SoS: February 6th, 2012 ~ February 12th, 2012

Time for another Theme Week, and this weeks theme is 3-Piece Week Razor Week, so load 'em up if you have 'em and play along!

This weeks picture of a 3-Piece razor out of the TSD archive is courtesy of me.

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2012 - Midnight Shave

Prep :: Shower/Glycerin
Razor :: Gillette NEW Short Comb /w BRW Handle
Blade :: Personna Med. Prep. (4 and it's outta here!)
Soap :: RazoRock LE
Brush :: Rudy Vey Omega Boar
Post :: Alum, Cold water rinse, WH + Rosewater
AS :: GFT Coral Skin Food

A great shave tonight. The RR LE is great slippery protection soap and I had forgotten how great the GFT Skin Food is. Three drops covers the whole face.

Have a great Monday, TSD friends!

 

Menthol 3-piece Monday

Gillette Tech ball end handle
Feather day 1
Vulfix best badger travel
TSD Iced Sandalwood SS & Proraso SC
TSD Iced Eucalyptus witch hazel
D.R. Harris Sandalwood splash with 1 small drop of M bomb



Now that's what I call waking up!

 

Muhle R41
Iridium Super
Semogue Caravela
TFS Bergamotto Neroli
Floid Blue

 

Mmenthol Monday!

8/8 W&B restored by Glen
Vie-Long horsehair brush
Valobra Menthol soap
M-Bomb (thanks, JoAnna, it is treasure for a menthol head!)
Nivea AS splash

Absolutely love Valobra soap and it was a pleasure to give it a boost with the M-Bomb!

 

Monday, February 6

EJ DE86
Tabac SS
Rooney Stubby 2XL
Proraso A/S
TSD Tabac Type Splash
Result: DFS

 

Monday 6th February

Hot Shower and Facial Pre Scrub
Proraso Preshave Cream
Kai Captain Excelia (Japanese style)
Omega 10029 Boar Brush
Vitos Green Soap
Alum block followed by Three Crowns Rosewater AS Milk
Floid Original AS

Off on leave today so I had a long relaxed shave. I use an airtight pot to hold the Vitos Green. This means that over time the soap becomes VERY soft. Today I used it like a cream with no effect on performance. A BBS shave with two passes and some touch up

 

Muhle R41
Voskhod (1)
Semogue 2000
Klar Kabinett with M-Bomb
Alum
Superior 70 Bay Rum

My lather was a bit off, but still a decent shave this morning.

 

Happy Monday From Florida!

Hot Shower
Vulfix 404 Ba/Bo
TSD Iced Blue Juniper Wheat
R-41
Voskhod (1)
Cold Water Rag
Prep Pre/Post ASC
A.V. Musk

Easy 2 Pass DFS!

Have a great week Ya'll!

 

YEAH! 3 piece week! My feather is a three piece! FINALLY I can participate in a "theme week"

Ok, I shaved last night befor work and got a jump on menthol monday
This morning I get home and my face was feeling pretty furry already so I thought I can shave again (oh joy )
SSSSOOOOO, I tried an idea I've been kicking around lately
I used ONLY Proraso pre shave today. Grabbed the feather AS and had at it
full ATG 1 pass with only the pre shave
Got the closest to a BBS of my LIFE!!!!
It was fantastic!
No lather, no soap,nodda, nothing.

I'll let ya know how bad the razor burn is when I get up this afternoon

 

Menthol Monday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/7 AM day 4
Palmindaya SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Booster Polar Ice AS
JHL Cologne

The only thing that really has any menthol which I used today in this shave is the Palmindaya cream, which I think is fantastic. I was more interested today in a "barbershop shave", so this stuff came in handy. Palmindaya is used in barbershops all over Brazil, and it has a beautiful and very "old-school" scent. The lather is rich and creamy, and the menthol effect is quite strong. I'd rate it as a small step below Proraso Green. The Polar Ice aftershave, as everyone knows is a Canadian barbershop specialty.

 

Simple Wash Gel
Feather Artist Club SS
Feather Blade Pro
Simpsons Chubby 1 in super
Vito's Coconut & Almond
Alum + Witch Hazel
L'Occitane Bavx Balm
Botanics Moisturiser SPF 15
L'Occitane Cedre L'Atlas Eau De Parfum

Jamie.

What a fantastic shave, two pass WTG XTG, BBS it doesn't really get better. great razor the Feather AC - SS. But you do need time on your hands when using this razor, not the razor for anyone who's in a hurry, it's no quick once over in the morning razor.

 

Irisch Moos Shave Stick
Omega Professional Boar
Gem 1912
CVS Blade

I've had the Irisch Moos sitting around for a while untried; now it's the soap for all of this week. Great lather, a bit strong smelling, but much more pleasant than the other offering from this maker, Tabac.

 

Happy Monday TSD'ers ... yay, I can participate in a theme!

hot shower & soak brush
TBS Synthetic
Merker HD 34C
Astra SP (2)
TBS Shave Oil
C&E Nomad cream
Cold water rinse
C&E Nomad AS

Normally I'm too lazy on Monday mornings to shave, but today I was up early and thought WTH . Did 3 passes WTG/XTD and ATG. ATG is leaving my neck kinda irritated with red dots. I'm pretty sure it's not my technique as I'm not nicking or cutting myself at all. It must be the equipment and/or product - I guess that means I'll just have to keep experimenting with different products ... bummer

 

I so wish that I could take photographs like that. What do you use for lighting?

 

Monday

Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Astra (?)
Brush: Men-U Boar
Soap: Omega (black tub)
Toner: witch hazel
A/S: Aqua Velva

My hand was bugging me, so I decided to use the Futur, had I known it was 3-piece week, I would have used my Merkur-Alu (I will later in the week, and I'll try to post a picture as well). Good shave to start the week!

 

Monday:

Barbasol Prep
Dovo Natural
EJ Best
Conk Lime
Alum Block
Witch Hazel
Afta Fresh Balm
Pinaud Clubman

 

Monday morning, February 6, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade,
Omega 10066 boar bristle brush,
MWF shaving soap w/ warm water lather,
finish w/ cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Monday, February 6, 2012

Prep: Hot shower
Soap/cream: Ingram
Brush: Ever Ready C40
Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable I-2 birth year/quarter, (5)
Blade: Derby (2)
Cold water rinse
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Flag & Sail Original Brisk

70% BBS, 30% DFS

 

Hello Brian believe it or not 95 per cent of my photo's are shot in the kitchen I use natural light from the window, a tripod a wireless remote and a small reflector board, and a plain piece of neutral coloured wall paper stuck to the wall with a piece of sellotape, if you are serious about taking a nice photo especially still life shots, you really should get a tripod and a remote shutter you need to stand back and look, and try and set out the best composition, dont be affraid to delete 4 or 5 shots if you dont like the light or composition, you have a live view on the back of your camera use it. think of it as a photo frame move around the shot changing and moving the reflector, when you are happy press the remote. I also always use manual settings white balance control shutter speed and apeture control, i use a Nikon D80 with a standard 18 - 55 lens which would be the equivilent of a 28 - 80 in 35mm.

Regards Jamie.