2+ days growth. 1st pass: Pal Adjustable w/new Schick blade 2nd pass: Gillette Ranger Tech w/new Astra blade Wunnerful shave.
SOTD - Thursday, April 16, 2015 Shower Prep: Homemade PSO Brush: Vulfix 374 Super Soap: Catie's Bubbles Spanish Holiday Razor: '63 Slim (5) Blade: Personna Lab Blue (2) Aftershave: Floid SE Mentolado Vigoroso
Thursday Afternoon Shave Pre: Shower Razor: Merkur 23c Blade: Sputnik Brush: VDH Boar Cream: Proraso Blue Post: Osage Rub A nice day so I decided to throw down some menthol splash for a post shave cooling effect.
Friday's Dove Men Face Wash TOBS Lavender Jayaruh WC4 HMB Schick M2 Adjustable Personna Stainless CWR, Asma Alum Block Thayers Lemon WH Aqua Velva The TOBS Lavender Shave Cream face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC4 High Mountain Badger Brush. Two passes with my Schick M2 Adjustable razor 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...
Shave sponsored by.... RAZORBURN Razor.. Gillette ball end tech Blade.. astra sp Brush.. whipped dog synthetic Soap.. Stirling San Antonio
Hello, I hope you all had a good day. My SOTD for April 16th consisted of; Nivea Sensitive Cream w/Omega 6151 Pure (bowl lathered) Gillette Slim Adjustable (5) w/7 o'clock Blue (4) Dickinson's WH Nivea Sensitive Balm Pinaud Clubman Classic Vanilla Aftershave Two passes WTG & XTG, a little touch up for a CCS! Great way to stat the day.............
The CBS news broadcast by Douglas Edwards. The Sputnik moment ... ... now it is a razor blade you shave with!
Gary, this brush is amazing! PM me if you have any special ones come your way. I sadly need more. thank you for one fine tool, my friend.
Freezing Friday: To celebrate the order I just placed for some more Stirling Glacial soaps and other goodies, here's what I'm using tomorrow morning! Neutrogena Men Facial Wash Large Horsehair Barbershop Super Speed/Personna day 5 Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill SS Gold Bond Moisturizer Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui EdT After the heavenly and frigid shave which I had this morning from the Glacial Obsidian soap, I decided to duplicate it tomorrow with another soap from the same family but with a different scent. The Lemon Chill has so much rich, slick lather which explodes off the brush and that menthol power can make you see stars. Every time I finish shaving with this stuff my skin feels not only frozen-stiff, but also moisturized and so well-taken care of. Some Gold Bond, followed by a couple of the Glacial Wintergreen witch hazel and I'll be in menthol heaven all day. That Personna blade is still performing beautifully. Wishing everyone an awesome weekend in advance!
SE SOTD 4/16/15 Razor: Star SE Blade: GEM Carbon Brush: Strong Set Bowl: "No Name" gift from the better half, just because Soap: RazoRock XXX AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush Woo hoo! Tax Season is over! On to new things!!! Today was my first ever shave with a SE razor. This Star was a generous gift from @Omaney for me to try. I watched a few videos and read TSD posts about how to use these SE razors. I started by laying the head flat on my cheek and then raising it up only about 1/8 of an inch. I must say, for some reason, I found the very loud feedback strangely disturbing. As for the shave itself, it could be my bad technique, but the rough, tugging nature of the first WTG pass was equally disturbing. I tried diligently to keep the angle shallow and not drag the blade across my face. I gave it one-and-a-half uncomfortable passes before I gave up. I grabbed a DE razor at random (New Standard), slapped in a Voskhod (not even my favorite blade) and finished smoothly and peacefully. My face was a little pink and it still aches. I don't like giving up on something so easily, so if you've got some advice for this adventure, I'm open to suggestions.
April 16 Stirling Sheep facial soap Merkur 37C slant bar razor Feather blade (day 1) Kent BK8 silvertip badger brush D.R. Harris Almond shave cream & glycerin Two passes Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, & unrefined shea butter Just for something different, I shaved after work today (instead of before like I normally do) and used D.R. Harris Almond shave cream instead of Arko. I also used a smidge of castor oil as a PSO. I love the smell of this cream, and I had a nice shave. Based on my limited experience, I think Arko provides more protection and slickness than this cream. Back to Arko I go tomorrow! I hope you all are having a great week!
