August 30 Day Rule
Been out of town for the weekend trying to get my fiancee settled into her new apartment. Hate she is in a different city, but she has an excellent job opportunity to make it worthwhile! So while out of town, there was no shave Saturday. Sunday I realized I did not have my Stirling MITA with me, just completely forgot it. Fortunately I had some TOBS lavender in my travel bag so I used it. It produces a nice lather, but just not as slick as the MITA. Couple of great passes with the fiancee watching me on the second pass. First pass was WTG on face and XTG on the neck. Focused on the stretching on the neck. Pulling towards the ear works quite well except on my lower neck. On the lower neck I will be pulling from away from the back of the razor. Produced a very good pass. Second pass with the fiancee in the room went a little slower because I was focusing and paying attention while also talking with her and answering 100 questions about why I make the faces I make and pull my face the way I do and things like that. She loves the smell of the lavender soap though and stole some to use with shaving her legs. She left the bathroom before I finished the second pass, XTG on face and ATG on neck. Went very well and produced an excellent shave.
Felt good, felt smooth. Met up with my fiancee out in the living room and she touched my face. Her response . . . it is like a baby's bottom!

Nothing like getting the validation on a good shave! She also approved of the AS, TSD Bourbon Vanilla, truly an excellent scent!
Today was Menthol Monday. Used my MITA again. Cold water shave today, something I am really starting to enjoy (especially in the South Carolina heat)! Had a good shave, but not a great one. The first pass went ok, smooth WTG on the face and XTG on the neck. Was really trying to focus on hearing the feedback and getting all the stretching right. Second pass just did not do well for me today. Again a XTG face and ATG neck. No blood drawn, but it just felt irritated. It was not widespread, but it was enough to note (especially when the ISZ aftershave hit). Have a feeling I tried too hard, but I really thought I was focused on not trying to chase the baby. I am going to give the GSB blade another try tomorrow to make sure it was not the blade giving out on me. I will definitely NOT be chasing the baby!
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