SoS: July 22, 2013 - July 28, 2013

Thursday's shave, July 25, 2013

Schick E2 Injector with Schick blade (6)
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
Arko shaving soap with hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

 

Yeah I didn't find the cushion that good either... :lol:

 

SotN
Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, good!

Entirely impressed by this Barbasol AS. Smells light and almost musky with a nice albeit short lasting menthol kick. For $2.29, it wins the cheap and good award for tonights shave! Great stuff, must go order the rest of the scents now.

The GEM OCMM is just great. Smooth and easy DFS. All around an awesome shave!!

 

26.7.2013

• Prep: shower, RazoRock glycerine pre-shave soap
• Razor: Gillette Superspeed Flare Tip
• Blade: Polsilver SI (6)
• Brush: The BiG Shave LE #90/100 by Semogue
• Scuttle: "Estremoz" V2 Green
• Cream: Taylor of Old Bond Street Grapefruit
• Post: alum, T.N. Dickinson's Witch hazel
• Aftershave: Floid Black + 444

I had a sample of this cream a few weeks ago and I didn't really like it. If I hadn't tried many TOBS creams before this one I won't bother based on the sample. But I knew TOBS is good and I really like the scent of the cream. My girlfriend ordered the full tub even though she was aware of the fact I didn't like the sample that much. Well, I can say that I'm glad she got it for me. The lather was everything you'd expect from TOBS and it smells amazing. Perfect for a morning shave.

 

This Ogalalla Bay Rum AS should be a must in your daily shave.
Could you please describe the sensation?
How can i have one?

BTW, Nice photo.

 

Friday, 26th July

Pre: Ach. Brito GLYCE Lima soap
Brush: B&B Omega boar
Soap: RazoRock Mughetto di Bologna
Razor: RazoRock SLAB
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock (black)
Post: Alum, RazoRock problem solver, Joshua Tree Bay Rum & Lime Lotion
Aftershave: Pinaud Clubman Vanilla
Hair tonic: Pashana eau de Portugal with oil

 

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26-07-2013​

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Semogue 1438​

Edwin Jagger DE89-BL
Gillette Silver Blue (3 passes)​

Pre Shave Proraso Eucalyptus Cream​

Sir Irisch Moos shave stick​

After Shave Splash Floid Vigoroso​

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Hurray BBS​

 

Friday

Gillette New LC in nickel
Rapira Lux (d1)
Ingram/ TSD Iced Florida Water- Face Lather
Vulfix 404
Osage Rub
Dominica Bay Rum Lime

 

Gillette New Improved - Griest handle
Gillette 7OC Yellow
Omega 80265
Walter's Rose
Alum
Superior 70

 

Indeed it is! I love it, backbone is fine. If I'm trying to scoop up a hard soap, I may go down the know a little and pinch it but I pretty much do that with any brush. It is a fantastic brush.

 

Tried and true weapons this morning. Have a great day.

 

Fri AM Shave.

Merkur Progress (3)
7 o'clock SS
Proraso (red)
Semogue 1305
Proraso A/S
Pre de Provence balm



My Semogue 1305 is REALLY coming around with the bloom and "split ends". I used to fight with myself because I only wanted to use exotic sounding "Badger" brushes, which is fine, but scoffed at my use of a Boar hair brush. BOY was I wrong!!!! The break in period was key!

 

5/8 Henckels Twins
Mundus Bay Rum shaving soap
25mm Omega
Caribbean Bay Rum
Very nice shave today. Post shave skin care is excellent. I wouldn't consider the Mundus a true bay rum scent but it's nice and spicy. I'm no expert but I know what I like and this stuff is o.k. Good lather and slip. Have a good one.

 

Friday:

L'Oreal Men Expert Facial Wash
#6 Horsehair
Super Speed/Shark day 5
Palmolive Cool SC
Gillette Series Intense Cooling AS Balsam
Osage Rub AS
Grey Flannel EDT

Not only did I get a great BBS and comfortable shave today, I got a frozen face from all the menthol items I used. I highly recommend the L'Oreal Men Expert facial wash for its skincare and cleaning action. It also has a very pleasant cooling effect if you leave it on while you brush your teeth or shower. The Palmolive Cool cream is identically the same as the Italian version - just the size and the color of the tube are different. This Gillette Series balsam is very similar to Anherb in the cooling and moisturizing departments, and the Rubby Dubby Doo is in a class by itself!

Have a wonderful weekend, folks!

 

Nice Jeff!!!

When i am back home i will show you my newest products. A lot of Menthol stuff...

Take care.

 

Friday:

Prep: Hot shower
Brush: VDH Boar
Soap: Ginger's Garden Coffee Jasmine Scent
Razor: Merkur 41c 1904 Open Comb
Blade: Bic Hi-Chrome Platinum (3)
Passes: WTG, XTG, ATG
Post: Cold water rinse, Alum, rinse, Aveeno Active Naturals ASB
Cologne: The Third Man, by Caron

My custom soap arrived in the mail yesterday, after I'd already completed my morning shave. I couldn't wait to try it out, but stayed my hand until the morning. Because I'd not used the product - or a glycerin shave soap - before, I opted to skip the PSO to get a feel both for its inherent slickness and to fully appreciate the scent ("unscented" AoS smells like black pepper to me). I debated popping in a fresh blade for the soap's initial run, but decided that would feel a bit like cheating on the blade sampler test. The scent is wonderful, indolic jasmine sambac backed by the warmth and bitterness of coffee, which itself has slightly floral qualities.

Closest. Shave. Ever. The Ginger's Garden soap was easy to lather, produced good cushion, and was so slick that my only weeper was on my neck BELOW where the hair stops, simply because my razor was gliding more easily than I had been used to. Alum took care of that without issue, of course, and my face felt 'tight' enough to bypass the witch hazel.

 

Please, shows us in the July Haul

 

Yeah, that's a great brush.

 

PRE: Hot Towel + MR GLO Soap + Homemade PSO
BRUSH: Omega 636
LATHER: Speick Stick + Speick Cream
RAZOR: W & B 6/8 finish w/ Merkur 38c
POST: Alum + Lucky Tiger



After a few days off from the freshly honed straights, thought I would try out the last one. This time I did only one pass and had only one extremely small nick (not even enough to bleed). Think I will keep up the single pass thing until I can successfully finish with no nicks! Have a great day all!

 

SOTD Friday 7-27-2013

Gillette NEW OC in Nickel
Personna Medical Prep Blade
Classic Shaving Jasmine SS
GT G4 Scuttle
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea Replenishing ASB
Brut Original Cologne

Very nice shave with the NEW this morning. Love the Jasmine scent of this SS.