Pre: Valobra Glycerlanolina soap, Castle Forbes pre-shave gel
Brush: Savile Row 3824 Silvertip Badger
Soap: OSP Peppermint and Rosemary
Razor: Feather AS-D2
Blade: Vintage English Gillette Platinum White (1)
Post: Myrsol Emulsion / Proraso White Sensitive
Splash: Le Père Lucien Traditional
Reading Alf tearing it up with the AS-D2 inspired me to grab mine off the shelf for a run. As Alf mentions, this razor pairs best with an extra sharp blade, so in went the Vintage Gillette Platinum. The OSP Peppermint and Rosemary, to me, is 99% peppermint and 1% rosemary, for which I am thankful. The peppermint provides a different skin sensation to menthol - more tingling and less cooling, but very pleasant indeed. If you have used hair conditioners with peppermint oil, you will know the sensation.
The Savile Row brush whipped up tonnes of beautiful lather, and three very comfortable passes later, I was at DFS+. My skin was feeling so good, and I had a heap of lather left, so why not - I happily buffed away until I was BBS
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