SoS: May 18, 2015 - May 24, 2015

May 20 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
WD High Mountain Badger 30 mm
Stirling San Antonio SS
EJ Chatsworth Barley
Derby Super Stainless
Stirling Unscented PSB
Clubman Vanilla AS

The WD brush is really starting to provide some great lather. Between the brush and the Stirling, I had some nice, yogurt like lather with that great candy scent. The soap is fun, the brush soft but with back bone: just a great wake up and start of the day.

 

SOTD for May 20th

Soap: BebeLush Peppermint, Orange & Pine face lathered w/Semogue 1438
Razor: 40's Super Speed w/7 o'clock black
Rinse: Witch Hazel followed by Nivea Sensitive Balm
Aftershave: Barbasol Pacific Rush

2-passes (WTG & XTG) for a CCS.........

 

Once again I really enjoyed my shave this morning. The Black Ice soap felt very cooling and comfortable. The Derby gave me great BBS results with next to no effort.

 

today's shave
hot water wash with nivea men's
@Jayaruh #7/wd silvertip
@JR Reyes soap commander vision
@sir_mike
Merkur progress(4)
persona lab(3)
ICED(@Queen of Blades) Barbasol Pacific Rush
today's shave was very nice. premier voyage of my Jayaruh Shaving #7, it performed flawlessly. I washed it yesterday with apawoe shampoo, then three lathers. this morning the funk was almost non-existent. three passes with the progress+ touch up gave me a great shave. finished with iced rush. my face is still cold.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

 

Blimey!
I went all in for limes today. The preshave is a bright fresh lime, the soap has a warm lime citrus scent, and the AS has a hint of lime with bay rum. The Colonel easily whipped up thick yogurt from the bloomed soap and I face lathered over the preshave butter. I set the FatBoy on 5 for my face and 3 for my neck. Strangely, my right cheek feels great, but my left cheek is a little irritated. My neck feels great, too, but could be smoother. I will use the same settings for a while to isolate technique from the equation. I ended up putting on some cologne Russe because the scent of CC faded very fast, and the B&M calms my skin nicely.
Prep: Mickey Lee lime
Soap: Maggard's Limes and Bergamot
Brush: The Colonel
Razor: 1959 Gillette FatBoy
Blade: Voskhod (3)
AS: Captain's Choice Lime; B&M Cologne Russe

 

5/20/15

Prep: warm wash
Lather: Dusy Kabinett
Brush: Omega 6214 silvertip
Razor: Gillette New SC
Blade: Rapira Lux (3)
Post: Old Spice Pure Sport

Simple 1 pass shave this morning. I had a school award assembly last night, so I had a single pass shave to remove the shadow before I left the house, so I only needed a little touch up this morning. The Dusy Kabinett and badger brush made a fantastic face lather and I am almost ready to go today. Since its the last week of school I don't feel like I need to be at school a full hour before the students arrive. So, off for another cup of joe!

 

SOTD
Dubs!
May 20, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Shield Face Wash
Razor: iKon Shavecraft 101 w/wave handle
Blade: Red IP
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Lather: Biotique Bio Palmyra
Post: Alum. Thayers Cucumber WH.
Aftershave: Folsom & Co Capri
This morning I brought out an old friend, Biotique Bio Palmyra is fantastic! Nice light lovely green apple scent, slick, plenty of cushion, very easy to lather, a wonderful cream! Unless you are allergic to peanuts which I'm not! Red IP's are one of my favorite blades.
A better tomorrow. Takes your best today!

 

5/20/15 - Agrume!!

Great shave and combo. Citrus and Basil work.
I usually just do a 2 pass shave with the R41, but have been working mainly on technique and pressure here lately. Went for the 3 pass!!! No cuts or nicks. Ended up with the best BBS I've gotten. Very close!

Sapone Di Paolo Agrume
Semogue 1305
Muhle R41
Pol-Silver Blade (4)
Fine Clean Vetiver

 

CO Bigelow SC
FS Silvertip brush
Schick M1 razor
Personna blade
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel/ Sage mix
Barbasol Brisk A/S

Nice cool shave this morning. Summer has set in all ready here in SE Louisiana and it sucks.

 

Congratulations on your first wet shave! Great first SOTD post! You have a fine shave kit.

 

Wednesday
hot shower/cold water shave
Simpson Chubby 2 Super Badger
Proraso PPB
Mama Bear's Awakenings
Gillette Gold Plated Tech/Gillette 7 o'clock green Permasharp Stainless
cold water rinse
Monster Block Alum
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Can You Handlebar Beard Dry Oil
The Rub
SMN Acqua di Cuba

Nice and smooth shave,face and dome BBS!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Yes, we've all helped Clint quite a bit!

 

Lord knows I need all the help I can get.

 

I am a huge fan of French soaps. The soaps I use regularly in rotation are: unscented MDC (with something else added in for a nice scent), Lavender MDC, Provence Sante, L'Occitane Cade, Le Pere Lucien, and Pre de Provence. My least favorite of these is Pre de Provence (PDP) because it just does not seem to have the cushioning that the others have. The lather I get from PDP soap is weak and unconvincing. I picked up a slightly used tube of PDP cream from a member here and gave it a try this morning. Unfortunately, the PDP cream performed in the same manner as the PDP soap has performed. There is sufficient slickness for me, but there just seems to be little, if any, cushioning effect. I will try again tomorrow, but do not have high hopes. PDP seems to be stuck at the bottom of my favorites. 3 passes and a nice shave, but with some irritation.

PDP Cream
Rapira Platinum Lux blade
Slim Adjustable

 

05/20/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Jürgen Hempel Ti
Blade – Feather Super Pro (8)
Brush – Brothers Bristles with WD HM
Lather – Cathie’s Bubbles Santal Sensuelle
Post - Witch Hazel and Captain’s Choice Sandalwood



Another great shave this morning. Cathie's Bubbles is really easy to use and lather. The scent pairs very well with the CC Sandalwood.

 

Kikuboshi frameback
Frank Shaving silvertip badger brush
Lea shave stick
Coconut oil

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Wednesday
Prep: Hot Shower-Stirling Bath Soap-Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Los Angeles Shaving Soap-Woody Lavender
Razor: Maggard Open Comb
Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue Super Platinum (2)
Brush: Elite Razor Silvertip-24mmx50mm
Aftershave: Pitralon Classic

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

LASS Woody Lavender today. 20 seconds to load the ER Silvertip. Great, easy, thick, lather. Gillette 7 O’Clock Blue SP in my new Maggard OC-2nd shave with this razor. Good smooth, close, shave. I finished with Pitralon Classic.

Bob

 

PdP No 63 is much better than the original PdP. I had PdP and after two uses gave it away, I'm very happy with No 63.

 

20 May 2015

* Weber DLC + WRH3 Aluminum
* Super Iridium
* WSP Stubby 2-Band + Oscar11 AquaMarine C7
* Mystic Water Bay Rum
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO



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