S.O.T.D. Saturday 20th to Friday 26th sept

Pre: Village Barber oil
Soap: Vitos "Extra Super"
Brush: Simpson's M6 TSN-LE, 22mm 2-band Manchurian
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Rapira Swedish supersteel (1)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by Village Barber balm and Penhaligon's Opus 1870

Fantastic shave! 2.5 passes to clear 2 days of stubble. BBS in the best possible way.
 
MONDAY EVENING

Pre: Hot rinse & Prep cream
Cream: Simpsons Peppermint & Rosemary
Brush: Neep Malachite Aztec
Razor: Schick stick
Blade: Personna
Post: Akcay Tobacco cologne, Zirh AS balm

Excellent shave. Really like these injectors.
 

Face wash with Pears soap
Feather Artist Club DX non-folding / Super Pro Blade
Culmak Style Butterscotch 20mm Finest
Ingram Shaving Cream
Proraso Green A/S



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Tuesday

Morning, all.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: Gillette 7 o'clock yellow (4)
Brush: Kabuki Bamboo
Shave cream: Erasmic Supreme
Aftershave: Old Spice Noir
Cologne: M&S Autograph
 
Tuesday xxiii September, 2013

Prep: Hot shower, Zirh Alpha Hydroxy Face Wash
Pre: Splash of cold water
Brush: Neep Dreadnought '67
Soap: MdC Fougère
Razor: Gillette M3 Slim Adjustable
Blade: Personna Med #1
Post: Alpa Fougère
Fragrance: Houbigant Fougère Royale

Result: It's the count down to my Birthday, so a little bit of luxury is called for - hence the MdC. Teamed with birth year & quarter razor and a 1967 threepenny bit embedded into the base of my Neep custom brush and we are all set!

All the best,

Jon
 
Prep: Hot shower
Pre: Noxzema
Soap: NSS Grape & Bamboo Signature sample
Bowl: Woodhead Tall Large Scuttle
Brush: Omega Boar 10005
Razor: Gillette Slim @7
Blade: Rapira Stainless (2)
After: Speick Active AS, Body Shop Arber ASB

Today was an experiment to really see if Noxzema kills NSS lather. Normally I don't think I'd use this combination because of the pong of Nox overpowers the subtle NSS scent; but I needed to know.
I used my usual thin application of the Nox before bowl lathering and applying NSS lather. I usually scrub a little bit like face lathering but I found no degradation of the lather at all. So my conclusion is no effect.

While on the subject of NSS Signature, it's a funny soap isn't it. In the bowl it seems a little frothy (maybe I did use a too small an amount) but stable. Once applied and brushed around the chops it kind of settles to a cream which sticks to the skin quite nicely.
I still find my skin feels a little tight afterwards though, maybe that's the clay in it (if there is any) pulling out moisture from the skin. Not complaining though as my face feels great afterwards.

Have a great day, folks.

 
Muhle R41 2013'/Classic Stainless Handle
Feather Blade
Stirling Beer Shave Soap
Simpson Colonel Best Badger
Stirling Bay Rum Witch Hazel Aloe Balm
Old Spice Classic Cologne
Sea Grapes Studio Shave Bowl
 
Tuesday 23rd September



Warm shower
Hot flannel
CRSW Original Royal Fougere bowl lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Tech (Aluminium handle)
Feather (1)
Cold rinse
Thayers Lavender witch hazel
Old Spice Sensitive aftershave
 
Pre: RazoRock/HTGAM mentholated lime pre-shave soap
Cream: Xpec unscented
Brush: Rubberset-400 replica with 24mm silvertip
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Rapira Swedish supersteel (2)
Post: Thayer's witch hazel, followed by Myrsol Antesol

First time with this brush. I let it bloom with a quick shampoo hand-lather then hit the Xpec with it.
Dear God! The lather was going everywhere! This shot was taken AFTER my 3-pass shave. Look at all the lather leftover. Amazing.
 
Pre shave oil
Simpson Commodore X2
Lavanda cream
39c Slant
Lab Blue (3)
Proraso AS

Starting to go through some brushes to trim the herd down. Although this is a very nice brush I prefer others more so this could end up on bst soon.
 
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