Oh my goodness - we're soon going to be in May. This year is flying! Menthol Monday: Neutrogena Men Facial Wash Large Horsehair Barbershop Super Speed/new SuperMax Blue Stirling Glacial Wintergreen SS Stirling Glacial Wintergreen AS Balm Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH YSL Pour Homme EdT Now, how's that for a face-freezing set-up? The Glacial Wintergreen soap has that awesome scent which is so refreshing and invigorating - as my man Rod puts it, "This soap is like a punch in the face from a snowman. A snowman who just brushed his teeth!" I agree with him all the way. I'm still using a puck from one of his older batches, but it's excellent. Great lather with the renowned freezing sensation which hits HARD. The matching aftershave balm and witch hazel are definitely more intense than the Rubby Dubby Doo.
Rod's descriptions of his soaps are my second favorite thing about his soaps. Second only to the performance. And it's a close second.
April 27 Plans Stirling Sheep facial soap Merkur 37C slant bar razor Feather blade (day 2) Omega 98 Professional boar brush Arko & glycerin Two passes Alum, Thayer's Lavender witch hazel, unrefined shea butter, and Nivea Sensitive Post-Shave Balm My shaves during Arko April have been great. I'm a new Arko user, and I have nothing but praise for its solid performance. My lathering skills have improved this month, but I still rate Arko as the best soap I've ever used. The scent became tolerable after the first two weeks. At the end of the week, I'll begin Mayhem May. It will include my Weber PH loaded with a Feather blade and a different soap or cream each week. I've got a few new ones to try, starting with MdC. To create some additional mayhem, I plan to use different brushes too. Blessings!
Bluebeards Revenge Shavette with Personna blade; HJM boar brush; Palmolive Cool Tarr Super Aftershave. Guerlain Vetiver EDT. The shave was good, i managed to get a DFS with 2 passes.
Monday's Dove Men Face Wash Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap Jayaruh WC4 HMB '62 Gillette Slim Rapira Super Stainless CWR, Asma Alum Block Thayers Lemon WH Pinaud Classic Vanilla The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh WC4 HMB brush. Two passes with my '62 Gillette Slim razor and a Rapira Super 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 Pinaud Classic Vanilla after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...
SOTD for Menthol Monday, April 27 Razor: 1958 Executive (24kt replate by RazorPlate) Blade: Astra SP (4) Brush: Whipped Dog Silvertip Soap: Stirling Black Ice AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush Still loving my Executive. I've had several days of almost effortless, smooth, comfortable DFS/BBS 3-pass shaves. (WTG/XTG/ATG). (Sorry, pic is a bit out of focus. Are there TSD photography classes? )
MONDAY Evening Shave for Tomorrow Seems like yesterday since my dawn shave this morning so I figured I'd go ahead and enjoy an evening shave for Monday! Two straight razor shave in one day? Sure…why not? Second was just as enjoyable as the first…plus I was a little more awake for the second one! Have a great Monday, all!
Planned Menthol Monday SOTD Schick J type Injector razor Schick blade (4) Omega Mixed Midget brush Pacific Shave Co PSO Stirling Glacial Spearmint shave soap Booster Polar Ice aftershave splash This was my travel kit for an over nighter away from home. I have to be at the hospital early tomorrow morning to have the steel rod I've had inserted in my thumb removed. I can see the bottom of the tin of the Glacial Spearmint and really just wanna finish it off, hence the reason for bringing it. It will be my menthol Monday soap until done.
Menthol Monday Planned SOTD Razor: PILS 101NE Blade: Super Iridium (D3) Brush: Wolf Whiskers 24mm HMB Bowl: Georgetown G12 Pre Shave Scrub: RazoRock GLO Pre Shave Oil: Frosted Woodlands Shave Soap: Tiki Frosted Woodlands Post: Monster Alum Block Aftershave: Neumann Absolute Zero
Menthol Monday Krampert's Frostbite soap and aftershave are an excellent combination. They are not face freezers, but the skincare is among the best in menthol. The scent is refreshing, like a frosty pine forest. The soap lathers very easily, providing plenty of glide for my Aristocrat. Prep: Proraso White Soap: Krampert's Finest Frostbite Brush: HIS Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Blade: voskhod AS: Krampert's Finest Frostbite
Menthol Monday April 27: Homemade PS Oil Vie-long Horsehair Brush Stirling Frozen Tundra FB w/Rapira PL set on 8 Stirling Unscented PSB Stirling Glacial Lemon Chill AS Back to my favorite Rapira blades. The menthol was working this morning. I am chilled and alert. I do think the Glacial AS could be called Glacial Fire, as they burn and chill at the same time.
I had a great Triple Freeze Menthol Monday Shave this morning from the Glacial Wintergreen soap, followed by the matching aftershave balm and witch hazel. My eyes were tearing for a while!
April 27, 2015 Prep: Warm wash with Kirk's Castile soap Lather: St. James of London Mandarin & Patchouli Brush: TGN synthetic Razor: Weber PH Blade: Merkur Super (2) Post: Old Spice Pure Sport Starting in with a 4 brush rotation - TGN synthetic, Vie-Long 13061M, Omega 10061 and Omega 6214 silvertip. I rarely keep a brush that I don't like and all 4 of these are turning out to be outstanding performers. I have maybe 7-10 shaves left with the St. James cream and while it has been outstanding, I am ready to finish it up and move on to something else.
Menthol Monday: Prep: Hot shower, Neutrogena Invigorating Face Wash, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm Brush: Simpson 56 Best Badger Soap: Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint glycerin soap Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC Blade: Bic (2) Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG (4, 5, 6) Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's WH, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS splash Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy I thought about using the Glacial Obsidian this morning, I really did, but I couldn't bring myself to put off face-lathering for another day, and I don't enjoy the results of face-lathering Stirling. So, I reached for the much less mentholated Ginger's Garden Grapefruit Mint, to get great lather and the fun of face-lathering. Operator error again caused a small weeper on my upper lip on the 3rd pass, but I got otherwise BBS results without difficulty.
I found a couple of Feather blades the other day and decided that there was no use in keeping 2 blades around to use sometime in the future. So, I decided to use them now. 3 passes and a very nice finish today. L'Occitane Cade Feather blade Slim Adjustable
Schick I2 razor Personna blade Lord SC FS Silver Tip brush Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/Sage mix Barbasol Brisk A/S Mighty fine shave indeed! The I2 is a great shaver, the Lord SC a delight and I'm a happy guy.
