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Sotd - yesterday - Saturday the 5th of October.
Razor - ER Streamline
blade - Gem vintage (2)
soap - MT - dark limes paste - vegetarian
brush - AP Shave - silksmoke synth
post - witch hazel
a/s - Deliplus splash
balm - La Toja - classic
scent - Creed - bois de Portugal edp.
Result - just fine.
A cold shower and a cold water shave - face and head - what was he thinking? - Glasgow in early October? What's that about? Just an idiot or a masochist on a diet? I had no choice - my bloody boiler - has decided to take a f***ing hissy fit to itself and stop producing hot water - although the heating still works - which I don't understand. We have a service contract for the thing - but thus far - I can't find any paperwork to remind me of the company it is with. So - lets make the best of it. Bracing and no mistake - my other half expressed surprise that shaving with cold water wasn't an immediate invitation to the spilling of much claret - but no - my skin responds very well to it - for reasons I have never fully understood. It actually might be better than using warm water for me - but not what you would want at this time of year - up here in Ultima Thule. Cue laughter from you types in Londinium - and parts south - still sitting by the pool - sipping cocktails in your Speedos. The Tremonia soap always works for me - but the AP Shave knot makes short work of producing the finest of lathers - ice cream tips in no time. Before getting this brush - I was distinctly sniffy about synthetic knots - not anymore. Lesson learned. Despite the odds - a great shave - have a good week - one and all - yours - I.
Oh - the picture - which probably needs some explanation -
@Paul L - you like me - are fans of the Spanish Artic Kinesia aftershave - I made a concerted effort to find some more in Alicante a couple of weeks ago - rien - nada - no joy - no tenemos - lo siento. It seems to have disappeared. Anyone that had previously stocked it - hadn't seen it for ages. The Deliplus splash might well be a worthy replacement - initially I thought they were the same thing with different packaging - smell, appearance and performance - but a closer look at the labels and ingredients suggest not. Made in different cities - the former outside Barcelona - the latter Tarragona. Both have extract of marine algae in them - the Kinesia also has castor oil and menthol in the formulation - which the Deliplus doesn't - not that I noticed a difference. Deliplus is an own brand used by the Mercadona supermarket chain - you will find them pretty much everywhere in Spain - it is stupidly cheap - I think I paid about two euros fifty cents for the 300 ml bottle - I was prepared to abandon it on the way home as I only had carry on - but my partner brought it back in her hold bag as she loved using it after shaving her legs. If you are in Spain - I'd recommend you try it - their aloe vera aftershave gel is superb too.
