SoS: August 3, 2015 - August 9, 2015

30 day Focus - Day 2
MDC Lavender Face Lathered
Sputnik Blade (Day 2 on blade, Day 2 on Sputnik)
Slim Adjustable set to 8
3 passes

Today's shave was much nicer than yesterday's because it was very smooth for all passes.

 

SOTD: Menthol Monday, August 3
Catie's Bubbles Mile High Menthol
Semogue SOC Boar
Mühle R41 w/Weber Bulldog
Polsilver SI (3)
Alt-Innsbruck

Have a great day!​

 

Oooo! Looks chillin'. Have a great day!

 

8/7/2015 Menthol Monday!! Woo Hoo!!

Prep: Hot shower with Neutrogena Face Wash with menthol, home made PSO
Razor: Merkur 37C, Filarmonica Doble Temple straight razor
Blade: Super Max Blue Diamond (4)
Brush: Turkish #6
Soap: Stirling - Frozen Tundra
After: Home made ASB, Osage Rub after shave
Cologne: Aqua H2O

It is Menthol Monday and it is going to be another hot 90 degree day. The #6 brush whipped up the Frozen Tundra into a nice and cold lather. I have been impressed with the Super Max Blue Diamond blade that I am using. It shaves smoothly and is very much like the Astra SPs. The Osage Rub brought its arctic blast and the Aqua H2O were a nice finish to this 2 pass Darn Fine Shave.

Have a blessed day!

 

Lovely set up. Nice Milord.

 

Menthol Monday
warm shower/cold water shave
Semogue BC Cerda
Proraso PPC
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen
Feather AS-D2/Kai (1)
cold water rinse
Bloc Osma
cold water rinse
Tend Skin
Glacial Spearmint ASL
Histoires de Parfums 1899 Ernest Hemmingway

A nice and frosty start to the week!!!

Stay frosty,my friends!

 

Thanks Mark!

 

•1953 Tech
•early Personna stainless
•some nameless but nice soap from the Travel box

BBS

a/s: Das Boom "Detroit" moisturizer. Nice, I like.

 

Monday 3rd August







Warm shower

Hot towel

B&M Adagio bowl lathered

Finest Badger brush made by myself

Gillette Tech

Polsilver Super Iridium (1)

Cold rinse

Thayers Lemon witch hazel

Myrsol F/Extra aftershave

 

MENTHOL MONDAY




PRE SHAVE: MUSGO REAL CLASSIC SCENT
RAZOR: GILLETTE TECH
BLADE: GILLETTE WILKINSON SWORD (4TH USE)
BRUSH: EVERREADY 100T
SOAP: TSD 2X ICED POLYNESIAN RED
POST: MENTHOL MASTERS BAY RUM/ SOAP COMMANDER RESOLUTION BALM


Sorry about the sideways pic my phone has been acting up the past few days. anyways, had a great shave today as always with the TSD soap. great scent and great performance. no irritation BBS today. hope everyone has a great shave and a great day!

 

SOTD August 3, 2015

Prep: Hot facecloth followed by homemade lavender pre-shave oil
Soap: Proraso White
Razor: Gillette Canadian Heavy Tech
Blade: Astra SP
Brush: Omega Boar
Aftershave: Hot facecloth followed by Witch Hazel
Aftershave balm: Shea butter/coconut oil
Mustache Wax: Badger
Love this combination...great shave.

 

3 August 2015

* Weber DLC + UFO U2V1 Graphite Black
* Super Iridium
* WSP Manchurian + Doug Korn All-Amber Taca
* Mystic Water Jasmine
* Unrefined Shea Butter
* Bergamot/Vetiver EO


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Menthol Monday

Focus: Adjustable August

Razor: 1958 Executive
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Brush: Strongset
Soap: Proraso green
AS: Barbasol Pacific Rush

Monday's shave was almost as close as Sunday's BBS was. Today I changed my normal adjustable shave by setting the Exec at 3 for my entire shave instead of changing settings during the shave. I was in a bit of a hurry to get to work, but still only needed 2 passes (XTG, ATG) to get a really nice DFS. The low setting required a few more touch-ups than I like (or was it the fact that the blade was on day 3?). Tomorrow I'll try a new blade and set the razor on 4 with pics! Woo hoo! LOL

 

Thank you!

 

3aug15

I butchered myself pretty good on Saturday so I skipped Sunday. Today turned out to be a DFS! Almost BBS in spots I'd say.

Used my new-to-me STAR razor(tech clone I'm assuming?)with a Polsilver SI(1).

I haven't had much luck with the Gillette Tech's so I was skeptical of today's shave, but have to use all my razors at least once.

Excellent results. Shaved off Saturdays scabs from the butchering but no extra bleeding today. The C&E sandalwood AS lotion is awesome. No greasy residue and silky smooth.

(I just noticed, my phone focused on the towel in the back, not the mug/razor up front. Darn it)

 

Mustache - glad you had better results. Learning can be painful. LOL

 

SOTD 08.03.2015

Prep: Shower
Razor: Gillette Super Adjustable O2
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Omega 80080
Lather: Maggard London Barbershop
Post: Cold rinse, Alum, Witch Hazel, Clubman Pinaud Classic AS sample

Got lucky and found a Super Adjustable Short Handle at the flea market over the weekend for $20. Really excited to test it out from here on out!

Today was a smooth shave with some razor burn. I started at setting 3 and didn't feel like it was going to take off my stubble. Switched to setting 4 midway into my first pass and felt more comfortable.

After the 2nd pass I noticed I was getting a bit of a razor burn. I don't know if it's because I have it on a low setting and had to do more strokes or I need to turn it up next time to do less strokes.

This calls for a 30 day focus in September.

 

Razor: SC NEW on BRW
Blade: Big Ben
Brush: BF Greenie
Soap: Tabac
Post: Cold water & Thayer's
AS: Obsession for Men

 

SOTD

Schick Krona
Shark SS (2)
Simpsons Colonel
Maggard's Fougere Sauvage
Thayer's Rose
Ginger's Garden Teakwood Cardamom AS.

I forgot how much Shark blades suck. The rest was good to go.

 

Proraso Pre
Signature Shave soap
Proraso ASB
Omega Pro Brush
John Heiffor Army razor
Robert Becker scuttle.
A great shave this razor holds a nice edge.