What soap/cream did you use today?

I simply adore the scent of P&B Spitfire.  The name hearkens to the RAF high performance fighter plane mostly of the WWII era.  This rakish plane had a wingspan of 37 ft and top speed of 370 mph.  Great name for a soap that sports the smell of tobacco, leather, oil, and a bit of juniper and citrus don't you think?  Masculine and debonair all at the same time.  Oh, but I have allowed testosterone trump reason!  I watched a vid yesterday of a guy lathering a 5 second load.  I thought “what? Five seconds?  Perhaps my minute long loads could be improved with a shorter load?” So this morning, with a manly soap, I decided that a meager 20 second load ought to be attempted.  Man am I stupid… The lather looked just ok, and had I been using reason and accountability I would have threw the experiment in the trash, took the brush back to the puck and loaded up for another half minute or so.  But nay!  I bore down, worked that lather, and gave her the old college try.  What did I learn?  That the dude with the 5 second load is a dirty liar and is laughing at this fool.  Slickness was minimal.  Protection was all but nonexistent.  I confiscated my own man card to be locked up in the safe until such time as I can be trusted to make better decisions.  As sheepish as I feel today  ought to enjoy a great post shave from all that lanolin in my wool. (This soap performs flawlessly if loaded correctly)

Today in my SOTD ...

Chiseled Face / Summer Storm

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Woods of Windsor shaving soap (tallow)

I took a break from SV today because I received a package from Stirling yesterday that contained a Bay Rum Witch Hazel and AS.  I have wanted to pair that combo up with my last bit of Mike's Bay Rum. 

Bloomed the soap while I showered - loaded for about 20 sec with a soaked 26mm SHD

- face-painted for a minute or two - dipped about a quarter of the knot in warm water and resumed face-painting with about 5 to 10 seconds of agitation - dipped/lathered another three times - ended up with a glorious lather, no surprise there since it is Mike's  

Cold River Soap Works Olfactory Hue
Glide Base

Stirling MITA