The theme for today's shave was 'Happy New Year'
Year of the pig - Colonial General
Year of the monkey - Kai Captain (16 and out)
Year of the rat - Razorock 24mm Plissoft synthetic
Year of the goat - Gentlemen's Tonic
Year of the dragon - Men's Grooming Thistle and Black Pepper facial soap
Year of the Snake - Nivea Intensive moisturiser
A Happy New Year to all our Chinese friends and may this year of the Pig be most prosperous and joyous. It was also interesting to read that today by Chinese superstition one was supposed to avoid using scissors, laundry activities and sweeping floors. I am happy to say I managed to put a tick in every box. However my clothes reek, my floors are like a farmyard and I have to wait until tomorrow morning before I can aimlessly cut up pieces of paper.
"I've never felt finer", said the King of China
Sitting down to dine
And then he died, he died he did
It was only half past nine
Classical Spike Milligan
This shave was much about getting the job done and getting it done quickly. Step up the Colonial General complete with a Kai Captain on its 16th outing. I guess the blade was starting to show its aged edge and I can't say it was the best of performances but it did the job. BBS it wasn't, Then again I didn't really care and expectations were never going to be high being as I had some 5 minutes or so to achieve and get out. Considering 10 minutes of that was showering and preparation, 5 minutes taken cleaning everything up at the end and it only goes to figure that I was late in life.
Kings of China, half past nine and all that, but at least I can say 'I've never felt finer'.
Gentlemen's Tonic is (as I have said before) one wonderful cream, quality, quality and more of that quality. The brush making short work and effort to toss together one creamy lather (without getting too pornographic). I love this product and on my way home next week I shall drop in at the Traditional Shaving Company over in Leeds and spoil myself. I am slowly taking the B road in to soaps, but everyone needs an M62 once in a while. It just so happens the M62 takes me past Leeds when travelling back to Liverpool and gives me a weak excuse to visit the wonderful shop TSC have in the Grand Arcade. Weak excuses are always the best, plus I don't have to justify to Mrs.Satanfriendly items arriving on the doorstep. Weak and Wimpy? Yes indeed.
So overall a pleasant shave if not the greatest of results. But hey, end results don't always have to be perfect as long as perfection is reached in happiness and today I can say, 'that was one happy shave'. Pigs bottom smooth
So here's wishing you all happy shaves and have one pig of a year