Shower or Shave (SoS) June 25 - July 1

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2007-06-28

Shower
Bath Soap: Epicurean Shea Butter Co Pure Shea Butter Soap :happy093
Shampoo/Conditioner: Burt's Bees Super Shiny Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Conditioner
Shampoo/Conditioner: Burt's Bees Super Shiny Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Shampoo
Facial Wash: Nivea Sensitive Skin Facial Wash
Deodorant: Burt's Bees Herbal Deodorant
Shave
Razor: Merkur 37C Hefty Classic Slant Bar Safety Razor
Shaving Blades: 7am Platinum Double Edged Razor Blades v2
Shaving Brush: Rooney 22mm Style 2 Small Ivory Super Silvertip Badger Shave Brush
Shaving Bowl: Petco 4" Stainless Steel Pet Water Bowl
Shaving Cream: eShave Cucumber Shave Cream
Shaving Cream: Musgo Real Crème Para Barbear Shave Cream (Sample):drool
Technique: WTG/45XTG/45XTG/ATG Cleanup
Post Shave
Aftershave: Musgo Real Classic Scent Aftershave :drool
Aftershave Balm: L'Occitane Cade Aftershave Balm
Cologne: Musgo Real Agua di Colonia #2 - Oak Moss:drool

It was a Musgo Real Day and I tried out the Epicurean Shea Butter Soap finally. I must have been real happy with all this stuff and I really was, because I was just skating the Merkur Slant across my face without really thinking about it and went OH S*** what am I doing!! It's OK, the Musgo Real Cream kept me from killing myself. I did have one rough patch (left neck hollow) though and when the Musgo Real Aftershave hit it....

So, I'd give it a 4.1/5.0 for the shave and 3.0/5.0 for idiocy but, hey! I was really enjoying myself. As far as the shea butter soap is concerned? I've already got the site book marked and plotting my next purchase. I know Vitamin Shoppe carries it but only about 5 versions. Lather, lather, lather and oh so nice to the skin. Between this and Issy soap, I'm set.

 

Thursday

Hot shower
Speick shave stick
C&E Best Badger
Gillette NEW/Wilkinson Sword
Alum block
Makler AS
Anherb conditioner

Thanks to the help on how to use the stick properly, I had a really nice shave. I think part of the reason sticks works so well is because you are massaging your beard hairs right at the start as you apply the stick to your face. I didn't get a super thick lather, but a slick protective one that was easy to rebuild from what I had on my brush.

 

Thursday

Feather Portable Razor
Derby Extra Blade
Rooney Small Style 1 in Super silvertip
L'Occitane Cade Shaving Soap
Shavex Alum Block
Anherb Aftershave Conditioner

Tabac Cologne

 

Merkur Futur
Merkur (day 1)
The Body Shop SC
Shavemac Best Badger

hot/cold rinse
Thayer Witch Hazel
Caswell Massey Sandlewood

 

Bock Silvertip
Speick SS
Merkur with Cadea Blade (former known as "miracle"blade)
365jours Lavendel AS from Mauritius
Anherb After Shave Consitioner

Floris No 89 EdT

The Speick really gave me a superb shave. Almost BBS. The lather was rich, slick and protective. Fabulous.

4.8/5

Have a nice Pirates Day.

 

b4 work....

Shave:
Rooney Super small 3 in horn
Merkur Futur + Derby [#1S(3P+TU)]
MamaBear Dragons Blood Soap
WWR
CWR .....jlander. dont hate me for stealing this
Pinaud Special Reserve AS splash
RNB Summer Salve ASB
MamaBear Dragons Blood EdT

 

Friday: Sorry, Doc!

Omega brush
Parker 22R/Sharp day 3
Tabac shaving stick
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Tabac deo spray
Tabac a/shave
Tabac cologne

I just couldn't find my MB Bay Rum soap, or my other bay rum soaps, or a/shaves and colognes, so I went with the next best thing--Tabac! And, I'm happy I did!

 

PIRATE DAY SHAVE

NDC SuperSpeed
(Can't remember the blade )
MP best badger
SCS B&B Bay Rum w/a twist SC
Dominica BayRum
L'Occitane Cade ASB

Esteban Secrete Afrique EdT

 

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Jim, nice shot. Love the lighting!

 

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post at end of shower
TOP Finest Silvertip Ebony
Feather ACD-N (Japanese) straight w/ Pro Guard blade (Day 5)
Touch up w/ '63 Fatboy w/ Sharps blade (Day 2)
QED Bay Rum soap + SCS Bay Rum w/ a Twist cream
TGQ Bay Rum w/ Sweet Orange soap for final pass + T&C
Warm water rinse
Cold water rinse
Pinaud Bay Rum A/S splash (YOWZA gets me every time!)
Cold water rinse
Booster Island Bay Rum A/S splash
Cold water rinse
SCS Bay Rum A/S balm + QED Bay Rum A/S Skin Conditioner + QED Limes A/S Skin Conditioner
SCS Bay Rum w/ a Twist Cologne



Take care, everybody.

 

wash w/Olive Oil Soap from Isreal
PREP
Scick injector (CVS day 3) 1 pass
Merkur Slant w/Derby (day 3)
"Da Cube"
Tabula Rasa
chubby 2

Thayers Witch Hazel
Barber Shop Classic Polar Ice AS

an "OK" shave

 

Pirate Day in Honor of JoAnna

Merkur 34G Gold Classic HD Double Edged Razor (First Pass)
Dovo Ebenholz 5/8 Silver Steel Straight Razor w/Ebony Scales (Pass 2/3)
(It's Cutthroat Day!)
Omega Boar Brush

Issy Bay Rum and Guiness Stout Bar Soap
Ogallala Bay Rum & Hazelnut Coffee Hand & Body Lotion
Mama Bear Marauder's Citrus Bay Rum & Tangerine Shave Soap (Pre-Lather)
QED QEDman Bay Rum Shave Soap
Tulumba Alum Block
Pinaud Clubman Classic Virgin Island Bay Rum Aftershave
Saint Charles Shave LLC Bay Rum With a Twist Eau De Toilette


OK, I totally reek of Bay Rum. Good thing this stuff dries down quick. Now I only half reek. The shave went well. 4.5/5.0 I ended up first passing with the Merkur Gold HD Classic then doing my cheeks and parts of my neck with the str8 for pass 2 and 3. I finished off the shave with the HD for ATG and cleanup.

 

SM....
How DARE you use "reek" and BayRum in the same post !!??
It just aint right, I tell ya...

 

I reeked in a nice way. Now, I'm pleasantly fragrant with the warm bouquet of Bay Rum.

 

Damn, I would have loved to find my bay rum stuff. I know it's in the house, but the question is where?

 

Merkur HD / Crystal Blade(first generation, waiting to try the next) :rofl
Kent BK8
Pirates Cove Bay Rum w/ Ginger Shaving Soap
Old Spice ASL

 

Saturday AM:



I got many, many compliments on the Vergulde Hand aftershave.......it smells just like the soap. The ladies love it

Oh, and as for the Williams Deodorant, yes....it smells like Aqua Velva drool:drool