What soap/cream did you use today?

Ethos Violeta F Base.  Paired with the Violeta Skin Food Splash.

Tuesday May 28, 2024
Razor: Gillette Nacet
Blade: Nacet
Brush: Graydog Quilt/Synthetic
Soap: Stirling Gin & Tonicon the Rocks
AS : Witch Hazel + Clubman Gents Gin
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 2,029

Ethos - Melange d'Agrumes (TC base)

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 - Declaration Grooming Darkfall

 

Hello FaceScraper,

I use LEA soap puck as my summer soap. I like the light scent and the slight menthol effect. Doesn't do a great job in softening the beard but it lathers like crazy and cleans up nicely. I saw that you use LEA aftershave in your SOTD post. Can you give a brief description?


Thanks


Tedolph

This cream costs more than I’m willing to pay when replacement time comes. Salters is half as much and performs as well but the performance is certainly excellent.  Although I can get similar performance at a lower cost elsewhere the smoky cedar in this one is killer.  It’s not cedar in a campfire.  It’s not cedar-lined closet cedar.  This is a rough and ready cedar that smells like trees that survived fire.  It smells like cedar that’s ready for a hard days work.  Yeah, I like it a lot.

And I saw yesterday’s shave drying on the counter and thought to report on it too.  Mostly I’m not so into fougeres as I am vetivers or lavenders but this one seemed stripped down to the very essence of what my brain tells me a fougere ought to be.  It’s not flowery and it’s not formal.  The bite of the oakmoss reminds me that we can’t always tame wild things.  It’s sad this is no longer in production and either we need Bull Goose to bring it back or beg Wet Shaving Products to make it under their own flag this time.  When it first came out I had both the crème and the soap.  Only have a bit of the cream left.  Oh and I’d been using that Rockwell with plate 4 for the last several days.  I’ve no idea why.  Plate 5/6 is the only one I need.