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Tuesday AM
Pre:
Musgo Real Glyce lime oil soap
Hot flannel
Shave:
'63 Slim adjustable
Crystal Platinum (1)
RSC cream, bowl-lathered
Kent BK2
Post:
Boots witch hazel
Nivea Sensitive A/S balm
3 passes: WTG, XTG, ATG plus touch-ups.
Result: Almost a DFS.
After a smooth, comfortable 2 passes (first pass on 5, second on 4). I decided to try gently ATG on 2. I'd already got a couple of annoying weepers on my chin, but going ATG, fortunately, didn't cause any more and very little irritation, either. I then continued on 2 for a touch-up in my usual areas under the jawline - J-hooking on one side, buffing on the other. I think I put on too much of the thick lather from the centre of the brush, though, because the blade seemed to ride over a layer of lather and barely touched the whiskers that were left from my reduction passes. Also, I was annoyed at having missed a patch above the jawline where the cheek meets the lower lip. I think it was in a gap between my cheek strokes and lower lip strokes. Must pay more attention in future - XTG in both directions or a more thorough ATG would have sorted it.
Pre:
Musgo Real Glyce lime oil soap
Hot flannel
Shave:
'63 Slim adjustable
Crystal Platinum (1)
RSC cream, bowl-lathered
Kent BK2
Post:
Boots witch hazel
Nivea Sensitive A/S balm
3 passes: WTG, XTG, ATG plus touch-ups.
Result: Almost a DFS.
After a smooth, comfortable 2 passes (first pass on 5, second on 4). I decided to try gently ATG on 2. I'd already got a couple of annoying weepers on my chin, but going ATG, fortunately, didn't cause any more and very little irritation, either. I then continued on 2 for a touch-up in my usual areas under the jawline - J-hooking on one side, buffing on the other. I think I put on too much of the thick lather from the centre of the brush, though, because the blade seemed to ride over a layer of lather and barely touched the whiskers that were left from my reduction passes. Also, I was annoyed at having missed a patch above the jawline where the cheek meets the lower lip. I think it was in a gap between my cheek strokes and lower lip strokes. Must pay more attention in future - XTG in both directions or a more thorough ATG would have sorted it.
