Friday night ...
March Violets 'Natural History' on the decks ... and in my hand, a Beck's
Hot Towels.
Nuage Men Shaving Oil.
Ingram's Shaving Cream.
Pure Badger Brush.
Merkur 23C - SuperMax Blue Diamond (2).
Homebrew Witch Hazel Menthol Toner (Sprygg).
Brut Musk Aftershave.
Second shave with the SuperMax Blue Diamond. After the first, I already knew that was a blade I liked ... this time, loved it. No nicks, no issues, just glide and smooth. I also like the PolSilver Super Iridium, but find I cannot feel this blade as much. Does that mean it's "smoother"? It works with my razor, my technique and my face more than any of the others I've tried and is a real stand-out blade for me.
I used my homebrew Witch Hazel Menthol Toner, which is a little light, but a great pick me up after Ingram's. I think I got the menthol just right.
Aftershave? Brut Musk ... gotta hoover up all the classics, eh? Quroum next!
In all, a bloomin' good shave. Very smooth. ATG was not really necessary, but I did it anyway just to clean up any bits I missed. I'm finding my feet with this Merkur now, and certainly achieving better than before shaves WTG and XTG. I'll nail the last little areas in those two paths soon enough.