What soap/cream did you use today?

Sebum Gold for my 60th Birthday shave and I wonder if I'm worth it.  I am not a dermatologist but I am covered in an epidermis so perhaps I have sufficient experience to lend an opinion?  My son brought it by for me to take for a test spin.  The packaging is impressive to say the least.  ¼” thick glass jar with printed wooden labels?  The post shave serum has a shaker top and stopper sealed in wax.  Seems a bit overkill for a puck of soap but hey, what do I know?  I popped the cork out and was met with a scent so familiar to me but I could not put a name to it.  This scent is “Spa Day” and very pleasantly Woody and herbaceous with a floral note in there with it.  I chose the latest brush the kid built for me and loaded up to face lather.  Lather is super low structure in my Idaho water and reminiscent of Murphy and McNeil.  As I lathered it struck me the similar scent is Barrister and Manns Rhapsody except Rhapsody is sweeter and doesn't have the herby nature of Sebum Gold.  Lather builds slowly but is very shiny and slick.  Shaved well.  Smelled great.  Post was a little tight but a dash of Post Serum sure cleaned that up.  But $200 for the soap and the serum?  Not sure I'm pretty enough for that.  Their website really spoke about skin care and I am sure, just like every other endeavor, a world of info is available that has escaped my attention.  But I get along with cheap raw Shea butter just as well I think.  I respect what they do but I'm not their target market.  It was fun though.

Happy Birthday Lip. Great gift Btw.

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GENTLEMANS NOD / Kanpai

Sebum Gold for my 60th Birthday shave and I wonder if I'm worth it.  I am not a dermatologist but I am covered in an epidermis so perhaps I have sufficient experience to lend an opinion?  My son brought it by for me to take for a test spin.  The packaging is impressive to say the least.  ¼” thick glass jar with printed wooden labels?  The post shave serum has a shaker top and stopper sealed in wax.  Seems a bit overkill for a puck of soap but hey, what do I know?  I popped the cork out and was met with a scent so familiar to me but I could not put a name to it.  This scent is “Spa Day” and very pleasantly Woody and herbaceous with a floral note in there with it.  I chose the latest brush the kid built for me and loaded up to face lather.  Lather is super low structure in my Idaho water and reminiscent of Murphy and McNeil.  As I lathered it struck me the similar scent is Barrister and Manns Rhapsody except Rhapsody is sweeter and doesn't have the herby nature of Sebum Gold.  Lather builds slowly but is very shiny and slick.  Shaved well.  Smelled great.  Post was a little tight but a dash of Post Serum sure cleaned that up.  But $200 for the soap and the serum?  Not sure I'm pretty enough for that.  Their website really spoke about skin care and I am sure, just like every other endeavor, a world of info is available that has escaped my attention.  But I get along with cheap raw Shea butter just as well I think.  I respect what they do but I'm not their target market.  It was fun though.

HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY ya’ ole BUCK!!! 

Dragonsbeard

My 2019 FAVOURITE, I cannot get enough of the scent, and the splash, equally enjoyable.  I know it’s a heavier scent but I’m breaking rotation this week and throwing that in for my Sunday shave!

Martin de candre original [Image: 30534999.jpg]

Love that Original MDC brain bowl but what is that piece of witchery holding the alum?

Lip, I’ve got the same question for OldBoy!
It appears he’s drilled a hole through the alum? Very clean work. Possibly tied through a cool lace of some sort? Kinda like “soap on a rope” but Alum V.1? Nice work, I’m copycatting with a Red Wing leather lace!

Fine L'Orange Noir soap and AS

Great scent

Agreed... I used it again today jussst because.

Windsor t. (DR Harris) leather, pepper, vetiver

What's in Windsor that leaves my face so smooth? As I scan the list of ingredients, I don't see the usual super fats – no Shea butter, no jojoba, not even any lanolin. All the hydrofaction seems to come from glycerin (the fourth ingredient) and petrolatum.... Petroleum jelly, huh? I hadn't seen that in a soap before. All the same, I got a good lather, a good shave, and doesn't this soap smell good.

Today in my SOTD ...

Sebum Gold for my 60th Birthday shave and I wonder if I'm worth it.  

Happy Birthday Lipripper660!