SoS: February 2, 2015 - February 8, 2015

Chris,
New razor? Is the cadet OC aggressive?

 

Tuesday's


Nivea Men's Face Wash
Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap
Jayaruh WC2 Synthetic
Edwin Jagger DE89
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Personna Stainless
Thayers Lemon WH
Aqua Velva

This will be the third day of Loving the EJ DE89 Week after over a year of rest. The Van Der Hagen Deluxe Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC2 Synthetic Brush. Two passes with my Edwin Jagger DE89 and a Personna 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 Lemon WH and then Aqua Velva after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

I've got to disagree to a point. Although your points are valid, the new slants such as the iKon SC102 and the RRSS tend to be very forgiving, and efficient. I for one always had irration on my left side of my lower neck, since I've used the above slants that issue has gone away. Of course good prep, quality soap and solid technique all play a major role in achieving a great shave.

 

Tomorrow morning's fun:

Tuesday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/SuperMax Blue day 2
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC
Gold Bond Moisturizer
Alcolado Glacial Menthol Splash
Fahrenheit EdT

My wife told me "Jeff my darling, you're a crazy man for using so much menthol - one of these days your face will fall off!" She's right about one thing - when it comes to menthol, I'm crazy and I'm PROUD of it. The Palmolive Menthol cream is actually a little colder than the MITA soap I used this morning, although not by much. I love the scent of this cream, as well as the lather and the wonderful skincare it gives me. The Gold Bond is all set to continue the freeze, and the Penguin will just about numb me. I'm going to have another awesome, frigid shave for a day which is forecasting -27 Celsius early in the morning!

 

Monday

Hot Shower
Every Man Jack Face Scrub
Anthony Logistics for Men Pre-Shave Oil
Castle Forbes Lime Oil Shaving Cream
Semogue 1305
Merkur 34c
Crown Super Stainless
Kyoku Razor Repair Balm

So today I finally got to try my sample of Castle Forbes Lime courtesy of @Gilligan and Walter , thanks again! I really really love the smell of it and as I was face lathering the smell grew stronger and I just just enjoyed it very much. This cream has a thicker density than most of the creams I have, but not as hard as a soap. Is this considered croap? Anyhow it lathered up well and had a very slick feel to it. I like my lather just a tad on the thin side, and I had to add a bit of water to my brush to get the consistency I like. It really makes a thick creamy lather. This was my first shave with the Crown SS, and I think I would have enjoyed it even better if I had used a better blade. The Crown tugged a little bit, but I still got a good shave because the CF is very slick. My technique is really pretty good I think, and I am now very familiar with how the Merkur HD shaves, so even with a not-so-great blade, I am still getting decent shaves.

 

What does the Palmer's oil smell like? Is it cloves (like shave secret) or another scent?

 

I love the old style German handles! A+

 

II February MMXV Shave

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Very nice brush!

 

Thank you, Mark!

 

It smells a lot like their Palmer's Cocoa Butter formula, rather sweet(ish). No cloves. Nothing like Shave Secret, really. Also, Shave Secret is a bit more viscous.
Ingredients
Glycine Soja Oil (Soybean) , Isopropyl Myristate , Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil , Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oi , PEG 40 Sorbitan Peroleate , Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Fragrance (Parfum) , Benzophenone 3 , Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E) , Benzyl Alcohol , BHA , Beta Carotene (CI 40800)

 

Interesting. I like Palmer's Cocoa Butter.

 

TUESDAY
Evening Shave for Tomorrow

Still using mega-menthol pre shave & lather because of my head cold and because it's still Monday.
Three smooth, chilly passes with the Golden Duck led to a DFS!

Have a blessed Tuesday, all!

 

SOTD Tuesday 2/2/2015

ATT H-1 Kronos | SuperMax SP Tiger (5)
Georgetown G12 | Tipsoft Blonde Badger 26mm
SPAtopia Dead Sea Scrub | Homemade Iced Citrus Mint
Tiki Soaps Bay Rum w Lime | Monster Alum Block
Handmade Soap Co. Soothing Cream | Dominica Bay Rum w lime



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1924 Shovel Head
Blue Star blade
Vintage Ever Ready 500PBT w/18mm TGN Finest knot
C.O. Bigelow/Proraso Green
Old Spice

 

Hahahaha! I apologize for that! I'll try to have the shaving gear more prominently displayed! I just couldn't resist that beautiful log!

 

No I like it - I say really try to hide it next time lol
Great shot and light

 

Feb 3 SOTD:
Prep: Shower, Proraso Green preshave, a little Vaseline
Brush: Muhle HJM synthetic
Soap: Shannon's Soaps Woodland Frost
Razor: '63 Gillette Adjustable on 7/8
Blade: Personna Platinum
Post: Home-made aftershave, vaseline.

 

Dieses Seifen ist glatt!
I enjoyed my Krampert’s soap so much that I sought out more soaps from Seifenglatt. That search led me to Maggard’s, where they just happen to have some of this brand on sale. I snapped up Montpellier - described as grapefruit, cedar and ylang-ylang. I love grapefruit scents, which is strange since I hate eating the fruit. Anyway, the grapefruit does take the lead, but not in a sharp way, its almost creamy. I don’t know if I could recognize ylang-ylang, but it may be what makes this scent so good.
My Brothers Bristles Beast Plisson easily whipped up plenty of yogurt lather. The soap seems to have a wide water sweet spot - I think I put in too much water at first, but with a little more loading all was well. Der Vorschlaghammer destroyed my stubble in pleasant comfort. I finished with Maggard’s London Barbershop AS, and my face feels great.

Prep: Proraso White Pre Barba
Soap:Seifenglatt Montpellier
Brush: Brothers Bristles Beast Plisson
Razor: Der Vorschlaghammer
Blade: Voskhod
AS: Maggard’s London Barbershop

 

@Tdmsu Love that brush