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.
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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.

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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.
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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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