review

  1. REVIEW - RazoRock 'The Monster' 26mm Plissoft Brush

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? RazoRock 'Monster' 26mm Plissoft Brush It is a brush for lathering shaving software. APPLICATION METHOD AND DESCRIPTION: I'll start with the description. It is a substantial bit of kit. Solid, well made and well presented. It arrived in a RazoRock branded...
  2. Edwin Jagger DELLI14bl Lilac Double Edge Razor

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Edwin Jagger DELLI14bl Lilac Double Edge Razor - Purchased for the wife as a gift after she expressed an interest in DE shaving. I will admit I've used it a few times myself, after all, when in Rome! DESCRIPTION: Blurb below direct from Edwin Jagger: "The all...
  3. Phoenix & Beau Solaris Tallow Soap

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Phoenix & Beau Solaris Soap - A tallow based soap, that gives exquisite shaves. APPLICATION METHOD AND DESCRIPTION: As I found with the early samples of the P&B tallow soap, this soap loads nice and easy, and gives a lather that is dense, rich, creamy and...
  4. Phoenix & Beau Sanskrit Tallow Soap

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Phoenix & Beau Sanskrit Soap - A tallow based soap, that gives exquisite shaves. APPLICATION METHOD AND DESCRIPTION: As I found with the early samples of the P&B tallow soap, this soap loads nice and easy, and gives a lather that is dense, rich, creamy and...
  5. Nanny's Silly Soap (Signature) - Moroccan Sands

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Nanny's Silly Soap - Moroccan Sands APPLICATION METHOD AND DESCRIPTION: Load the brush (damp synthetic) for about 15-20 seconds, whip lather in a bowl, adding water until ideal consistency is achieved. Apply to ones boat race in circular fashion, paint...
  6. Faena Mastic Tree

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Faena 'Mastic Tree' - 100% vegetable soap. If I need to tell you what a shave soap does, well, I think we need to start at the beginning! APPLICATION METHOD AND DESCRIPTION: It's simple. I choose not to bloom the soap as it is very soft (I moulded the...
  7. Erasmic Shave Stick

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Erasmic Stick - Shave stick. A 50g triple milled soap stick. Not sure I need to explain further :D APPLICATION METHOD AND DESCRIPTION: Well, as a shave stick, I thought I'd use as intended, so I unwrapped the stick from its wax paper and proceeded to...
  8. Taylor of Old Bond Street - Lavender Cream

    WHAT IS IT, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? Taylor of Old Bond Street - Lavender It's a shaving cream, we don't really need to go into it do we? Below is the bumpf lifted from TOBS website. A classic floral fragrance with essential Lavender Oil, the Lavender Shaving Cream creates a high quality lather...