Great day in the morning! I shaved my Covid beard off this morning, not because Covid is over but because my Anesthitist Son-in-law told me that a clean shave makes it easier to make a mask Seal and keep me alive during an upcoming total knee replacement. Well, last I checked, I like being alive. In fact the only one that benefits from my passing will be my wife and her insurance policy. But I digress. Brothers, although I am a beard grower, I am not a beard lover. The ladies in my life are split but all of them agree, beard or no beard I am a ridiculously beautiful Man so off came the whiskers. Check out what I used. Tommy, that is an old tub of Black Tie Razor #13 soap and a vial of El Jefe scent. When Dominick and his team got started they offered a scent-free soap (#13) and choices of scent oils that allowed a guy to choose the scent and strength for the morning. I picked Up the El Jefe and Casino Royale. The soap came in a classic glass jar that was a bit smaller in diameter than I like so I transferred it to a wider tub. I still have that jar. It’s in the safe and contains some Montana Sapphires that I need to send to Dominick who is also a jeweler of renown. I didn’t know that until years after I got the soap I used this morning. So the soap: #13 is a super creamy base. I added 6 drops of El Jefe and whipped up a wonderfully slick emulsion. El Jefe is tobacco leaf vs tobacco flower. There is nothing sweet about this scent except for the manly sweetness it is. Been 5 weeks since my last full three pass shave and this was glorious. (Oh, and Dom, I really do intend on sending you these sapphires once I get settled on a design that my bride will like).
(09-11-2020, 05:55 AM)Bouki Wrote: Vetiver t. (Mike's Natural Soaps) nutty vetiverThe Economist in me wants to think shaving soap is a consumable but seldom it is I see what the bottom of a soap tub looks like. Perhaps that’s why the makers sell so many seasonal and LE soaps. Tough business.
Another in a long series of soaps I could happily use every morning. Mike's isn't a particularly dirty vetiver, but it is rich and rooty and pleasantly nutty on the side. It also lasts forever. I got this tub four years ago, and though I've dipped into it over twenty times, there's hardly a dent in the puck. I'll probably still be lathering this jar of soap a decade from now. With turnover rates like that, how do soap cookers stay in business?
Alas, the world just wasn't ready for that concept.
(09-11-2020, 05:31 PM)Lipripper660 Wrote: Great day in the morning! I shaved my Covid beard off this morning, not because Covid is over but because my Anesthitist Son-in-law told me that a clean shave makes it easier to make a mask Seal and keep me alive during an upcoming total knee replacement. Well, last I checked, I like being alive. In fact the only one that benefits from my passing will be my wife and her insurance policy. But I digress. Brothers, although I am a beard grower, I am not a beard lover. The ladies in my life are split but all of them agree, beard or no beard I am a ridiculously beautiful Man so off came the whiskers. Check out what I used. Tommy, that is an old tub of Black Tie Razor #13 soap and a vial of El Jefe scent. When Dominick and his team got started they offered a scent-free soap (#13) and choices of scent oils that allowed a guy to choose the scent and strength for the morning. I picked Up the El Jefe and Casino Royale. The soap came in a classic glass jar that was a bit smaller in diameter than I like so I transferred it to a wider tub. I still have that jar. It’s in the safe and contains some Montana Sapphires that I need to send to Dominick who is also a jeweler of renown. I didn’t know that until years after I got the soap I used this morning. So the soap: #13 is a super creamy base. I added 6 drops of El Jefe and whipped up a wonderfully slick emulsion. El Jefe is tobacco leaf vs tobacco flower. There is nothing sweet about this scent except for the manly sweetness it is. Been 5 weeks since my last full three pass shave and this was glorious. (Oh, and Dom, I really do intend on sending you these sapphires once I get settled on a design that my bride will like).
Shave Sharp, Look Sharp
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