SOTD: Saturday 12th January 2019 - Friday 18th January 2019

GordyC said:

Saturday 12th January 2019 PM

Pre-shave:- Warm rinse / Proraso Red Pre Shave cream
Brush:- Executive Shaving Company Medium Jock Synthetic
Soap/Cream:- Reef Point Soaps Calming Spice soap
Razor/Blade:- Rockwell 6c R3 / Gillette Green (2)
Post-shave:- Thayers Cucumber / Bart's Balm Lavender Oil / Floid Vigoroso aftershave



Another recent acquisition used with Reef Point Soap's Calming Spice. It has a distinctive appearance being a dark brown soap and the scent is almost coffee like. Almost cappuccino like. It took a bit of work to get a lather going though I do think it's been sat unused for a while. Once the water has worked it way into the soap it explodes. A good lather which painted on nicely.

A 3 pass shave with a few pickups and I had reached BBS. The lather provided a nice cushion and glide, but oddly during my 2nd and 3rd passes I could feel a very light tingle on my skin immediately after reapplying. It wasn't a burn, more like the start of a burn....if that makes sense.

With the slight irritation I expected a good burn when I slapped on the Floid aftershave but there was next to nothing. Likewise, Bart's balm had no reaction, just a nice smooth and well nourished feel.

I was intending to have a chill out shave, but half way through I got called out to work, hence I added the Floid Vigoroso....the scent certainly wakens the senses.

An overall DFS.

Have a great night folks.

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Satanfriendly said:

And for today my shave was themed 'Class'

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Upper class - Colonial General
Middle class - Kai Captain
Working class - Razorock Plissoft 24mm
Class act - L'Occitane Cade cream
Top of the class - L'Occitane Cade aftershave
Finishing class - Prada Luna Rossa carbon

After three days at work with no shave in sight this evening brought a very welcome and overdue rendezvous with a razor. On this occasion the reach for being the Colonial General as I do find it deals with a few days growth in a more effective manner than my DE's.

I don't think a shave could have been delivered any better than this. Everything about it just felt wonderful and the Prada Carbon just put that end of the day edge to it all.

A Class shave and a face as smooth as a very smooth thing. Brilliant and happy.

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TomG said:

That background photograph looks suspiciously like a shaved chimp from Manchester with a head like a f*cking orange!

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culcreuch said:

Monday 14th January



La Toja Magno Soap
Proraso Sandalwood Pre Shave
Proraso Sandalwood Soap
Zenith Boar Brush
Feather Portable with a Feather Blade
Alum and Rinse
Thayers Witch Hazel
Palmer's for Men Moisturiser
Proraso Sandalwood AS

I don't use Feather DE blades very often as they are expensive for just 2 shaves....but today was a shave made in heaven
A great start for what is destined to be a very busy week.

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