Today brought a shave with the theme
'Red'
Red light district - Ikon SB on an ATT Colossus handle
Red blood cell - Polsilver Lodz
Lady in red - P&B Trafalgar
Simply red - Razorock 24mm Plissoft
Red sky at night - Bath House Spanish fig and nutmeg moisturiser
Red sky in the morning - Bath House Spanish fig and nutmeg EDC
Red sky any other time of the day - Cheap red towel courtesy of a local charity shop
I have been in the Merchant Navy for 42 years now and I have always had a little giggle that when it comes to red skies we get a better deal than shepherds apparently. I am so glad I chose my career as a salty arsed sailor over rounding up sheep. Although someone did say that spending time on a ship is the same as being in prison........except we can drown as well. Married to the sea and divorced from reality.
So today saw the end of my present little jaunt of floating around in a metal box and time for a return home and the family. As per usual it always starts with having a clean, a haircut and a damn fine shave.
Shower - Check
Haircut - Check (and check out the nice lady hairdressers while there - Check - Indeed very nice)
Shave -
My shave for this evening was a trial for some new products which I bought earlier in the day while out having a haircut. What started out as a £10 trim certainly went down the road of 'unplanned extra expenditure'. I really hate all this shaving lark as it always entices me to spend more than necessary. Before a return to this 'real wet shaving' it used to cost me a tin of foam once in a while and a few blades every few years. And some terrible shaves complete with irritation of course.
Move on
This evening was also going to about nailing this P&B Trafalgar after my last outing saw a disappointing form of gloopy lather. Using my faithful lather hammer in the Razorock and amazingly some water and elbow grease, this was more like it. A thick (but not overly so), luxurious, ready to slap on my face lather, and wow, did it do its job. I managed to whip up such a mountain of white froth there was sufficient to use as a pre-wash. Unusually I also decided to use a shave oil and what a good move, or at least I think so. This was all about getting the best base I could so as to allow the Ikon to do its business.
With a Polsilver Lodz on-board this was purely heaven. It is one of those shaves which shall go down in my list of 'great memorable shaves'. Everything about it felt wonderful and the end result was astounding. Beyond dolphins, baby's bottoms.......and liver.
To finish it all off my latest purchase of 'Bath House Spanish fig and nutmeg' aftershave balm proved itself a very good buy. It is not as thick as my usual L'Occitane Cade, but it is every bit the equal as to how it settled in to my skin and gave a wonderful glow and feeling. A top notch product. Along the same line as matching ties and underpants I also purchased the matching EDC. I didn't want to purchase but after trialling I hummed and ahhed for too long when I should have walked. Bugger
. Walking would have been the cheaper option. I am no great expert in the world of scents, but I do know when something is right. The Bath House is just so different to what I am used to and it simply fascinated me. By far the best of my scent purchases in the past year. I doubt it is for everyone, but it won my heart.
And to end it all a run out with the latest nose and ear trimmer. Not something I would usually write to the world about but as I mentioned elsewhere my wife would divorce me if I went down the road of 'old man unsightly facial hair'. It did a great job of not having to employ the services of a solicitor. Not as though that would be something new as we are in a second marriage to each other, As someone said at the second wedding 'If this isn't illegal then it fucking well should be'
So a great marriage saving shave and I feel dreamy, smooth as hell (ahhh home) and smelling of Spanish figs and nutmeg. A whole new level of brilliant.
I hope all your shaves are equally as rewarding and your evening a pleasant experience. No red lights for me this evening being as I am now skint. Thank God for that.
