SoS Jan 7 - 13

Rooney Style 3 Size 1 Finest
Institut Karite Soap
3" Handamerican Old Dog Strop
8/8+ Chandler Damascus
Alt Innsbruck Cologne

Nice Shave

 

Saturday

MUSIC:
Pictures At An Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Vinyl)

**** I needed some variety, dug around in the cream drawer.....

SCS Bulgarian Rose SC :drool
Savile Row 3624 in Finest
Robeson 6/8 Spike Point with Hammered Tang :love029
Italian Floid Amber

BBS and the whole thing smelled GOOD!!!!happy108

 

after shower at the sink:

Dovo 5/8 Special/20 times on Latigo (2 passes)
M500/IP(3) - 1 pass
Chubby 1 in Best
Trumper Sandalwood s/s
WWR
touch up with disposable Gillette
CWS
Thayers Lavender w/h
Floid Blue a/s

 

Saturday Evening

Hot Shower
Prep pre-shave at beginning of shower
C&E Sienna cream rubbed in as pre-shave during shower
TJ's custom beard-softening oil rubbed in during shower
SMF 1 brush
Feather ACD-N Japanese straight w/ Pro Guard blade
'60 Fatboy w/ Derby blade
ToOBS Sandalwood cream + Proraso green cream + Italian Palmolive cream
WWR
CWR
Italian Floid (blue) A/S splash
CWR
J/A/S/O/N 84% Aloe Vera gel + Mama Bear's Lemongrass/Menthol milk

Decided to try the Aloe Vera as an aftershave. Heard a lot of good things about it. It's kind of sticky, but it feels GREAT on my skin!

 

Saturday morning:

C&E BBB
51 Super Speed Black Tip with Gillette Super Stainless day 6
TSD Crystal Blue shave soap
Aqua Velva Classic AS
Avon Derek Jeter Driven EDT

:happy005

 

Sunday

MUSIC:
Nefertiti - Miles Davis (vinyl)
__Bob, thanks for the suggestion. Excellent!!

Savile Row 3624 in Finest
Castle Forbes EO Lime SC
Castle Forbes EO Lime ASB
Castle Forbes Limes EdT


RW 7/8 Spanish Point Sambar Stag

 

Sunday:

Omega Silvertip
Parker 22R V1/Astra Keramik day 3
Italian Palmolive Menthol s/c :drool :drool :drool :drool
Anherb a/s conditioner

another brrrrrr cold and beautiful shave!

 

We have a word for people like you here... masochist

look it up boubi.. :rofl

save the chills for summer , I dont want you to catch a cold !

 

Awesome str8 there !

 

Sunday AM:

Phenomenal photos, gentelmen! :1respect:1respect:1respect

Shavemac 2007 Custom Brush
Gillette Tech Razor
BIC DE
Tryphon Permafrost Shave Stick (rubbed on beard as a pre-lather)
Williams Mug Soap + TSD Peppermint & Menthol Lather Cream
WWR
CWR
Italian Floid Aftershave Splash
CWR
TJ's Unscented BBS ASB

Patchouli-EO Powder Deo

Hair: Raw Shea Butter + TJ's Hempouli & OO Brilliantine + Ace Comb


Uhhh, wow. That shave was so cold, my legs are now numb. Is that normal :drool

 

Boubi, I no longer fight it, I surrendered! @Joe, we Men of Menthol must stick together! :rofl :rofl

 

Yesterday in the evening:

Slim Adjustable @7
Lord blade
MP best badger
Tabac SC
Tabac ASL

Oh dear, I shaved just before going to a movie and - what else - I got quite a few bleeding spots on the chin, 7 is way too high for that blade. The alum block fixed most of it but I'm still not looking good to day so I skipped the shave...

 

Loved yesterdays shave so today was a replay:

Proraso Preshave
ShaveMac 2007 FGB
Connaught Eukalyptus & Mint
Gillette FatBoy - Derby (Day 6)
Proraso AS

I also made a wonderful discovery! Out at the country place I found an unopened bottle of 4711 EdC, it's going home with me and I'll try it tomorrow!

 

after shower at the sink:

'68 Slim Adjustable/Red IP(1)
Duke 3
Proraso pre post
Col. Conk Bay Rum s/s
WWR
touch up with disposable Gillette
CWS
Thayers Lavender w/h
Col. Conk Bay Rum a/s
M&L Florida Water edt

*Jay, listening to it right now on the Pod.
What a beautiful razor.

 

Klaus have you ever tried the Swedish Gillettes? id advice those blades for you and not mess around with too many brands. only down side is I have never been able to find a bulk deal on those.

 

AOS Lemon Pre-shave oil
Omega Synth Badger
AOS Lemon SC
Gold A2 Aristocrat w/ Swed. Gillette - Day 2
Walgreen's Skin Bracer
AOS Lemon ASB
4711 Cologne

A very nice Sunday-go-to-meeting shave.

 

Hot shower and towel
Proraso Pre
Simpson Commodore X3
Cambridge French Vanilla Shaving soap
Whistle & Co NY 5/8 Round tip
Hydrolast Sage Tonic
Proraso ASB
Pinaud Musk AS


Raf

 

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap Peppermint WOW!
TSD Polynesian Red SC :drool
Merkur Progress / Merkur blade (2)
Chubby 2
Trumper's Skin Food
Bvlgari Black cologne

 

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