SoS: April 9th, 2012 - April 15th, 2012

Lately I feel so restless on a Sunday evening, so I want to post the first shave for the new week!

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Shark day 6
Bozzano Sensitive SC
Barbon AS
Obsession For Men EDT

These Shark blades give awesome shaves with little or no effort, and the Brazilian Bozzano Sensitive cream has such a rich lather. I love the strong minty/eucalyptus scent that this cream has and the potent menthol cooling. The Barbon aftershave has perfect skincare and a fabulous cooling effect as well.

 

A good Monday morning to all of you from wonderfully sunny Singapore.

I kick this week's SoS with the following shave:

Edwin Jagger hydrating pre-shave lotion
Calani Cadre Noir shave soap
Mühle Basic Nr. 02 shave brush with Silver Tip Fibre
'60s British Gillette Flare Tip Rocket
Feather (new)
D.R. Harris Bay Rum after shave

The EJ pre-shave lotion was a sample I've been sent and I thought today was a good day to try it out. I have to say, it was a good choice for Menthol Monday, as this pre-shave is loaded with Menthol steroids... Talk about dipping your face into a bucket of ice-cold water taken from a lake in northern Finland (or similar) after hacking a hole into the ice...

This particular puck of Cadre Noir shave soap has finally been lathered up for the last time, nothing's left. A fresh puck of Calani Purissima is locked and loaded for tomorrow..

Wishing all of you a fantastic week ahead!

 

I merged the two SOS threads that were started for this week, since Jeff's (Crackstar) was posted 7 minutes earlier, I used his for the starting post.

Thanks to both Jeff's for starting the thread.

 

Thanks, Bill, makes sense to have it all lined up properly. Apololgies for causing the extra work, I kept a lookout for Jeff's post, knowing that he rarely gets an early Sunday night , I think we must have started our respective threads simultaniously.

Happy shaving everyone!

 

Monday, April 9, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Warm water wetdown, RazoRock Pre
Razor :: BRW Fatip
Blade :: Super Iridium
Soap :: RazoRock Mughetto di Bologna
Brush :: Bill Jack Badger
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH & Rosewater
AS :: Booster Polar Ice AS & TSD Tobacco Leaf Milk

The RR artisan soaps are one of the few soaps I can smell thruout the shave from start to finish that doesn't fade on me. I hope everybody has a great week.

 

Hot shower
Proraso Pre shave cream
Merkur 1904 open comp
shark blade
Proraso Green bowl
Proraso ASL

nice shaving smoothing but not like how doing with Merkur futur by the way i keep it same blade (shark) which i use it with futur

 

Monday 9 April 2012.

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Menthol Monday is here!
Eveline shave gel as preshave
OCMM/Gem SS PTFE
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Valobra Menthol +3 drops of M-bomb
Cold water splash
Nivea AS splash + 2 drops of M-bomb
Smooth and frosty! Valobra boosted by Bomb, is a champ!

 

Monday, April 9

55’ Gillette Red Tip
Voskhod (d1)
Tabac SS
Vulfix 404 Grosvenor
Barbasol Brisk
Result: DFS on 3 fast passes.

 

Jeff, thanks for understanding - hey, next week if you feel like starting off the Thread, go for it!

 

Monday

Hot Shower
Omega Pro Boar
KMF Unscented
Lord L6
Gillette 7 OC Blue (2)
Cool Water Rinse
Victoria's Secret Heavenly Body Lotion
Victoria's Secret Heavenly Body Spray

I hand lathered the KMF today. Not feeling up to doing much work, I sure will be glad when Wednesday comes and goes.

Have a great week everyone.

 

iKon OC Bulldog
Rapira Swedish SS
M&F Lee7
Nivea Energy A/S w/ M Bomb

Parfumerie Generale Cozé 02

 

Monday 9th April

Facial scrub
3P Pre/post shave cream
Gold Dollar 208 6/8 razor
Semogue 1250 Brush
Vitos Green Soap
Alum Block followed by 3P Pre/Post shave cream
Aqua Velva AS

Some time back Nic (Jeltz) honed this razor for me. I have used it several times now, and as yet I have not required pasted strops to maintain the edge. To me this says 2 things. 1) Nic did a really good job, and 2) The Gold Dollar has pretty good steel. Today's shave was an absolute delight. Three pass BBS

 

Monday, April 9, 2012

Prep: Hot shower; Yardley bath bar
Lather: MWF - face lather
Brush: Semogue 1250
Razor: Schick I1 Injector
Blade: Chinese Schick (5); 3+ passes
Post: Cold water rinse; Krampert's Finest Bay Rum

Shave #5 for the Chinese Schick & it still feels like new. Again, not a great lather from the 1250. I'll use the 1438 on Mitchell's tomorrow to really compare.

 

Monday, April 9, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Hills Brothers Original Blend
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: Speick
Brush: Semogue LE 2011
Scuttle: Dirty Bird 1.5
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Speick A/S

 

Monday:

Soak Brush/Savile Row 3824
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
TSD ISZ shave soap
Muhle R41 Grande/Derby (1)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean razor,brush,police area)
Cold Water Rinse
alcolado Glacial mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

I had a very nice shave with the R41 and Derby combo.Today I did a 2 pass,WTG,ATG on my face,I did get one minor weeper on my neck that closed during my rinse with sink water.I have to say the Derby worked better in the R41 for me than the Feather did,making me think that either my face just likes the Derby better in the R41,or I had a bad Feather.I've had a bad Feather Pro blade once,it had a blunt edge,so it's not impossible that a bad DE sneaked by QC.

 

Monday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
Omega Pro Red
Maca Root
Alum Block
Aqua Velva
Afta Original
Pinaud Clubman

 

Monday! 4 days of growth

Hot shower + Noxema Orig Deep Cleansing Cream
Proraso Anti-irritation Pre-Shave
Proraso Green Soap, face lathered
Vulfix 404 "The Grosvenor" boar/badger mix
3 pass w/ '73 SS Black Handle + Voskhod (1)
Cold Water Rinse
Gillette Sensitive Skin AS Balm

Ya know, I ruined this shave with that Gillette balm garbage. I don't know how it fell off my shelf and into my hand, and got onto my face, ugh. Other than that, it was a fantastic DFS! The SS/Voskhod took down about 90% in the first pass, the last two were just for fun and touch-up.

 

It was the Proctor and Gamble devil that put that Gillette balm in you hands.

 

Vulfix 41 - MWF - Rolls - ToBS Eton

Had moose brush out for a pic a while ago so I've been using it. Not a bad brush, just to much brush.