some wear and tear, having produced a slight weeper on my upper lip, but otherwise I got a DFS out of the process.

 

8/12/14

Prep: shower and face wash with Stirling Naked & Smooth
Lather: Stirling Spice
Brush: Omega B&B boar
Razor: Gillette Tech
Blade: Astra SP (4)
Post: Cold rinse and strange sample of "Badger" aftershave (I received this from a penpal wetshaving friend)

Nice 3 pass shave. Tech responds well to my my technique or is it the other way around?

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
semouge 620 boar
C.O.Bigelow
Fatip Grande
voskhod Teflon coated
Florida water
today's shave was a good one.clean and close, the fatip is awesome, but takes concentration, very audible though,I like that. finished with Florida water.
hope y'all find something y'all like today.

 

SOTD August 12 - Straight Razor-a-thon

Vacation shave

Prep: hot shower
Razor: G. Wostenholm and Son CANUCK I.XL
Brush: Vie-Long
Soap: Proraso Green
Passes: 2 (WTG, XTG)
Post: Dove men hydrate+

Another great straight razor shaver this morning, and still with time to catch the bus if I was going to work. The shave didn't fee rushed either, and although I did think about adding a third pass it wasn't needed. The CANUCK provided an irritation free DFS with my standard two pass shave.

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Cocoa Butter Bath Soap
Soap: Proraso Blue Cream
Razor: Gillette Super Speed Red Tip
Blade: Gillette Platinum (4)
Brush: Plisson #12 Grey Badger-22mmx56mm
Aftershave: Speick

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Great line up today, starting with Proraso Blue Cream! Effortless, thick, cushioning lather with just a touch of menthol. The Red Tip and Platinum are still shining together as usual. Great smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Speick..

Bob

 

Tuesday 08/12/14

Prep: Gaia face scrub
Oil: Shave Secret
Brush: 20mm Whipped dog set deep
Scuttle: Georgetown Pottery
Razor: 1912 EverReady SE
Blade: Gem Blue Star
soap: my french soap mix
Post: alum sprayed on
Witch Hazel: Generic unscented

A very nice shave today. Smooth as silk.

 

Seeing as I don't notice any menthol from Proraso Green I'm not surprised I haven't noticed it the the Blue, but I'll have to pay attention the next time I use it.

I afraid that after all the -40 degree winters I've grown up with my face is immune to all but the strongest of menthol effects....

 

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Prep: Warm shower, Cetaphil Lotion
Razor: Gem Junior, EJ DE89 w/ Weber Classic Handle
Blade: CVS Single Edge (3), Personna Blue Lab
Lather: Williams Mug Shaving Soap
Brush: Oscar11 w/ Omega 20248 Knot
Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion
Aftershave: Old Spice

I found out the hard way that this CVS blade is not good for more than 2 shaves. This is only my 3rd shave with a SE razor, so I thought maybe the problem I was having was just due to technique. As I started my 3rd pass, however, it became painfully obvious (pun intended) that the blade was the problem. Needing to finish up in a hurry so I could get to work, I grabbed my trusty EJ DE89, dropped in a Personna blade, and finished up. I finished with a DFS shave, but I'm going to pick up some Gem Stainless Steel blades, as recommended by @fram773.

Have a great day!

 

iKon Shavecraft 101
Personna Med. Prep.
Oscar11 Chief TGN Finest 2
Catie's Bubbles - QCV 420
Fine - Clean Vetiver

Guerlain - Songe d un Bois d Ete

 

Razor: Gillette Toggle (S5)
Blade: SuperMax SP Tiger (D7)
Brush: Rudy Vey butterscotch 28mm Super Silvertip
Bowl: Dirty Bird Travel Scuttle
Pre Shave Soap: MRGLO Lime
Pre Shave Oil: Eucalyptus Peppermint Vanilla
Shave Soap: Penhaligon`s English Fern
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Penhaligon`s English Fern




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Tuesday morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Cella Extra Extra Purissima & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razors - Gillette Single Ring & Boker 5/8
Blade - Feather (14)

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS

 

ERN S525 10 Years Guarantee
Oscar11 boar brush
Shaving Yeti Morning Wood soap
Aubrey Northern Woods AS
Musgo Real balm

 

TUEzDAY
Back to Work…

A bit o' the M-Bomb (six drops) added that refreshing chill to the MdC Fougére this morning, resulting in a lather that not only smells great, but tingles throughout the shave.
Three-pass with the Griffon 6/8, a razor that I plan on keeping in my weekly rotation of SRs. Great shave!

Have a blessed Toozday, all!

 

Birthday shave today, so used lots of new fun stuff

Razor - Pils DE
blade - Gillette Silver Blue
Lather - Trumper's Eucris soap
Aftershave - Pinaud clubman's special reserve

The Trumpers soap was really hard to lather, I can lather Trumpers sandalwood but I couldn't get this to work, but it smells fantastic! Need to practice with it.
The pils is fantastic, a real heavy razor that just glides gently across the face, I have never had a favourite razor before but I think this could be it. Clubmans is a really nice aftershave with a very masculine scent. Really love it. Still a great shave despite the lather problems

 

Tuesday
hot shower
M&F Chief
Somerset's PSO
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen
iKon Slant/Kai (2)
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Insurrection Pure edt

Great 2 pass face,1 pass dome, for BBS all around!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Happy Birthday arty: