SOTD 19-25 February 2023

Phoenix Shaving DOC
7 O'Clock Platinum Blade
Edge Extra Moisturizing Gel
Old Spice Musk

Monday 20 AM

Razor: Fatip OC
Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (4)
Brush: AP Cashmere
Pre-Shave: Vie-long Pre Shave Cream
Lather: Salter Fresh Mint
Post-Shave: Trumper's Eucris skin food

Wolfman WR2 Ti 1.15 // Wizamet // Varlet // Declaration Grooming 

Monday, February 20

MWF~~Vie-Long~~1941 Gillette Ranger Tech/Polsilver SI~~Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
Have a great day!

Preshave: Hot shower
Shaving cream: Cremo Cooling 
Razor: Razorock Game Changer 68-P
Blade: Astra SP (3)
Post shave: Gillette Gel

20-02-2023

Proraso, Reinfrescante :: Mühle R41 GS, Super Max (# 7) :: Druida SCNHG LE 2020 :: Álvarez Gómez :: Álvarez Gómez, bálsamo :: Brummel



Salut!

Razor: Gem 1912 Damaskeene Open Comb
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE Stainless Steel Blade
Brush: Rick Montalvo Grade A Silvertip Badger
Pre-Shave: Proraso White
Lather: Seaforth! Sea Spiced Lime
Aftershave: Shannon's 25th Street Lime splash
Additional Care:
  Thayers Facial Tonic Witch Hazel Unscented

Monday AM 2023-02-20
The newspaper comic strip 'Batman and Robin' premiered on this date in 1944


Rooney 3/1 Ivory Finest (22/50) 
Crabtree & Evelyn Mysore Sandalwood shaving soap (tallow)
LASSC BBS-1
Personna 74 Tungsten (9)
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male aftershave

Razor: Tatara Masamune Nodachi Ti
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless (d5)

Soap: K Shave Worx Grapelicious
Brush: Yaqi Purple Haze
Bowl: Tillamook Cobalt

Post 1: P.A.A. Alum No-Slip Grip System w/ Dry Dock System
Post 2: Dickinson's Enhanced Witch Hazel Deep Cleansing Astringent w/ Menthol & Eucalyptus
Aftershave: Smilez Elixir The Blues (grooming oil)
Post 4: Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel-Cream Extra-Dry w/ Hyaluronic Acid

Today I felt an interest in going with both a fruity and unobtainium soap. This leads me to some wonderful K Shave Worx Grapelicious.

If you don't know this artisan business was run by a couple that started in 2015 and sadly closed in early 2022

Grapelicious was the first soap they started selling in October 2015 and was also re-released as part of their final batch before closing for good.

This soap's base performed very well. It easily whipped up into a nice quality lather. But the scent! This is an awesome grapelicious scent with a bit of barbershop added to it. The grape note is obvious and an easy win for me as I just so happened to love grape, but the subtle complexity of the added barbershop notes make the accord just so wonderful.

I did a three-pass shave with the Masamune Nodachi Ti, this time with the safety bar base plate and was treated with a highly efficient bbs shave. This was just a notch less aggressive than the open-comb base plate I used in my last shave.

Sticking with the fruit theme I applied some Smilez Elixir The Blues multi-purpose grooming oil. This stuff smells great as well with notes of Arabian sandalwood, bergamot, fern, saffron, Egyptian musk, patchouli, and blueberry. Overall it's a really good blueberry scent that I quite enjoy.

Thanks for reading and enjoy your shaves.