- Joined
- Thursday September 26, 2013
- Location
- Halifax, Republic of Yorkshire
I hate modern life.
I'll start with that ...
I'm not one of those getting older kind of folks who whines on about how it used to be and wishes it was like that ... but I am one of those folks who really appreciates traditional ways of doing things; knowledge accumulated over generations, rather than knee-jerked because "science" says it's good.
I'm an ingredients geek ...
Anything with long multi-syllabic "science"-sounding ingredients turns me right off. I like real stuff. Not lab stuff.
Anyway ...
Over the last few months, I've been showering and pre-shaving with Moroccan black soap (Savon Noir) and after showering, rinse off, stamp to get the most off, then exfoliating with a traditional Kese (Middle Eastern exfoliating glove).
I feel great!
Not just "feel" great, but feel great! Soft, yes, but invigorated ... more so. More than that, my shaves have been super-smooth, no irritation, skin feeling just great straight away and all the time.
Folks say I glow ...
... and that is the proof in the pudding. Perhaps coupled with clean eating, tea drinking, alcohol reducing and very much enjoying my fencing, I feel on top of the world. I'm sleeping really well, too, which I attribute to no coffee, good Chinese tea, less alcohol and clean eating, but my circulation is really good, too - after fencing, I always have bruises and wounds, which used to take a long time to heal, but now ... day, two days tops.
Get a Turkish glove, folks! Get some Savon Noir. If you're high-brow about it, Le Pere Lucien make a bloomin' lovely one!
I'll start with that ...
I'm not one of those getting older kind of folks who whines on about how it used to be and wishes it was like that ... but I am one of those folks who really appreciates traditional ways of doing things; knowledge accumulated over generations, rather than knee-jerked because "science" says it's good.
I'm an ingredients geek ...
Anything with long multi-syllabic "science"-sounding ingredients turns me right off. I like real stuff. Not lab stuff.
Anyway ...
Over the last few months, I've been showering and pre-shaving with Moroccan black soap (Savon Noir) and after showering, rinse off, stamp to get the most off, then exfoliating with a traditional Kese (Middle Eastern exfoliating glove).
I feel great!
Not just "feel" great, but feel great! Soft, yes, but invigorated ... more so. More than that, my shaves have been super-smooth, no irritation, skin feeling just great straight away and all the time.
Folks say I glow ...
... and that is the proof in the pudding. Perhaps coupled with clean eating, tea drinking, alcohol reducing and very much enjoying my fencing, I feel on top of the world. I'm sleeping really well, too, which I attribute to no coffee, good Chinese tea, less alcohol and clean eating, but my circulation is really good, too - after fencing, I always have bruises and wounds, which used to take a long time to heal, but now ... day, two days tops.
Get a Turkish glove, folks! Get some Savon Noir. If you're high-brow about it, Le Pere Lucien make a bloomin' lovely one!