No Variation November - A TSD Challenge

I'm with you when I got atg bad things happen. Ive completely stopped ATG and I'm sticking WTG till it all clears up. Don't know if this will help but I've been exfoliating, using hot wet towels, witch hazel and tea tree lotion in between shaves to help bring the redness, swelling, and irritation down. It's been helping me.

 

+1

 

I've been doing similar, warm tag and glycerin/grape seed oil soap, witch hazel then tend skin. At night a good coat of unrefined Shea butter. It does help a lot. Thanks for the input. All the help and knowledgeable is greatly appreciated.

 

If you do it for a whole month!

 

I agree with you. 2 passes are "good enough" for most days, and most days I stick to that. The Semogue should continue to improve all month.

 

I would suggest to back if the prep, especially the exfoliation. Ymmv, but you may actually be making things worse by over prepping.

 

Kudos to all who can stick to the same set up for a whole month... I can barely use the same set up two days in a row.

 

I found it harder not to buy anything in July during NBJ.

 

Well I had another shave today with the Progress set at 4. Not as good of a shave yesterday at 4...hmmmm.... Not sure why. Not sure if it's due to being hesitant/worried about a nick or cut. I think I will go back to setting 3 for the rest of the month and try to get consistently good shaves. If I have success then I will try dialing it back up. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

 

That's another thing I couldn't do... refrain from buying goodies... thanks but no thanks!!

 

I managed to refrain from buying anything for 5 consecutive days now

 

I made it thru NBJ and carried on with my own personal NBA and then went crazy and bought a ton of Stuff in September

 

Day 6 - No Variation November!

6 November 2015



Utopia 3-piece
Gillette Silver Blue (6)
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic
Proraso Barbe Dure
Alum
TSD ISZ AS Splash under the Veg
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I am settling into a nice routine with this razor. Day 6 on GSB and still going strong. Was able to get to two pass DFS with no issues. Just a lazy evening at home with Mrs. Samurai. Other than that...all is quiet in Colorado.

Have a great weekend!
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Shave 4

So I get home and nobody is home. Yippee I can have our one and only bathroom to myself. So I take a nice leisurely HOT shower.
When I get out I prep for my shave. Whipped up an awesome bowl of lather. My brush with the WD SYN can really make a lather. Anyhow I lather up and gram my ER 1912 with my GEM blade (4) and start my nice relaxing shave WTG. I get about 2/3 done and I here the front door slam. Oh well I think there goes my ME time. Sure enough my son pounds on the door saying he has to use the bathroom now. A guy just can't catch a break. So I real quick finish my chin and upper lip. Then let him use the bathroom.

So I go and sit down in my chair and wait. All the while I am kind of mad as I had an awesome lather sitting there drying out. So when he finally gets out I get to go back to work. Thinking my lather will suck now I re wet my face and start to lather. Goodie the lather is still good. Not so mad now. Do my second pass XTG this time I take short strokes with no pressure to try and get my problem under jaw hairs. Do quick rinse and check for reduction. Pretty good seems to be very even all over.

Lather up again and give it a go ATG. Going nice and slow with short strokes. I finish my last pass and feel for missed areas. As usual there is a bit under the jaw. My face is still slick feeling so I do a light buffing only in two small areas. Rinsed off with cold water and felt around. Another DFS with the ER. These are the 4 best shaves in a row I have ever had. Loving SE shaving.

I think I will start shaving every day for the next 4 or 5 days to see if I can get the same results with only 2 passes. I will experiment with XTG and ATG for my passes. Also to see if I get any irritation. So far I have had ZERO irritation. One other thing my wife has noticed how my shin is looking much better. I have to agree. It looks very healthy for a lack of a better description.

Oh almost forgot went with Aqua Velva AS Nice and cool. My face feels great.

Tom

 

I didnt buy anything today....

 

Planned Day 7

I will be trying Myrsol Emulsion as a pre shave tomorrow just to change it up.

 

Makita?

 

I am also on day six with the Feather AC SS with a Professional blade. This blade is still smooth so I am going to give it a day seven tomorrow.
Today's shave was a DFS two pass with one bloody spot. I tried to remove my Adam's Apple, which was operator error. I am still scared to try for a BBS pass and will wait another week or so before throwing caution to the wind.
SOTD
Feather AC SS
Feather Professional (6)
TOBS Grapefruit
Rubberset 400
Pinaud Lime Sec AS
Have a great weekend!

 

Boooooooring: Not enough stubbles to justify a shave this morning - have been too thorough yesterday.
Have a great saturday y'all!

 

And I hope you have a great weekend!