Shower or Shave (SoS) June 4 - 10

TUESDAY

Slim Adjustable
Derby blade
Kent BK4
FAX regular SC
Varron Dandy AS
LT disappearing cream

Nice shave, that Fax-cream is a good 'un

 

Tuesday AM

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post at end of shower
SMF 1 brush
'66 Slim Adjustable w/ Feather blade (Day 5)
T&H West Indian Limes cream + QED Peppermint soap
Warm water rinse
Cold water rinse
DR Harris Sandalwood A/S splash
Cold water rinse
Aqua Velva Ice Balm + Mama Bear's Summer A/S Milk (Rose & Lavender) + Limes Skin Food
T&H Trafalgar EdT

Man, I could go the rest of my life with using only the following splashes after a shave:

DR Harris Sandalwood
Aqua Velva
Skin Bracer
Proraso (green splash)

All the other menthol stuff (Lustray, Osage Rub, etc.) I use at night after I wash my face... but after a shave the above splashes are the 4 Horsemen.

DR Harris = Ric Flair (space mountain, baby WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!)
Aqua Velva = The Enforcer Arn Anderson
Skin Bracer = Tully Blanchard
Proraso splash = Ole Anderson

::git

 

Tuesday:

Omega brush
Parker 22R/new Sharp
Palmolive Refreshing Lemon shaving cream*
Anherb a/shave conditioner
Givenchy Pour Homme edt

no doubt about it, Sharps are the best for me, when it comes to a DE blade. I can shave with them even with my eyes closed!

*Palmolive Refreshing Lemon cream is from India, and it gives great lather, and has a nice lemony scent, and terrific skincare.

 

Tuesday

• Hot shower
• Hot towel
• Proraso Pre/Post
• KMF Vanilla Mint
• Omega Boar
• (lather on face)
• Slant/Swede
• Royall Lime AS

Swedes are more forgiving for me than the Feather, and give as nice a shave.

 

after shower at the sink:


'53 Gillette SS w/Derby (1)
Simpson Duke 2
Proraso pre post
De Vergulde Hand s/s
warm water rinse
touch up with disposable Gillette
cold water splash
Thayers After Shave w/h
De Vergulde Hand asb
L'Occitane Verbena edt

 

Hot shower and towel
Shavemac 944 Best
T&H 1805
Shumate 4/8 Semi Round point
Nivea for Men ASB
John Varvatos EDT


I could not get AOS Rose to lather at all. I remembered reading the label and it said Brush or Brushless. I guess more brushless than brush. Too bad.

Raf

 

Nice Going Fritz. With all the stuff we've got, we may have to do the same thing. Maybe even a different soap cream per pass. :rofl

 

Use them all at once and it feel like the 4 horsemen galloping across your face.

 

Really? Can we watch?

 

2007-06-05

Shower
Bar Soap: Dr. Bronner's Unscented Mild Castille Soap
Shampoo: Burt's Bees Super Shiny Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Shampoo
Conditioner: Burt's Bees Super Shiny Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Conditioner
Facial Wash: Burt's Bees Soap Bark & Chamomile Deep Cleansing Cream (Nose & Forehead)
Body Lotion: Burt's Bees Soothingly Sensitive Aloe & Buttermilk Lotion
Deodorant: Burt's Bees Herbal Deodorant
Shaving
Razor: Merkur 198 Hefty Classic Slant Bar Safety Razor
Shaving Blades: Derby Double Edged Razor Blades
Shaving Brush: Kent BK4 Small Ivory Silver Tip Badger Shaving Brush
Shaving Bowl: Petco 4" Stainless Steel Pet Water Bowl
Shaving Cream: Em's Place Em's Lathering Lime & Citrus Shave Cream (Really nice stuff and Note to Myself: A little goes a long way)
Technique: WTG/45XTG/45XTG Cleanup
Post Shave
Aftershave: Em's Place Minty Menthol Aftershave and Body Splash (For the Menthaholics around here, all I can say is WOW!! is this nice stuff)
Cologne: Mama Bear Spellbound Cologne (I love this scent. I got the complete set. It's warm, sexy and cozy and not overpowering.)

Result: 4.6/5.0 OK, this was one heck of a pleasant shave experience. Em's cream performed wonderfully and the Lime & Citrus had just the right amount of subtlety to it. It lathered a huge thick amount. I could of used half the usual amount. The aftershave? Talk about face shock and cool down. I had to wait 15 minutes before my face stopped tingling before adding the cologne. And the cologne? Well I'm sitting here feeling warm and fuzzy and wish I was home at the moment with my wife.

 

Mama Bear Dragon's Tears Shaving Soap
Kent BK4
6/8 Case XX Tested Straight
Handamerican Strop
Shavex Alum
Frankincense Hydrosol
Hydrolast Unscented A/S Conditioner

 

Well, that might work... But, aside from the fact that's it's almost (SWMBO is watching) the most luxurious thing that's ever touched my face, one advantage of the BK12 is that it helps you use up that enormous inventory of soaps and creams that you have collected, so that when you die, there will be only 30% of it left unused, as opposed to 60%.

So, if I used a different soap/cream each pass, lessee, carry the 2, cross product of the |S|vector with the |U|vector... Oh heck, I'm gonna hafta write a program to figger this...

Later,

 

This was funny at first, but it started me thinking. Could I really shave with my eyes closed? Actually, I think I could (although not with a str8). Of course I might have to have my eyes open to find things, to lather, etc. But the actual shaving is pretty much feel. (I know all about this. From age 6 I have been 20/550 or so vision-wise, and routinely shaved without my glasses in an ordinary mirror, which is about looking at an image 6 feet away.) I recently installed a swing-out 5X magnification mirror, which I think is a nice thing. But I could live without it.

 

This is one of the reasons we do super lathers. Two products at once. And here I thought it was to create more luxurious lathers.

OK, so, if I use an unscented cream as a pre-lather, a soap and cream as a super lather, one of them unscented. That would give me three products. If I did a clean up pass with a hand smoothed cream or shave stick then that would be four products. How am I doing?

 

Well, actually, (read: seriously speaking) the super lathers are something I think are really worth investigating. I've tried a few combinations, and been very pleased. But you're right, as usual. It will help use up the excess SC/SS in the world!

 

I do super lathers maybe 1 in 10 shaves. They are very nice but, it takes me twice as long to decide what I want to use. The one easy part is I stick to one part is unscented. I'd go nuts if I started pairing up scents. I know there are some fantastic recipes for doing just that though. Work is never done.

 

Sure, Rich, no problem!

 

Tuesday AM:

Dang, its been a while since I posted up my shave....I have been really struggling with the straights. Went the DE route today:

Shave
Warm Water +++
Lucky Tiger Lemon PreShave
Hot Towel
Warm Water +++
Savile Row 3226
Williams Mug Soap
Palmolive Lather Cream (US-red)
Gillette '59 Fatboy dialed at 2
7AM v3 Double Edge Blade

Shower
Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap - as a shampoo
Oregon Soap Company Patchouli Soap - face
Speick Bath Bar

Finish
Cold Water
Italian Floid Aftershave Splash
Cold Water
Witch Hazel Spray
AOS Sandalwood Aftershave Balm - all over face
English Leather Cologne - Original
Booster Lanolin Hair Cream
Aubrey Organics Pine Needle Deodorant Spray

 

Sorry to hear your struggling with the str8.

 

As am I - I'm real close to throwing in the towel........ Every time I use a straight, I end up late for work with a butchered Mug. I think its just not for me.