SoS: April 29, 2013 - May 5, 2013

Tuesday:

Cetaphil Face Bar
Shave Secret Oil
Cella
Osage Rub
Afta Fresh
Brut
EJ Best Medium
Dovo Natural

 

EJ with Ebony Handle
Mama Bear's Iced Lilac Soap
Rudy Vey restored brush-fan shaped finest badger
Master's Lilac Vegetol Splash
Proraso AS Balm
music-John Lee Hooker
java-home roasted Sumatra

 

Tuesday
Mornings are busy sadly do not have time to take pictures. We go to the fitness center everyday.
Typical start with a hot shower. Facial prep scrub with Dove for Men.
Honeybee Vanilla Sandalwood today's soap choice.
Shavemac Silvertip
Razor and blade change today. Razor choice Gillette Rocket paired with Shark.
Two passes resulted in a superior DFS.

 

Pre: hot shower, Lush ocean salt face scrub
Brush: EJ pure
Cream: CO Bigelow
Razor: '71 Black Beauty (3 passes on 1)
Blade: Astra SP (3rd & last use)
Post: Pinaud's bay rum, Body Shop maca root razor relief

I'm working my way through the assortment of sample aftershave balms I got at the mall last week, and the Body Shop maca root is pretty good. It doesn't seem to leave much residue and it doesn't irritate my skin at all, although I'm not crazy about the scent, and next up will be the Lime balm from Crabtree. I've been liberally splashing on bay rum after my cold water rinse, letting it dry while I tidy up, and then applying balm, and I like the results so far.

 

Pre: Hot shower and warm water splash
Brush: #6 Turkish horsehair
Razor: Gillette black handle super speed
Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock yellow (4th shave)
Soap: Pyrate Cove Cucumber and Mellon

I decided to take a small break from the straight razor for skin healing purposes. I need to work on my technique for shaving my right side with my straight razor, so while that area heals I am back to DEs exclusively for a few days. I pulled out my puck of Pyrate Cove Cucumber and Mellon because I haven't used it in a while and wanted to remind myself of why I like it so much. I soaked the #6 brush while I took a shower and was pleasantly surprised to notice that I have finally gotten it to the point where 90% of the odor is gone. For my razor I selected my trusty Gillette black handle super speed with a fairly well used 7 O'Clock yellow.

I soaked the puck of Pyrate Cove for a few seconds while removing some of the moisture from my brush and then went to town. With the perfect water/soap ratio this soap produced its usual creamy abundant lather and filled my bathroom with a pleasant, sweet scent. The lather went on smoothly and provided a nice slick surface for my razor to work with. The razor did its usual great job and the blade was superb. I have to admit that I was not a fan of these blades at first, but they seem to mellow down extremely well. I did a three pass shave followed by a cold water rinse and was rewarded with a BBS shave with zero nicks or irritation. A text book perfect shave.

 

Well, for whatever reason tapatalk would not let me add a picture to my previous post (which I accidentally posted half way through my write up and then had to edit to complete it), so here it is, my SOTD picture.

 

The cucumber and melon soap sounds interesting. I love the way the TOBS grapefruit I have smells, but wish it lasted longer. I wonder sometimes if after the first whiff of the fragrance my sense of smell gets dulled a little and I don't notice the scent as much.

 

Here's the review I did of the Cucumber and Mellon a while back. It also has the link to the Pyrate Cove web site. http://theshaveden.com/forums/index.php?threads/31749/

 

Fast and easy Shave before going out for dinner....

After hot quick shower, Grand Ma Ancient Roses pre shave oil (family recipe from 1929 made from a variety of old Damas (from Syria) roses)
Super fast and easy job in the scuttle.... Geo F. T. Sandalwood / Kent BK12 brush
Darwin weapon loaded with a feather blade
2 passes Top BBS
TOBS Bay Rum AS....


Ready for Thai Dinner now, and Jazz Club in Antibes next ....

 

What a cool handle !!!

 

Tuesday

Prep: Hot shower, Steve's Own pre-shave oil
Coffee: ???, BLACK
Soap: TSD SOTQ D2
Brush: Omega 11574
DE: '67 Slim Twist
Blade: Astra SP, day 3, 3 passes
Post: Cold water rinse, Brut ASB, Brut cologne, hand strop blade
'Stache Wax: Steve's Own

I'm liking this pre-shave oil. It's Sara's receipe. Top shelf!

 

Tuesday

Body Shop Maca Root SC
Simpson's Special Best Badger
EJ89dl
Astra SP (3)
3 pass shave
Cold Water splash
Aqua Velva Ice Blue aftershave

Great shave

 

Proraso pre
Omega 35 Boar
TOBS Almond SC
Merkur 34c HD
Astra SS (2)
Thayer's Original
Penhaligon's Endymion ASB

 

8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Ceramic bowl
Viking Cool SC
Tet-a-tet ASB
Nice shave!

 

SOTD Tuesday 4-30-13

Prep: Hot shower, Cetaphil, TSD ISZ PSB, hot towel
Soap: TSD Lanolin Iced Barbershoppe mixed with Bigelow cream
Razor: '46/7 'Crat
Blade: Super-max Titanium
Brush: AOS pure badger
Shave: 4 passes face, 2 passes back of neck
Post: Warm water rinse, cold water rinse, Clubman AS, Clubman talc on body
Pomade: Murray's Superior
Cologne: Cartier Pasha

Really took my time on my neck at the adam's apple, where the hair swirls. I usually get a nick there due to how the hair lays down and how sensitive the skin is. But this time I got really good and smooth there with no problems. BBS once again. Also shaved my back with a Merkur 34c and Gillette 7 o'clock yellow, with help from the misses. Very refreshing on this warm spring day.

 

Tuesday night....

Razor: Schick E injector
Blade: Schick (1)
Soap: Tabac
Brush: Rubberset resto w/TGN 20mm black badger knot
alum block
cold water rinse

 

shower and soap from Aleppo
SWK XL scuttle
Merkur 38B
Bic # 1
Semouge Il Rasoio LE
MWF
Nivea lotion silver protection

 

Wednesday 01-05-2013

Razor: Muhle R89
Blade: SuperMax Platinum (3)
Brush: Omea 10077
Cream: SuperMax Ultimate Lemon - Lime
AS: No - Only cold water

 

Wednesday:

NXT Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Rapira day 3
Gada Cool Mint SC
Visal AS Gel
Osage Rub AS
Givenchy Pour Homme EDT

I'm so BBS this morning that it's unreal - the best blades for me are the Rapiras. They're so smooth as well as sharp, and they have very good longevity. I went all-out again with the menthol this morning - the Gada Cool Mint cream, Visal gel, and the Rubby Dubby Doo did a terrific job of freezing my face off!

 

Muhle R41-13 - Tradere handle
Gillette 7OC Super Plat (Black Ninja)
Semogue 2000
Klar Kabinett
Alum
Superior 70