SoS May 25-31 2009

27 MAY MMIX,
A WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Razor - Barber
Blade - Tesco
Soap - Tabac
Splash - Cade.

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Tried Ryan's 38C. Glad I never made a trade for one - or bought one - as I like my Merkur Long better. For me, the Barberpole is too heavy, and the grip too gritty.

Thanks to PeterS for encouraging me to try my Boots/Tesco blades. I've two packs and they ain't bad, baby.

 

Wednesday

• Soap:TSD: Subzero
• Brush: Golden Nib Knot in Ever-Ready handle
• Razor: Shave King
• Blade: Astra (#2)
• A/S: Thayers with peppermint EO followed by TSD Subzero

 

Wednesday/Miercoles

La Walkiria super badger brush
Gillette n58 with a british Wilkinson(GREAT blade!!!)
Tabac Shaving Cream
Brummel AS(sweet nostalgia...)
Weleda ASB

 

Razor: C3 Ball-End Tech
Blade: Feather (2)
Brush: Tweezerman
Cream: C.O. Bigelow (Proraso)
Post: C.O. Bigelow Rose Water Skin Tonic


First shave with C.O. Bigelow shave cream. It did not disappoint. Excellent lather with a familiar smell that I can't place. The Rose Water Skin Tonic is excellent stuff too. I skipped the usual Aqua Velva treatment to let the Skin Tonic do its thing. It's got an excellent scent to it.

 

Wednesday:

Gorey's Chairman
Ming Shi TTO/Super Max day 2
Start-SC (from Russia!)
Lubriderm unscented moisturizer
Gillette Wild Rain-AS gel
Giorgio Beverly Hills-EDT

A much better shave than yesterday, however: I noticed the Super Max blade seems to have lost quite a bit of its cutting power. I think I'll try a different blade brand tomorrow.

 

Good Wednesday morning all...

'51 Black Tip w/ Kai blade(3)
Trumpers superbadger
Noxema sc
Thayers Original WH w/ aloe
Nivea asb
Knize Ten edt

A great lather with the Noxema and an easy shave with the Black Tip/Kai combination...I am impressed with the Kai...

Nathan

 

Humpday: Schick Krona razor / 7 OCY blade / VDH Deluxe SS / VDH boar brush / M&L Florida Water Cologne

Same as yesterday. Why mess with a good thing?

 

Wednesday

Merkur Futur
Derby Extra (4)
VDH Glycerin Soap
Thayers WH with Aloe
Aqua Velva A/S

 

Tuesday:

Had a Dessert Shave this morning...

Musgo Real Glyce Lime Oil Soap
M.B. Chocolate Mousse
Shavemac 177
Merkur HD
Treet Classic (1)
Pinaud Classic Vanilla
Nivea Sensitive ASB
Coral SKin Food

 

Vintage Merkur Open Comb
Astra Superior
Shavemac 585
Connaught Sandalwood cream
GFT Sandalwood Skin Food
SCS Sandalwood EDT

I sold all of my un-opened packs of Astras, but had a couple left over blades in the pack I had opened, so I tried them again. They seem to work well in this razor. I will keep using it and see how it works in a couple razors. I don't remember what I used it previously, but I remember them not working for me.

 

C-MON razor
Shavemac 22579 Silvertip
Trumper's Rose soap
Proraso aftershave splash
Trumper's Coral Skin Food

 

Wednesday May 27

Brush: Tweezerman
Cream: Ingram's
Razor: '59 Fatboy @ 5
Blade: Gillette Platinum (UK) D2
Aftershave: Thayers WH & Lavender / TSD Iced Lime Milk
Cologne: Pure by Boss

Switched to the Tweezerman badger and had better results with the Ingrams. I'm glad because I do like this cream and the product seems to have finally mixed to a better consistency (must have been sitting on the shelf for awhile).

 

Wednesday:

Plisson 18
Truefitt & Hill Lavender Shaving Cream
Gillette HD Rocket with Super Iridium Blade
Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel w/ 15% grain alcohol
TSD Victorian Rose Milk
Floris No. 89

Another great combination today. The Rocket is a really nice shaver; better than any of the Superspeeds I've tried.

 

Wednesday

Gillette Tech / Derby
Rooney 1/1 Super
TOOBS Avocado SC
Alt Innsbruck AS
444ASB

 

Trumpers razor
Floris Brush
Penhaligons English Fern shave soap
SCS Lavender Milk
Penhaligons English Fern EDT

 

XXVII MAY
TWO-THOUSAND & NINE'S
II.

Razor - Merkur LH
Blade - Russian
Brush - C&E Best
Soap - Omega
Splash - AV Blue
Finish - Aramis.

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Gillette Platinums, the five-pack variety, are dynamite.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k-l...3301E2486&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

 

Wednesday Morning:

Hot Shower/Hot Towel
1953 Gillette 40's Style SS
Swedish Gillette (Shave #3)
Kent/Altesse Pure Badger
Noxzema Lather SC
Thayer's Lemon Witch Hazel
TSD AS Milk
Preferred Stock

DFS today boys. I'm liking the Noxzema and, so far, it was well worth the trouble to track down. Good day!

 

Wednesday May 27, 2009 11am

Hardware:
Razor: 69 super adj. O2 9/4 (thank you Truckman!)
Blade: Red IP (2)
Brush: BBE

Software:
Cream: KMF key lime
AS Splash: TSD Iced lime
AS Milk: TSD SubZero
Cologne: Givenchy very irresistable

 

another Paulina Rubio fan!!!!!