SoS: September 21, 2015 - September 27, 2015

This month is soon going to end and so is summer...... ah well...........What can we do!

Menthol Monday:

Neutrogena Men Facial Wash
Large Horsehair Barbershop
Super Speed/new Personna
Stirling Glacial Spearmint SS
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen AS Balm
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen WH
Drakkar Noir EdT

There's no way I could go for more than one day without using powerful menthol - no way, no how. It just ain't gonna happen!

 

This last full week of SEptember will feature my Schick M-2 Adjustable.

Monday's


Dove Men Face Wash
Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap
Jayaruh #18 Silver Tip
Schick M2 Adjustable
Personna SS Injector
CWR, Asma Alum Block
Thayers Lemon WH
Florida Water

The Van Der Hagen Luxury Shave Soap face-lathered well with my Jayaruh #18 Best Badger brush. Two passes with my Schick M2 Adjustable Injector razor and a Personna SS Injector 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 Florida Water as an after shave. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

Menthol Monday
SEptember 21, 2015

B-3 Mongoose with UFO Titan Fine XL
Feather Pro Super #2
Rubberset 400 # 4 TGN High Mountain White @clint64
Sterling Soap Co. Glacial Obsidian
Alum, Sterling Black Ice Witch Hazel, Cucumber Melon Whipped Shea Butter
Krampert’s Frostbite Aftershave

My second shave with a Feather Pro Super was another extremely close shave, perhaps closer than necessary for weekday shaves. The Mongoose is more aggressive with the Pro Super blade. I’ll switch to the Feather Pro for Wednesday’s shave and save the Pro Super for weekend shaves.
Mr. Frost was here today. Sterling’s Glacial Osidian was a face freezing, eye watering experience. This is not a Girly Man’s shave soap, according to Freeze. The latest, number 8, @clint64 400 Restore with a TGN HMW churned the Black Ice Soap into a dark cold lather. I really love the added chill of the Black Ice Witch Hazel. Finished today’s shave with a generous spritz of Krampert’s Frostbite Aftershave. May the chill be with you!

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Planned SOTD Menthol Monday 21 Sep 15





Gillette Fusion Flexball ProGlide {D-19}
Pre-Shave: Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap
Pre-Shave Oil: Tiki Bar Frosted Woodlands Pre-Shave Oil
Shaving Mug: VDH Luxury Mug
Shaving Brush: "Old Corps" & "Oscar 11" Custom 28/65mm TGN Finest Badger F-2 Knot Resin Handle Brush
Shaving Soap: Stirling Soap Co. Glacial Spearmint
After Shave Alum: Razorock Ultimate Aftershave
After Shave Balm: Afta After Shave Skin Conditioner
After Shave: Captain's Choice Lime
WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)
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Razor: Gillette Slim Twist Black Handle
Blade: Racer (2)
Soap: Blueness
Brush: Isana Men Pure Badger
AS: Brut Original

I love face lathering with this brush, it makes a rich, thick lather. Although the soap lathered well, it has lack of protection and also dried my skin. I immediately felt it after the shave and I put on some face cream besides brut after shave.

 

La Saponeria Artigiana / Zenith 22mm Silvertip / Merkur 34C / Polsilver SI / Rasoio e Pennello Cologne

 

09/21/2015
Razor – Mongoose B2 with Triad SS Helix
Blade – Feather Super Pro (6)
Brush – Rubberset 400 # 3 with WSP HMW
Lather – B&M Latha
Post - Witch Hazel and Myrsol F/Extra

 

Wow, day 19. That's impressive hahaha. Maybe I should go back to fusion carts =P

 

Menthol Monday
This one was cold! My tears mixed with the lather after the first pass. The Fatboy glided easily over my chilly face for an excellent shave. I finished up with Fine Platinum to carry on the cool.
Prep: Tea Tree conditioner
Soap: HTGAM FrostByte
Brush: HIS
Razor: 59 Fatboy 9-9-7
Blade: Voskhod (1)
AS: Fine Platinum

 

SOTD
September 21, 2015
Prep: Hot Shower. Axe Energizing Face Wash Boost
Razor: Mongoose B3 Dr. Bomber Handle
Blade: Feather Professional
Lather: Proraso Green
Brush: L'Occitane Plisson
Post: Thayers Cucumber WH. Gold Bond Ultimate
Aftershave: Proraso Green
Cold classic shave. Proraso belongs in everyone's den. The Goose is still flying high!
Never let the things you WANT
Make you forget the things you HAVE

 

Menthol Monday September 21 SOTD:

Homemade PS Oil
Stirling Synthetic Brush
Stirling Glacial Wintergreen
Injector Type G
Osage Rub
Stirling Unscented PSB
Barbasol Pacific Rush AS

 

Menthol Monday:

Prep: Hot shower, Healthy Accents Daily Renewal Cleanser, TSD Jasmine Sambac preshave balm
Brush: Simpsons 56 Best Badger
Lather: Ginger's Garden Grass Stain Menthol Snow
Razor: RazoRock Bamboozled RAKE OC
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (4)
Passes: WTG, XTG (9, 10)
Post: Cold water splash, Bloc Osma alum, Dickinson's witch hazel, Aqua Velva Ice Blue AS splash
Cologne: Xeryus by Givenchy

The Grass Stain Menthol Snow is really getting in short supply; the extreme doughnut shape of the remaining soap makes it a bit of a challenge to load up the 56 properly, though I managed. I'll have to start thinking about my next order from Irena! Monday morning user error, combined with a blade possibly past its prime, caused a weeper at the angle of the mandible on my left side, curtailing my shave after only 2 passes with DFS results.

 

This is the kind of shave which I missed having yesterday. The Glacial Spearmint soap hit me with a menthol wallop which could have frozen a polar bear, and the Glacial Wintergreen balm and witch hazel felt equally frigid, but so comfortable. BBS with almost no effort!

 

Pal Adjustable razor
Personna blade
Plisson/L'Occitane brush
CO Bigelow SC
Osage Rub/Witch Hazel w/aloe
M&L Florida Water cologne w/added menthol

Really fine refreshing shave this morning. Reckon I'm ready to go.

 

It appears your after-shave is living on the edge ..but seriously, with a barber pole on it, it looks good to me.

 

My Monday shave consisted of Feather hardware, Nightdivers Barbershop Special Nr 1, Jack Black shave cream, Alum and Tüff sensitiv after shave
Wishing all of you a great week ahead!
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menthol Monday morning
hot water wash with nuetrogena men's invigorating face wash and a washcloth
Vie-Long horse
BOMBED soap commander vision
Gillette slim(j2)(7)
Ladas(1)
Osage rub
gold bond medicated
norellco/phillips trimmer
Today's shave was nice. menthol Monday still kickin. y'all inspired me to bring the horse to bat. it does well, but feels a little small. three passeswith the birthyear slim and a new blade, for-get-about-it . finished with Osage and a gold bond rub.
hope y'all did as well, or better.

p.s. I use a norelco trimmer for nose and ear hair. what method of removal do y'all use?

 

That Brut looks like the kind Namath used.

 

Conair.

 

Menthol Monday
warm shower/cold water shave
Omega Proraso boar
Proraso PPC
Stirling Glacial Obsidian
Feather AS-D2/Gillette Black Ninja (1)
Bloc Osma alum
Tend Skin
Can You Handlebar BDO
Stirling Glacial Spearmint ASL
Creed Royal Oud

A very frosty start to the week!

Stay frosty,my friends!