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SOTD : 16th April 2022.
Prep: Warm shower:/Asda Sea Salt & Fennel Extract 2 in1 Shower Gel.
Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face & head.
Chantry Lavender Goat's Milk Bar Soap.
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Rainbow Brown Synthetic. (Faux Horse)
Bowl Lather.
Bowl : Tesco's Ceramic 'Cosmo' Side Bowl.
Lather: Nivea Men Sensitive Pro Ultra-Calming Liquid Shaving Cream.
Blade: Feather Hi Stainless. (D1)
Razor: Parker 94r.
Post:
Cold water Face& Head Wash with brush squeezing's, Cold Water Face &Head Rinse. / Homemade (~Spring/Summer mix~) Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Essential Oils.3 Menthol Crystals Mixed Together With 200ml of Care+Witch Hazel./Nivea Men 2 Phase ASL+Replenishing PSB./Milton lloyd Essentials No.10 EdP.
Greetings,
Face & Head shave.
A new very eclectic shave set up to start of the long Easter weekend (UK).. Maiden head shave using the feather hi stainless.
Recently i was recommended to pair up a feather hi stainless with my Parker 94r...I will be using the same razor & blade duo for the full week.
After the wonderful maiden shave lathering performance from the vegan Nivea Men Sensitive Pro Ultra-Calming Liquid Shaving Cream in last weekend i was curious to try using for head shaving.
The verdict?....Absolutely superb!.....The scent is a mild clean fragrance very like to all Nivea men shaving products...The fragrance of a shaving cream/soap IMHO isn't a big issue for me, what is important is if it gives an acceptable lather for the shave.
The appearance of the liquid shave cream before i started mixing it up looked like a gooey sloppy mess, which to be honest made me doubtful, but once i started to add a few drops of water as i started to mix it up and adding more water the lather exploded and became slick rich and protective with no drying out issues and superb post shave feel... It is equal to the body shop maca root & aloe shaving cream which IMHO i consider one of the best inexpensive high street shaving cream that's on offer. Both are magnificent shave cream's which i highly recommend.
I can't recall the last time that i added the feather blade to my blade rotation so i was curious to together with the Parker 94r.
When i first started out in traditional wet shaving before learning my technique and building up my shaving confidence i was carelessly stupid enough to dive in at the deep end and shave with a feather blade, showing it no respect, the result was not a very nice experience which put me off feather blades thinking i had bought a dodgy batch and left it at that leaving the rest the blades in their box, never seeing the light of day again.
I have learnt that it was my total lack of experience technique, & shaving confidence which 100% contributed to the first few horrible experience's that i had with the feather hi stainless making me shy away from them, since then however my technique & shaving confidence shaving & experience has vastly improved and since then have had successful results when using them.
The Parker 94r/Feather Hi Stainless stainless was a very smooth efficient duo mowing through both my face & head stubble with effortless ease.
It just to show both my technique & shaving confidence have vastly advanced since my humble beginning To do a head shave with the feather Hi stainless is something i never thought i would do in a million years
The hefty weight of this small very effective razor adds to it's wonderful assertiveness which doesn't holds no prisoners to face & head stubble.
A close comfortable face & head shave with no errors to report.
Finishing the shave off with a few small squirts of Milton lloyd Essentials No.10 EdP to the chest & pulse points.
My face & precious swede are feeling silky smooth & smelling divine.
Stay safe, and enjoy the start of the long Easter weekend (UK) ladies & gentlemen.
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