What soap/cream did you use today?

Friday, September 29, 2023 - Declaration Grooming Darkfall

Oh boy!  This is a great one

I agree, I still have hard discs of the old Fine formulation and I prefer it to this new formula which I find worse than the old one

Fine arguably does dupes as well as anyone in the biz.  Their decision to no longer make the stellar hard pucks was a sad day for me.  Today was yet another disappointing try with Fine’s Italian Citrus soft soap replacement and although the soap smells fantastic, the lather is utterly lacking in both slickness and cushion.  I may as well been shaving with water which luckily I could get away with.  I’ve tried this soap with boar, badger, and synthetic, well watered and Saharan, heavily and lightly loaded and always the same result.  Perhaps it’s my rock hard water?  At any rate, I finished with a splash of Italian Citrus aftershave and was smiling again.  Life is too short and options too good to do any more fiddling with this jar anymore.

I agree, I still have hard discs of the old Fine formulation and I prefer it to this new formula which I find worse than the old one

Wild Rose (Cyril R. Salter) sweet rose
Shave 2 ・ 157 g left

Early this morning, with the house still asleep, I shaved by the gentle glow of a night light. In its quiet glimmer, nuances of my shave emerged that are generally lost in the bright light of day – the slickness of the cream, its richness, and the efficiency of just one pass, enough to tame 98% of my beard. The scent was more interesting, too. Just as this rose seems to be headed off to granny-land, it pulls back. Not overly fragrant, certainly not fake, it’s a gentleman's rose and a very nice harbinger of a fresh fall day.
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Brush Simpson Trafalgar T2 ・ Razor Edwin Jagger DES89RC Kelvin ・ Blade Derby Extra

CBL INSURGINT

Saturday September 30, 2023
Razor: 1934 Wlliams DE
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Trotter "Kickflip"/Synthetic
Soap: Ethos Honeysuckle
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: Ethos Honeysuckle SFS
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,789
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Stirling / Beeswax Unscented

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