SoS Dec 22 - 28

sorry Doc.........

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Its cool, your turn anyway....

My shave of the week.

Merkur Slant
C&E Best
Erasmic Cream
Skin Bracer

 

Monday AM

Here's to a short work week for (hopefully) everyone!

It's 1 degree F outside... wind chill of negative 18. So what does that call for? MENTHOL!

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post at beginning of shower
Tabula Rasa cream during shower
SR 3124
Merkur Progress w/ Derby Extra blade
Tryphon Permafrost soap + TSD Frostbite cream
WWR
TSD Iced Sandalwood A/S splash
CWR
Mama Bear's Peppermint/Menthol milk
Ungaro Ungaro III EdT

 

Monday

Merkur OC LH
Lord SS
VDH Boar & Soap
Old Spice Fresh AS

 

Monday:

Omega Silvertip
Lord Super/Derby day 3
Florena S/C
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Mosswood A/S
Aramis EDT

I cannot believe that this was my 2nd consecutive shave without any menthol! Florena is another cream that I wish was still around.

 

1 degree? Wow , that's 15 degrees warmer then where I am right now...
14 below this morning...

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
TABAC
C&E BBB
Merkur HD
Treet Classic
Boosters June Clover
Nivea ASB

 

Where's the Menthol?

 

Monday 12/22 . . .

• [*]Prep: Rite Aid Skin Cleansing Cream & Hot Towel
  [*]Brush: Knotty Badger refurbished Ever Ready 300 Silvertip
  [*]Cream: TSD Coconut Lime Verbena
  [*]Razor: '40 Gillette Regent Tech
  [*]Blade: Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (shave 4)
  [*]Oil Pass: Leisureguy's Last-Pass Shave Oil
  [*]A/S: Thayer's Rose Petal Witch Hazel Toner & Nivea Sensitive ASB
  [*]EDT: TSD Old Spice Type
  
  [*]Result: Wonderful BBS shave with no blood today. Back to the DE on the head instead of the electric. Did experience some slight burning of the cream on the face around the mouth. Experience similar burning with SCS Verbena cream. Otherwise this shave was a great way to start the day and the week.

 

Monday: Musgo Real Lime preshave soap / Lord Parker frankenrazor / Wilkinson white label blade d2 / Arko Shave Stick / VDH brush / Clubman Pinaud aftershave

The frankenrazor works well, the Wilkinson blade smooth. Good way to start the week.

 

Razor: 38C
Blade: Gillette Sharpedge
Brush: Simpson PJ3 Best
Cream: TOBS Rose
A/S: C&S No. 88 splash followed by Wesley&Scott Rose balm
Edt: C&S No. 88

 

Razor: Slim Adjustable
Blade: Red IP
Brush: BK4
Cream: Omega
AS: Proraso Splash

BBS! Wow I honestly think the omega is better than proraso. Didnt use an oil pass today b/c wanted to use the proraso splash solo with anything else. quite nice and not exactly what I was expecting....but still very nice.

 

Omega>Proraso IMO also.

 

I will do a side by side comparison soon but the Omega was much better. I might even do a blind test. 2 bowls squeeze equal amts into each and try to tell difference.

 

Monday:

Merkur "Mergress" / Gillette Swede blade
Rooney Heritage Alibaba 3
Taylor of Old Bond Street Lavender cream
DR Harris Pink; Trumper Limes Skin Food
Creed Royal Scottish Lavender

 

NDC Gillette Super Speed
Gillette Swede
Rooney 3, 1
Taylor's St. James Shave Stick
SCS Sandalwood splash
SCS Bay Rum w/Twist milk

Terrible shave. I used my wife's Olay Age Defying face wash. It made my whiskers feel like barbed wire. I recall that soon after switching from that to Cetaphil face wash my shaves took a drastic turn for the better. This experience just proves the difference.

 

Monday

Hot Shower - Hot Towel
Art of Shaing Unscented Pre-Shave Oil
Penhaligons Castille Shave Cream
Art of Shaving Brush
Gillette Tuckaway
Dorco ST-301
Aqua Velva Ice After Shave Splash

 

Monday

Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Red-Pack Personna
Brush: Tweezerman
Cream: Musgo
A/S: Stephan Alpine Menthol

 

Rooney 3/2 Super
Greenpond Sandalwood SC
Slant w/ Feather
Humphreys Witch Hazel
Ahava ASB
Gap Smooth Sandalwood EDT
Have a great night!

 

Monday

Razor: Gillette #58
Blade: LB Wilkinson
Brush: Simpson Polo #8
Cream: Coates Sandalwood
A/S: QED Texas Cedarwood a/s/c
Edt: Diptyque Tam Dao

 

Tuesday:

Omega Silvertip
Parker 22R V1/new Derby
Proraso Aloe/Green Tea S/S
Arko Aqua A/S gel
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Floris Santal EDT

A new blade always helps to give a great shave--the Derbys are excellent, and they really are quite forgiving!