Hot water
Bluebeard's Revenge Cream
Men U bristle brush
Merkur 38R
Rapira Swedish Super Steel
Proraso pre-and post-shave to finish
I haven't posted in Shave of the Day before but felt compelled to as I achieved, quite by accident, my first ever BBS shave!
Surely a rite of passage?
I have been DE shaving for just under two years now and have got some very very good shaves but this was the first time I achieved BBS.
I had already shaved this morning (so off to a bit of a head start) but decided to shave again today as it hadn't been an especially close one and I hadn't used my Bluebeard's Revenge for ages (such a great lather, such a great smell!)
The Rapira blade I had shaved with once before, so I didn't expect too much from it (although I tend to find them very sharp and the Swedish Super Steel seem less abrasive than the standard Rapiras on the first pass or so).
Skin was a little red and one or two very small nicks but once I saw how well it was going I had to try to be a perfectionist!
