SOTD: Saturday 20th April - Friday 26 th

Boycie83 said:
How do you do a super lather? I've heard them mentioned but I don't know much more about them than that.

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my take on a superlather
following..note* i've only tried it with williams mug shaving soap, which gives superb results.

  1. First i soak the williams soap in hot tap water (completely submerged) for 10-15 minutes in a old tin mug, or a bowl which ever i reach for.
  2. next i pour the water out, i then take my damp boar brush and load it up for a minute or so until the brush is loaded up.
  3. After that i put a almond size dollop of shaving cream 'Palmolive is a personal fave' into my mixing bowl, followed by 6-8 drops of glycerin + a few drops of water.
4.I then start mixing my loaded up brush with the shaving cream & glycerin, adding more water to the superlather until i get it to the consistency which i like..The glycerin is the magic ingredient of the Uber/superlather...Give it a try, with your own variation. You can also add essential oils to the mix tea tree oil is a personal fave but do be careful how much you add, 'you can add, but you can't take away.
I buy my glycerin from boots..The link : https://www.boots.com/value-health-glycerin-b-p-200ml-10021858
wonderful stuff, at a very reasonable price.

Regards. B :)
 
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Palmolive fox said:
my take on a superlather
following..note* i've only tried it with williams mug shaving soap, which gives superb results.

  1. First i soak the williams soap in hot tap water (completely submerged) for 10-15 minutes in a old tin mug, or a bowl which ever i reach for.
  2. next i pour the water out, i then take my damp boar brush and load it up for a minute or so until the brush is loaded up.
  3. After that i put a almond size dollop of shaving cream 'Palmolive is a personal fave' into my mixing bowl, followed by 6-8 drops of glycerin + a few drops of water.
4.I then start mixing my loaded up brush with the shaving cream & glycerin, adding more water to the superlather until i get it to the consistency which i like..The glycerin is the magic ingredient of the Uber/superlather...Give it a try, with your own variation. You can also add essential oil, but be careful how much you add, 'you can add, but you can't take away.
I buy my glycerin from boots..The link : https://www.boots.com/value-health-glycerin-b-p-200ml-10021858
wonderful stuff, at a very reasonable price.

Regards. B :)
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You're a star. Thanks B. The glycerine may also be helpful with some of the soaps I'm struggling with.
 
Boycie83 said:
You're a star. Thanks B. The glycerine may also be helpful with some of the soaps I'm struggling with.
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The glycerin will add extra slickness and glide to some of the soaps your struggling with.. I add some to the wilkinson sword soap bowl which helps to create a great lather.. My next outing with it I'll try adding some shaving cream with the mix. Enjoy the rest of the evening. B
 
Boycie83 said:
You're a star. Thanks B. The glycerine may also be helpful with some of the soaps I'm struggling with.
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It works a treat as well, i also started to add different oils to the bowl, not too much mind, i use mainly Palmolive soap with body shop Maca root, i started to do this to use up the Maca root cream as i did not care for the scent of it. i have started mixing the oils i like to 10ml of glycerine and add about 8 drops of mixture. Its all trial and error.
Good luck
 
Thursday 25th April



Cold Water Shave
Heno de Pravia Glycerine Soap
Pré de Provence Soap
Bethlehem Olivewood/Maggard's 2BB Brush
Feather AC SS with a Feather Super Pro Blade
Alum and Rinse
Witch Hazel
Aloe Vera Gel
Myrsol Agua Balsamica

I really slept in this morning and had only 20 minutes to get showered and out for work so my shave as delayed until this evening.
2 passes and a touch up......perfect.....and I am pretty certain I won;t be shaving in the morning!
 
Date:- 26 April 2019

Pre-shave:- Cold Water straight from the tap
Brush:- Brush:- Edwin Jagger Synth. v2.0 Silvertip Fibre Faux Horn 25/58mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Wholly Kaw ~ La Fougère Parfaite
Razor/Blade:- Gillette Super Adjustable S2 1972 / Vintage NOS Gillette Stainless #13
Post-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Natural Glycerin (20), Tea Tree Antiseptic (10), Lavender (15) & Peppermint (10 drops)
Fragrance:- Davidoff Cool Water Night Dive
 
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Razor : Gillette Super Speed Z-1
Blade : Gillette Platinum (3)
Shaving brush : Simpson Special pure badger
Shaving cream : Viking Sensitive
Aftershave balm : Viking Sensitive​
 
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SOTD. 26th April

Prep ~ Shower, Aleppo Soap 50%
Razor ~ Blackland Blackbird
Blade ~ Polsiver - Lodz Poland
Soap ~ OSP Sandelwood
Brush ~ Semogue TSN 2018 LE Boar
Post ~ Barts - Rosemary & Sandelwood
Scent ~ Guerlain - Santal Royal

A wet and windy day in Cornwall but even the weather couldn't put a dampener on this mornings shave. OSP Sandelwood is for me the best Sandelwood soap out there, real Sandelwood from India a with a fantastic tallow base, perfect, just perfect! :)
The Blackbird is a joy to look at and a joy to shave with and throw my Semogue brush into the mix and you have all you need for the perfect shave.

Wishing you all a perfect day.......P. :)
 
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