SoS: May 21st, 2012 - May 27th, 2012

Tuesday:

Omega Wooden Handle
Super Speed/Rapira day 6
Italian Palmolive Menthol SC
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Alt Innsbruck AS
Obsession for Men EDT

The Rapira blade certainly earned its retirement after 6 days of great service - it gave me a final super-close and comfortable BBS shave. The Palmolive Menthol cream and Alt Innsbruck provided such a fantastic cooling sensation which I love so much.

 

iKon OC Bulldog
Personna Med. Prep
New Forest 2222 HMB
RazoRock Don Marco SS & ASB


Viktor & Rolf - Spice Bomb

 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Good Morning!

Morning Coffee: Dunkin Donuts
Prep: Wash face with Musgo Real Glyce Lime
Razor: Schick I1
Blade: Schick
Soap: Proraso
Brush: Semogue 1305
Scuttle: Schwarzweisskeramik
Post: Cold water rinse followed by some Proraso After Shave

 

Tuesday

Soak Brush/Semogue 620/Heat up DB Original Scuttle
Hot Shower
Proraso PrePost cream
Arko shave stick grated into Schwarzweisskeramik soap bowl
Joris 1912T/Astra SP (3)
Cold Water Rinse
Monster Block Alum (clean hardware and software,police area)
Thayer's Medicated Superhazel
Floid Blue mixed with a pea sized amount of 444

Nice 2 pass face 1 pass headshave with the Joris,I think I'm gonna move it up a notch and try either a 7 O'Clock Black or a Iridium Super.So far I've gotten great shaves from the Red IP's and Astra Sp's with this razor so I'm leaning toward the 7 O'Clock Black,which is one of my favorite blades.

 

Really like that one.....its on my wish list!

 

6/8 Grelot
Molinard Rasoline (brushless)
Brut After Shave Splash

This is probably my best shaving razor. The shave was mediocre at best (half my face feels great, the other half a little rough). Anyway, I think I have the brushless cream figured out now and look forward to tomorrows shave.

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Yesterdays (Monday) shave ...

VDH Glycerin
Kent VS30 Boar
40's Rocket w/ Feather (2)
Warm + Cold Water Rinse
WH + Alum
Blue Floid

3 pass DFS, a great start to the week.

 

Tuesday May 22, 2012

Prep: Hot Shower
Razor: Schick L-6 Easy Rider
Blade: Schick
Soap/Cream: TSD Coconut Lime Verbena
Brush: Vie-Long 13710c Boar
AS: Nivea replinishing balm

Results: DFS

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday

 

Brian,

It is quickly becoming one of my favourites. Slice of Heaven this one.

 

Tuesday Morning Shaving Ritual, May 22, 2012

Razor: 69 Slimline Gillette Adjustable (set on 6)
Blade: Personna Super Blue (new blade, 1st use)
Brush: Semogue 830
Cream: Proraso Menthol & Eucalyptus
A/S: Alum Bar & Cold Water Rinse
A/S: Pinaud Clubman

I started out using the Croma Diamant for the 4th day, but quickly realized that it was way past its prime. It felt like it was pulling each whisker out with tweezers. I quickly decided to switch to a new blade. I picked a Personna Super Blue; this was the smoothest shave so far, no residual irritation. It was amazing; I may have found my go to blade! I got an easy DFS 2-pass shave today.

 

Tuesday morning, May 22, 2012

Schick E2 Injector Razor w/ Schick blade,
Semogue 1305 boar bristle brush,
TABAC shaving soap w/ hot water lather,
finish with cold water rinse for a DFS!

A fresh Schick blade this morning!

 

Tuesday:

Trac 2
Omega Pro
D'men Sensitive
Aqua Velva
Afta Original
Clubman Bay Rum

 

SOTD Tuesday 5-22-2012

5/8 William Elliott Full Hollow, Spike Point
Proraso PSC
Williams SS
Omega Boar
Dickinson's Witch Hazel
Nivea ASB
Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue ASL

The AV Ice Blue feels very nice this time of year! The Wm Elliott treated me to a close and comfortable shave this morning as well. Shave well my friends!

 

May 20th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Prep Lather: La Toja Stick
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Personna Super "Lab" (2)
Brush: Vulfix 660S Super Badger
Soap/Cream: GFT Limes SC
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: T&H Limes ASB
DFS+


May 21th
Wash: Nivea Face Wash
Prep Lather: Herbs of Bulgaria SC & Rose of Bulgaria SC
Razor: Merkur 38M
Blade: Personna Super "Lab" (3)
Brush: Semogue 1305
Soap/Cream: Calani Dubai
Post: 5Savages AS (witch hazel, rum, Tabac cologne)
AS: Nivea Sensitive
BBS!

My exploration of the Limes SC from T&H and GFT was interrupted yesterday with the arrival of two packages. First was a package from ShaveaBuck.com that included some Herbs of Bulgaria and Rose of Bulgaria shave creams. It also included a SABI razor and a SABI stand...both very sharp looking. The other package held a new puck of Calani Dubai from fellow member Smoothy.

Both Bulgarian SCs have a great scent. The rose is even better than T&H and GFT Rose to my nose. It has more of a fresh, current smell than the older, powdery smell of the T's. The lavender also has a great scent to it. I elected to make test lathers of both.

The Calani Dubai...my, my, my....what a wonderful, mysterious scent! I was initially drawn to this particular soap because I have been to the United Arab Emirates a few times, including Dubai, and I absolutely loved my time there. I don't know what I was expecting for a scent, but this scent is fantastic, and very different than anything I've tried before. While the scent didn't not bring back specific memories of Dubai for me, I think the name is definitely appropriate. It does bring up visions of the Middle East for me.

I initially intended on just doing a test lather of the Calani because I'm in the middle of using up my T&H and GFT samples, but once on my face, I gave in and just kept on shaving. The lather was better than I had been getting with both the T&B and GFT creams, providing great thickness and excellent cushion. Loading the brush was perhaps easier than any other soap I've used. It has definitely jumped into my top 5 soaps and after a few more uses to dial it in just a tad better, I could see this getting into the top 3.

 

I really like your lathering bowl. Very cool.

 

Thanks ....... Its a Quaich which is a Scottish/Celtic drinking cup. If it was used properly...it would be full of whiskey...not lather!

 

Tuesday, May 22nd


Pre-shave: Hot shower, wife's hair conditioner
Croap: RazoRock La Famiglia Zi Peppino
Brush: Simpsons Colonel X2L
Razor: '56 Gillette SS
Blade: Bolzano (3)
Post-shave: warm water rinse, cold water rinse, witch hazel
A/S: RazoRock La Famiglia Zi Peppino
Moisturizer: L'Oreal Men's Expert Vita Lift w/ SFP 15




I was hoping that yesterday's not so smooth 2nd shave using the Bolzano, was a fluke, but alas, it wasn't. I should have dumped the blade and started with a new one, but I finished the shave with it. After a great first shave I was hoping to like these Bolzanos, but maybe they just aren't for me. As far as the new RazoRock La Famiglia goes, the scent of the Zi Peppino was, shall we say, interesting. I had no idea what green tobacco smelled like, but now I know it kind of smells like, dare I say..............car wax. At least to me it did. It's not necessarily a bad thing and as the shave went on I could detect some different notes in there. Then as the shave went on further, I started to really like it. It won't be my favorite but I enjoyed it. I used the matching AS/balm and the smell was slightly different, to my nose, and complemented the soap very well. Now that it has been about 3 hours since I used it I am still getting whiffs of it every now and then and I find myself thinking, "hey, what's that smell? That smells good. Oh yeah, that's me!" Have a great day everyone!

 

Tuesday!

• Prep: hot washing cloth, rice bran oil marinade
• Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, Evita
• Brush: Omega boar travel brush
• Soap: DVH stick
• Razor: GEM OCMM
• Blade: GEM stainless, hand stropped (#3)
• Shave: 3-pass + touch-up
• Post: hot water rinse, cold water rinse

Again a comfortable DFS, close to BBS. I really like this razor!
Have fun today!

 

Tuesday May 22


Soap: Cella
Brush: Omega Boar 13522
Razor: Gillette Red Tip SS
Blade: Astra SP (2)
A/S: Pinaud Clubman

2 pass DFS today. For some reason I was having troub;e getting good lather today. First pass was fine but second was thin, and third would't have been able to happen. So I stopped at two instead of pushing it like normal. It's fine I won't be able to shave tomorrow so I'll have a day+ of growth for when my TSD order shows up

 

• Prep: hot shower
• Brush: Omega 11047
• Soap/Cream: Mike's Natural - Barbershop
• Razor: Schick Golden 500
• Blade: Chinese Schick
• Post: Lucky Tiger AS
• Results: 2 pass BBS

The more I use this schick the more I am loving it . If it continues to be this good I may have a hard time going back to DE.