Product of the week (Proraso) shave 1
Confiança Redondo pre-shave soap
Hot flannel prep with Proraso eucalyptus and menthol pre/post
New Forest 2213 silvertip
Proraso eucalyptus and menthol cream, bowl-lathered
Gillette Rocket HD
Personna Lab Blue (3)
Prof. Blighty Blue Ginger AS
Trumpers Spanish Leather cologne
3 passes plus touch-ups - near-BBS result.
For the first of my Proraso week shaves, I decided to use my preferred tube cream approach - lathering in my Steve Woodhead lather bowl and then transferring the lather to my face. I swirl the lather for the first pass to lift the hair and exfoliate, then paint to even-out. For subsequent passes I paint the lather on.
As I've come to expect from Proraso green, it lathered easily (which many highly-rated products struggle to manage in my very hard water), and gave me a close, comfortable, refreshing shave, with excellent post-shave care. I tend not to use Proraso, other than the pre/post, in winter, but, on a warm May afternoon it was most pleasurable, except for one weeper on my chin which was the result of slight carelessness when going ATG.
