What soap/cream did you use today?

Ethos by Ethos Grooming Essentials.

Blue Tobacco (Abbate y La Mantia) aqua-bacco
Shave 4 ・ 81 g left

I’ve had mixed results so far with Blue Tobacco. Though I like the aquatic fragrance and the mentholated chill, the lather hasn’t been all that protective. I blame my ultrasoft water. The celestial elixir that comes gushing from of my pipes makes it so easy to work up a seemingly smooth emulsion. Problem is, only a few hours later I discover that the lather was in fact too thin and sudsy and it didn’t do its primary job: protect my hide from the sharp edge of the blade. The remedy? Well, if there’s one panacea in the world of shaving, it’s simply to load more soap. Works every time. Today 250 swirls finally coaxed this rock-hard puck to give up enough soap to make a protective lather. ‘Plus Saponem!’ (more soap) is now the motto on Bouki’s coat of arms.

Postscript: It's now twelve hours since I shaved, and I'm noticing razor welts. This is what happened each time I've used this soap. Something about it obviously doesn't agree with my increasingly tender skin. Looks like I've got a new – rather expensive – tin of hand soap.
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Razor Henson AL13 Mild Black ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Solar Flare ・ Soap Hoard 18,046 g ・ YTD 57 g

Ah rats!

Love that tomato leaf in this one!

Spitfire (Phoenix & Beau) leather juniper
Shave 22 ・ 49 g left

Still smarting from yesterday’s subpar lather, this morning I called out for something that would lay down a sure soapy shield between the razor and me. Spitfire, as always, came hurtling to my rescue. I really like my lather thick, so you can guess what happened when I superloaded the brush with 250 swirls of soap. It was one of those ‘lost blade’ shaves, where I had to double check the razor just to make sure I really put something sharp in it. And even though it’s over five years old, there’s still enough juniper in this soap to make me wonder about getting slivers when I shave.
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Razor Henson AL13 Mild Green ・ Blade Astra SP ・ Brush Phoenix Shaving Peregrino ・ Soap Hoard 18,178 g ・ YTD 60 g

   

I spy the ICM!

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Tabac stick

Sa°Tabac°urday was a fan°Tabac°stick shave. Hope yours is spec°Tabac°ular too, Tommy!

Mattgood one. Clever you are. I am about to lather up - it's going to be spec°Tabac°ular!


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