SOS: April 2021

Cool colors and gear!

Though no chimneys...

 

2021-04-28, Wednesday

Time passes as fast as desert sand between one’s fingers: a few hours and this month will be gone too.

What does the day after tomorrow hold for me? I prefer not to speculate...
It's better to enjoy this day, staying at home, but knowing that I could go out: staying at home is, therefore, a choice, not an obligation.
I'm almost my own master. And I hope I'm not being a nuisance by asking myself to do things that I don't want to do: sometimes I'm very demanding!

I applied the same rigor in choosing my gear today.
The brush? The knot is the one I already used on a new padouk handle.
Unchanged performance, obviously, and pleasant ergonomics.
The razor? Effective: the fact that I don't fall in love with it is humoral, not rational.
Soap, blades, etc... all more than tested.
And, little by little, I'm using up the balm, just as time wears out my days. Although much slower...





Sapone PS: Sapone di Marsiglia
Sapone: Boellis, Panama
Pennello: Lab. Villefranche, The Tee Padouk/Oumo Fan Manchurian Finest, 24
Rasoio: Gillette, Slim Adjustable, 1961
Lametta: Polsilver, Wizamet (Polonia, 1976)
AS 1: MilMil, Figaro Gel
AS 2: Beiersdorf , Nivea Sensitive
EdT: Farmacia Vaticana, Acqua di Colonia
ST: Nina Simone At Newport, 1960

 

Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue SOC 2 Band Finest Badger in Butterscotch 24/53mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Noble Otter ~ Rawr
Razor/Blade:- Merkur 34C / Gillette Nacet #14
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Invite E High Potency Pure Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerin (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Fragrance:- Jean Paul Gaultier Ultra Male

 

Williams Wednesday's Shave


Cold Water Rinse
Williams Mug Soap
Jayaruh #403 Synthetic
King Cobra
Feather Professional
CWR
Aqua Velva Musk

The Williams Mug Soap lathered well with Jayaruh #403 Synthetic brush. Two passes and touch ups with the King Cobra razor with a Feather Professional blade gave me a close, comfortable shave. After a cold water rinse I finished off with Aqua Velva Musk AS. I am clean, smooth, and refreshed...

 

April 28, 2021
Yates 921 H Plate
Feather
Omega Evo
Arran Lochranza
Thayer’s Aftershave Balm
Guerlain Habit Rouge EdT

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Nice shave, Sergio. Does your Boellis Panama still have a scent? Mine turned darker, became very firm and completely lost its scent. Sold it.

 

Wednesday morning:

King C. Gillette Facial Wash
Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole
Super Speed/Schick day 10
Master Soap Creations Deep Blue SS
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Bleu de Chanel Deodorant Stick
Bleu de Chanel AS Splash
Bleu de Chanel EdP

My second time using this Deep Blue soap and in my honest opinion Fernando created a treasure. The scent is beautiful - it’s a close copy of Diesel Blue, the tallow formula gives great lather with lots of slickness, and it’s so skin friendly. The Nivea Sensitive balm to me anyway, doesn’t smell so nice but at least it performs very well, and do I ever love the Bleu de Chanel fragrance. One other thing I want to mention is that my Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole is one hell of a super brush! What a wonderful BBS shave this was!

Enjoy your day and your shaves - be well and safe!



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Thank you, Joseph.

Mine's still perfect in appearance and performance.
Scent wise... well it lost most of it, but it's still working as the very first day.

Considering the bowl is not air proof, it is obvious, I'd think.
And this is something I'd have corrected.
More over, losing humidity, is even more efficient but, maybe, more difficult to load.

Curious yours changed color!
I received it on March 2014, not yesterday!

 

I love it also.

 

DE SOTD, Wed, April 28th 2021

Razor: Razorock 2nd generation Lupo.72- Mfg 2021> excellent razor, perfect mid range, easy to load & a nice carefree shave.
Blade : Gillette Astra SS(1) excellent blade sharp & smooth with good longevity,
Soap: Tabac- mild flowery fresh scent, excellent lather qualities + reasonable post shave.
Brush: Yaqi boar bristle 24mm- it shed a lot at first, very nice feel to this brush, it will be a keeper. Boar brushes can be very enjoyable to use when broke in properly IMO. Soft tips with a nice scrub with not much scritch.
Pre shave: Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser + a dollop of Clear Aloe Vera gel on the cleaned beard area.
Prep: Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave: Fine fresh Vetiver with witch hazel, excellent scent + a dollop of Nivea balm.
Results: CCS,DFS,BBS + no irritation + 1 weeper= Excellent shave with my RR Lupo .72 + a Gillette Astra SS(blue)
(it does not get much better shaving IMO)


Have some great shaves! Stay & think safe in these times!

 

Wednesday, April 28

Fine L'Orange Noir~~Simpson H4 SiLVERTiP~~Fatip Lo Storto/Spoiler~~Terre d'Hermès Parfum
Have a great day!​

 

April 28th SOTD
Occam's DE w PermaSharp (1)
Oumo Flattop/ Rubberset 400 #3
SV Desert Vetiver
Thayers
Fine Fresh Vetiver

Have a great day all!

 

SOTD

Razor: Monobilt
Blade: gillette wilkinson
Brush: Tom handle with huuuge badger
Soap: mystic water black rose?
Post: rose witch hazel
A/s : nivea 2 phase

I have failed to mention in my previous posts that most of my shaves have been ATG passes only. So any negative comments ive made and make regarding razor / blade performance are based on the shave i get shaving this way. Its just something ive been doing lately. I dont shave the same way all the time. Im constantly changing it up.

So the shave this morning was good, but as shave atg will do, i got irritation. Certain razors perform well and are smooth but others sort of feel like the blade tug at the hair then cut thats how it felt. The end result was a sore and tender face. Oh well as i always say “ mess around and you get messed with “. Lol


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First Shave with a Gillette 195 Adjustable!!!
Three passes
With: 3
Across: 2
Against: 1

Gillette 195 Fatboy E4
Feather Blade (1)
Parker Brush
Shave Nation bowl
Captain's Choice Sandalwood Soap
Shavex Alum Block
Captain's Choice Sandalwood Balm

Just a fantastic shaving experience!!

 

..that's my story.

 

thank you Sergio..it's still there..the red brick..

 

Here you go for Throwback Thursday:

prep-Dial 4 Men Bodywash(Infinite Fresh)in shower
shave-Central Texas Soaps(Week-end Rodeo)*
brush-Stoylin Pro-Handle Synth(26 mm.)
razor-Gillette Sensor Deuce Pivot + DisposeABLE
A.S.-Central Texas Soaps(Week-end Rodeo)*
Fragrance: Shagraf Oud Aswad**
*Rodeo in America began in the mid-to-late 1800's, in western states like Texas and Oklahoma, having first originated in Spain and then Mexico in the 1700's.
**-House of Swiss Arabian Perfumes(Parfum)

 

absolutely splendid line ups gents.

 

wednesday shave
brit 1st gen aristocrat
spoiler
rubberset 200-3
tobs sandalwood

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Gary