Thank you for the mention and been a source of inspiration. Not that you need it your 'Trumpkin' pumpkin is pure genius.This particular shave brought with it the theme 'Palmolive Fox'
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Palmolive washing up liquid - Occam's Enoch
Palmolive antibacterial hand wash - Titan Mild
Palmolive Milk and Honey Germ Fighting Hand wash - Yaqi Dandelion
Palmolive (not) shaving cream - ADP Barberia
Palmolive Kids Hand Wash - Goutal Eau D'Hadrien
I have decided to dedicate this shave to @Palmolive fox because of his recent events and because if it wasn't for Mr. Palmolive the fox I would never have dreamt up the idea of themed shaves. When I first appeared here on TSR (much to the dismay of many) I had no idea what an SOTD was, but whatever it perpetrated to be I was exceptionally impressed that a certain member (Mr Fox) managed to make it all edible with his shaving menu. It sounded very much out of the books of my father who expresses cooking ingredients as being 'materials' which makes culinary activities comparable to building brick walls. For a while I thought SOTD stood for Shave On The Dish and that I'd signed up to a cooking forum. Soon clicked on to this one. As a consequence I decided I would write up my shaves in a thematic manner as creating my own shaving menus would be plagiarism and the concept of plagues in these days is rather unethical. Mr Washing-up-liquid-canidae I salute you. Or in this case, quite a few I's.
Aside
A very welcome back to the fold with the Enoch as it seems I have been giving his bigger brother 'The Commander' more hair-time recently. In comparison this is definitely a non-wrist straining antidote and so easy to happily throw around without danger of tendonitis. And what a little belter it is. Originally found it to be quite an angry little bugger with a Super Pro blade, but the Titan manages to calm its aggressive stance down and make everything come in to shaving focus. This is a blindingly brilliant SE razor. It remains a difficult sod to load with a blade, but the more I use, the easier it becomes and the more finger tips remain in place. A super duper performance though and a truly close result.
I can't leave 'Team Lather' out of the frame and a superb showing from the Dandelion and the ADP. The ADP I would still happily place up near the Champions League places in the league of top shaving soaps. It is a crying shame ADP left this one behind, but thankfully I still have a full jar inmy wife'sthe drawers. The Dandelion? Cheap and more than cheerful.
So one superbly smashing shave with the kind of results which will have my good lady wanting to give me a gentle nibble
Mmmmmmm. Oh yes please.
I couldn't think of anyone more appropriate on this day than those Steampunk vixens 'Fate Gear'
A Happy Halloween everyone
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My 'Trumpkin'
Thank you for the mention and been a source of inspiration. Not that you need it your 'Trumpkin' pumpkin is pure genius.
If you don't already have a seafaring name i've got a one for you Satan salty 'Trumpkin Pumpkin carver of the river Mersey.!
Your postings are always fantastic to view & read it's like reading a Robert Rankin novel who is a great favourite of mine.
Check out 'The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse' you'll love it..Pure genius.
Yours-Barry.The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse - Wikipedia
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Shaving recipe for today.
Prep: Warm shower / Cussons Imperial Leather ~ Arctic Ocean & Icelandic Moss Shower Gel.
Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Simple ~ Sensitive Bar Soap + Nuage Menthol shaving Oil.
Brush: Unbranded Chinese Horsehair.
Face Lather.
Soap: Chinese Cologne Soap.
Blade: Indian Gillette Wilkinson Sword Saloon Pack. (2)
Razor: Merkur 34c.
Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Homemade peppermint lavender eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Witch Hazel Mixture./ Duru ~ Turkish
Mandalina-mandarin Cologne.
Aloe Vera Gel.
A relaxing Sunday morning shave.
I was curious to try the Indian GWS blade in a less aggressive razor paired together with the Merkur 34c was a comfortable duo, which to be honest i wasn't sure if it would have worked but it did feeling comfortably smooth and efficient with each pass.
Another very comfortable 3 pass + pick ups near BBS shave with no errors to report...Finishing the shave off with a small dollop of Aloe Vera Gel.
My face is feeling silky smooth & smelling divine.
Stay safe, and enjoy you Sunday ladies & gentlemen.
Shaving recipe for today.
Prep: Warm shower / Cussons Imperial Leather ~ Arctic Ocean & Icelandic Moss Shower Gel.
Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Simple ~ Sensitive Bar Soap + Nuage Menthol shaving Oil.
Brush: Unbranded Chinese Horsehair.
Face Lather.
Soap: Chinese Cologne Soap.
Blade: Indian Gillette Wilkinson Sword Saloon Pack. (2)
Razor: Merkur 34c.
Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./Homemade peppermint lavender eucalyptus, + Tea Tree essential Oils Witch Hazel Mixture./ Duru ~ Turkish
Mandalina-mandarin Cologne.
Aloe Vera Gel.
A relaxing Sunday morning shave.
I was curious to try the Indian GWS blade in a less aggressive razor paired together with the Merkur 34c was a comfortable duo, which to be honest i wasn't sure if it would have worked but it did feeling comfortably smooth and efficient with each pass.
Another very comfortable 3 pass + pick ups near BBS shave with no errors to report...Finishing the shave off with a small dollop of Aloe Vera Gel.
My face is feeling silky smooth & smelling divine.
Stay safe, and enjoy you Sunday ladies & gentlemen.
The Aloe Vera gel can and does make my face shine sometimes...It takes 10 minutes or so for it to obsorb into my mature skin..Turkish colognes are good for me, however my skin type can tolerate the high alcohol within them...As always YMMV.Thank you for this post - SOTD is always full of interesting product ideas. What do you think of the Turkish cologne? I've got the same Aloe Vera gel (bought having seen it in one of your previous posts) but I find it makes my face a bit shiny: do you find that or do you have a way to mattify?