Dove Men's Face Wash Kiss My Face Cool Mint Tweezerman Badger Fat Handle Tech w/ Utopia handle Wilkinson Sword Stainless CWR Thayers Rose Petal WH Mennen Skin Bracer AS I mixed things up today. I saw someone put a big handle on their tech razor, so I broke out my Fat Handle Tech and matched it with my Utopia handle. I also broke out my Tweezerman brush that hasn't seen action in over a year. The Kiss My Face Cool Mint face-lathered very easily with my Tweezerman Badger brush. Two passes with my Gillette Tech with Utopia handle and a Wilkinson Sword Stainless blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse, alum block, and a final cold water rinse, I finished off with Thayers Rose Petal WH and then Mennen Skin Bracer after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
No shave to day. Cut the heck out of my face yesterday. Bad blade maybe. Only second time using PIF won shave stick. Horrible shave. Had to let it heal. That and we had chemical munitions training today. Exposure to Fox Pepper spray and CS (tear gas) are bad enought without my face being torn up. Will try again tomorrow. Have a great night all.
FRIDAY Evening Shave for Tomorrow Tonight, eine große Rasur mit der Henckel 'Blue Steel'— I love this blade, just not crazy about the skinny scales. I see a new set in this razor's future. Still undecided about the Petal Pushers scent, too—lather is quite good; I just find the scent a bit too….weiblich. I guess I'm just hard to please this evening…. Love the Marlborough aftershave. End on a high note…. Have a great Friday, all! Mine starts early!
Oh my god... This is one of the worst shaves I have ever had. I had two days of growth to shave off. I put a new Gem Stainless blade into my ER 1924. I lathered up with the Aspis Ice Rain and the misery started. The Aspis cream lathers very well, but that's about all it did for me. There was no slickness, no cushion, and no menthol. It was very deceiving. My neck was all torn up and there were a few missed spots on my face. I only got one pass done before I said enough was enough. I had to get out my alum block, which burned my neck like hell. I said a few bad words as I splashed on the Fine American Blend too, since it burned so badly. This cream is very lucky it's not ending up in the trash. However, I have no patience for it. I'll give it away. Bulgarian creams work very well for a lot of people, but all the ones I have tried have been a dud.
Hey man, wrong direction....you should be heading north to Seattle.....Maybe we could hook up and I could get you to show me the vintage razor porn too hot for prime-time.....heh,heh.... Well Frisco it is...Does sound like a stellar idea...Please have a bowl of that great Chowder for me too, would you? Lets see.....how many bowls will that be? Just have a great time and return home safe and sound....We want the lowdown and pics upon arrivial....
Ahhh Man! I hate it when that happens.... Sorry to hear this....Just chill, and hopefully tomorrow will bring a better shave....Tomorrow use all your favorite stuff... And put that cream in solitary.........Let us know what joys tomorrow's shave brings.... }:^)
Thursday Williams Mug Soap Omega 10029 1924 EverReady (Shovelhead) GEM Blue Blade d2 Vaseline Intensive Rescue Repairing Lotion Pinaud Clubman/Virgin Island Bay Rum Oh Joy.....Seems like my shaves just keep getting better, and better...... I'll take it....}:^)
Friday Morning Shave Razor: Gillette Super Speed Blade: ASCO (3) Brush: Isana Men Pure Badger Soap: Arko with 2 drops of Tea Tree and 4 drops of Lavender Oils. Cologne: Tariş Lavender My technique improved on this razor and I got used to this Gillette SS. Now I don't get any weeper anymore on this razor, plus I got a BBS.
Friday: Large Horsehair Barbershop Super Speed/Rapira day 5 Stirling Margaritas in the Arctic SS Lubriderm Unscented Moisturizer Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH Givenchy Pour Homme EdT Back to the Stirling soaps which I love so much - the MITA delivered beautifully for me on the lather, menthol effect, and skincare. This soap also has such a nice scent which reminds me of the tropics. The Glacial Wintergreen witch hazel is one of Rod's best creations and I never thought I'd find an aftershave product that's colder than the Rubby Dubby Doo, but here it is. BBS again with so little effort. Have a great long weekend, folks!
Last night's shave, 2+ days growth cool water soak Schick Eversharp Hydro-Magic injector Aramis shaving soap Omega brush 2 pass DFS Menthol/alum WH This morning: Burt's Bees Bay Rum balm. Weather here feels to me like the tropics compared with Ohio, so it seems to fit.
Friday: hot shower w/Murray & Lanman Rose bar soap ShaveSecret PSO Gillette Super Adjustable (9) 3 passes Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum Black (5) Burma Shave boar Cyril R Salter Wild Rose cream in a warm mug Thayer's Rose Petal w/aloe Murray & Lanman Rose cologne (sample) Maiden voyage for my recently acquired (yesterday) 1969 gold Super Adjustable. I really like the looks of this razor and can't stop admiring it. The gold and black is very appealing to me such that I may need to buy a special stand and brush to complement. Surprisingly mild shave. I was expecting it to shave like my Slim but that wasn't the case. I'm anxious to try some different blades in it.
Friday Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Cocoa Butter Bath Soap Soap: Cold River Soap Works-“Original” Bergamot & Bay Razor: Gillette FH Tech/Maggard MR1 Handle Blade: Personna Med Prep (3) Brush: oscar11 TGN 2-Band Finest-24mmx50mm Aftershave: Fine American Blend WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard) CRSW “Original” Bergamot & Bay-a “Top 5”. MR1 handle on my Fat Handle Tech with a Med Prep. Another smooth, close, nick free shave. I finished with Fine American Blend. To my fellow U.S. Members, have a great Labor Day Weekend!! Bob
Friday, August 29, 2014 Prep: Warm shower, Proraso Pre Shave Razor: Schick G8 Injector Blade: Personna (2) Lather: Williams Mug Shaving Soap Brush: Oscar11 w/ Omega 20248 Knot Post: Witch Hazel, Cetaphil Lotion Aftershave: Old Spice The only difference between the products used yesterday and the ones used today is the soap. As usual, though, the Williams performed admirably. This is only the second time that I have used the Schick G8. I used it yesterday and got an excellent shave without using any pressure. However, by mid-afternoon I had some stubble. I tried again today, this time using a little pressure and I can feel that I got an even better shave than yesterday without any irritation. I hope that the shave lasts longer than it did yesterday. Have a great day!
Frey's Day: Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger Croap: RazoRock One-X Razor: FaTip Piccolo Blade: Bolzano Superinox (1) Passes: WTG, XTG (1, 2) Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma Alum, Dickinson's WH, RazoRock One-X AS splash Cologne: Le 3e Homme de Caron by Caron Within five hours of yesterday's shave, I was noticing '11-o'clock shadow,' so I reasoned that more than just poor lather was at play. As a result, I basically changed out everything today, using a different facial scrub, brush, lather, razor, blade, and splash. It had obviously been a little while since I'd last used the FaTip/Bolzano combination, as the relatively rusty technique caught me a minor weeper on the Adam's Apple. Otherwise, all went well, with a comfortable 2-pass DFS that - so far as I can tell at this point - is likely to actually remain a DFS for the day.
Feather Portable Gillette Silver Blue Oscar11 Semogue SOC AoS Lavender SC Alum Superior 70 Bay Rum Bigelow Lemon 1099 EDP Pretty much the same shave as yesterday and another good one.
SOTD August 29, 2014 Friday! Friday! Friday! Prep: Hot shower. Axe Boost Energizing Face Wash Razor: iKon DLC Standard Blade: Balzano Lather: Stirling Coconut Brush: Semogue 1305 Post: Alum. Dickerson WH Aftershave: Aqua Velva Musk. Axe Shield Sensitive Haven't used the iKon DLC Standard in awhile, it's a great razor! I'll use the OC next week. Stirling Coconut, LOVE it! I need to start using all the Stirling soaps I have. Go out and get it!
