Quickie Fingers (no time for a brush) QED Sandalwood Soap Stick Golden Slant + Platinum Feather WWR CWR Michesons BayRum AS Splash EMs BayRum ASB
WEDNESDAY Gillette SS Gillette Silver blue MP best badger ltlsuz sweet honey almond SS Floid Provence Sante ASB
Wednesday This was so nice, I repeated it. MUSIC: The Dean Martin Christmas Album – Dean Martin (Vinyl) Ansgar’s Scuttle Chubby #1 in Best Joel’s Spearmint Shave Soap * (Thanks Joel & Nick!) Wade & Butcher 6/8 Quarter Hollow Notch Point (Black Bakelite) TM Artisan 3”, 60 on the Canvas /60 on the Latigo /60 on the Horsehide 3 Passes NO Styptic Pencil WWR CWR Alum Bock CWR QED Da Vinci Water Nivea Replenishing ASB Booster Sage Hair Tonic Have an outstanding Wednesday! * I will be using this soap and brush combination for the next 2 weeks per Joel’s & Nick’s directions.
Wednesday: Omega Silvertip Parker 22R V1/Sharp day 2 Palmolive Menthol s/c (Italian version) :drool :drool :drool :drool Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Drakkar Noir edt With this cream, you can get freezer-burn! :rofl :rofl :rofl It feels and smells delicious!
Hot shower and towel Simpson Commodore X3 Cambridge Goat Milk/Shea Butter French Vanilla Shaving Soap H.Boker 5/8 Oblique Point Dr. Harris AS Milk Musgo Real #3 Edt Denton, Tx has the hardest water I have ever encountered. Raf
I Walked Into a Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out after shower at the sink: M500/IP(2) SR 3318 Proraso pre post Valobra Mentholated Soft Soap WWR touch up with disposable Gillette CWS Thayers Lavender w/h Proraso a/s L'Occitane Vetyver edt
Wednesday AM Hot shower Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower TJ's custom beard softening oil SR 3330 ebony brush :drool :1respect '60 Fatboy w/ Gillette Silver Blue blade (Day 4) DR Harris Lavender cream WWR CWR Aqua Velva Ice Sport (Green) A/S splash CWR QED Patchouli/Tea Tree/Peppermint balm + Mama Bear's Peppermint/Menthol milk T&H 1805 EdT QED 3330 -- a monster of a brush. You gotta love lathering on your face and only making minimal movement to cover your entire beard area. Whoever said smaller is better in a brush has never experienced the sweet, sweet decadence of 30mm of Savile Row lovin'.
Wednesday Crabtree & Evelyn Sienna cream Crabtree & Evelyn best badger brush Geo. Wostenholm "Peerless" 5/8 square point Thayer's WH Italian Floid Bellissima!
HTT at sink Weishi Gunmetal (for 3 passes ) and finish with the closer: 1940SS +Platinum Feather TOBS Avocado cream WWR CWR AquaVelva Classic AS splash Anherb ASConditioner The Weishi aint long for my shavery........
2007.12.12 Shave of the Day Shower Hair Tonic:Lucky Tiger Special Formula Hair Tonic Shave Razor:Feather Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N [Link] Razor Blades:Feather Professional Blades for Feather ACD-N [Link] Razor:Merkur 37C Slant Bar HD Double Edged Safety Razor Chrome [Link} Razor Blades:Feather High Stainless Platinum Double Edged Razor Blades Bowl:Mitsuwa6" Beige shallow hand thrown Japanese bowl with side rest [Link] Brush:Crabtree & Evelyn Edwin Jagger Made Small Best Badger Brush [Link] Shave Cream/Soap:Kent Lanolin Triple Milled Shave Soap Technique:(Feather WTG)/(DE ATG Cleanup) Post Shave Aftershave Balm:Nivea Extra Soothing Sensitive Skin Balm Aftershave:Em's Place Minty Menthol Aftershave and Body Splash Facial Toner:Thayer's Lavender Witch Hazel & Aloe Toner Aftershave Talc:Pinaud Clubman Aftershave Talc Result: 4.6/5.0 BBS and didn't cause any more damage. That's a good thing. Kent Milled Shave Soap is very hard and needs softening up with a little bit of water beforehand and use lots of water when making lather. This soap will dry you out so don't skimp on hydration. When it's properly wet, it makes everything glide with ease. The ACD-N loved this soap. The Merkur Slant almost had nothing to do.
Sandalbay For the rest of the week. Merkur Slant/Derby Blade Kent BK4 The Shave Den Sandalwood Soap Superior 70 Bay Rum
Wed AM 2006 B&B Finest in horn Merkur Slant w/ Derby blade Mitchell's Wool Fat SS Thayers Rose WH Musgo Real AS Stephanie Dosen "A Lily for the Spectre" (2007)
Thursday MUSIC: A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (Vinyl) Ansgar’s Scuttle Chubby #1 in Best Joel’s Spearmint Shave Soap * (Thanks Joel & Nick!) CV Heljestrand 5/8 Oblique Point (Slick Black Celluloid) ** TM Artisan 3”, 30 on the Canvas /30 on the Latigo /30 on the Horsehide 2 Passes Styptic Pencil WWR CWR Alum Bock CWR SCS “New Spice” EdT Booster Sage Hair Tonic Have an outstanding Wednesday! *Less water gave an even more slick and comfortable shave. Almost cream thick lather! ** This thing is wicked sharp. The easiest razor I have honed so far. Either I’m getting better or this is one easy razor to hone up. And I managed to cut myself on my left cheekbone. I got complacent and this blade bit me pretty hard. About ½ in. long to 15 min. took stop the blood flow.
Thursday: Omega Silvertip Parker 22R V1/Sharp day 3 Tabac shaving stick :drool :drool :drool :drool Lubriderm unscented moisturizer Tabac deo spray Tabac a/s Tabac cologne For today, Tabac all the way! Hey, I'm a poet, don't you know it!
Thursday AM Hot shower Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower Pre de Provence Shae Butter shave cream rubbed in as pre-lather in shower SR 3330 ebony '60 Fatboy w/ Gillette Silver Blue blade (Day 5) DR Harris Lavender cream WWR CWR Aqua Velva Ice Blue A/S splash CWR QED Lavender balm + Mama Bear's Lemongrass/Menthol milk + Bond Superspeed balm ToOBS St. James EdT My first attempt with one of the "old formula" creams. The stuff was as stiff and dense as everyone says it is... took some work to break the snurdle of cream down, but MAN what lather!
This is getting boring! Just another Terrific Shave Day. Bamboo & Teak this time. Ho hum. Simpson Tulip T2 TESC Chatsworth Feather, day 5 TSD B&T soap Thayer's plain Floid Yawn...
