S.O.T.D. Saturday 24th January to Friday 30th January 2015

Wednesday

Evening, everyone.

Prep: Claus Porto's Lime-oil face soap
Razor: EJ DE89
Blade: Green Gillette 7 o' clock (5)
Brush: Kabuki Bamboo
Shave cream: Penhaligon's Endymion
Aftershave: Hai Karate
Cologne:
 
Hot water face splash
Exfoliating face wash with Dr. Squatch Pine Tar Soap
Coate's Superior Sandalwood Shaving Cream
L'Occitane Plisson Synthetic Shaving Brush
Ikon Deluxe Open Comb
Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Cold water face splash
Seifenglatt After Shave Balsam Nerolime
Hai Karate Original After Shave
 
28 January 2015 Shave

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Thurs 29th January 2015

Neutrogena Glyc Bar
Victoria P/B brush
Proraso Green
Gem G-Bar Heavy Flat Head- First use, arrived Monday.
Gem Coated [ 4 ]
Alum Rub/Rinse off
Woods of Windsor A/S Balm
La Toja A/S

MMOC V Other SE [ ER/ Gem ]
Razor in mint condition. Provided with ease a reasonable " go to work shave ", mild
shaver, not in same league as MMOC, but way better than Featherweight/ natural
angle.
 
Wednesday

La Toja stick
Semogue 2012 SE
ER 1912
GEM blade
Pinaud Vanilla AS


Thursday

LEA stick
Semogue 2012 SE
ER 1912
DR Harris Windsor AS

Both great shaves!
 
Greetings

Thursday 29th January 2015
Prep: Shower
Razor: Star 1912
Blade: GEM Blue Star Coated
Brush: Semogue 620 Boar
Soap: Klar Kabinett
Aftershave: Astral Cream (light)
EDT: Lapidus Pour Homme

Regards
Dick.

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WEDNESDAY EVENING

Razor: Cobra Classic
Blade: Feather Pro
Brush: Muhle V2 Synthetic
Soap: Palmolive (face lathered)
AS: Lilac Veg
Balm: Trumpers Sandalwood skinfood
EDS (in morning): Joop

Back to the trusty old combo again. I was in a rush and managed a ten minute shave with the above.

The blade is now nicely warmed up!
 
Thursday:

Shower prep, Clarins scrub
AoS Sandalwood Soap
EJ89 with Polsilver SI
Omega Boar
Floris Santal ASB
Pen's Opus 1870 Edt.


The AoS Soap is quite amazing ! really glad i got my hands on a puck, with thanks to Erik.
 
January 29, 2015

Biotique Papaya Scrub & Jergens Face Cream
Maca Root Shave Cream
Semogue 2012 SE
Muhle R41 2011 & Sabi T2
Rapira Swedish SuperSteel (1)
Mennen SB

First time using the Maca Root and it is simply fantastic. R41 with a Rapira Swedish is a winner. Lovely shave!
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Thursday 29th January

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Warm shower
Hot towel
Mike's Barbershop scuttle lathered
Finest Badger brush made by myself
Gillette Aristocrat (pre no 15 in Silver 1936)
Sputnik (2)
Cold rinse
Thayers Superhazel
Aqua Velva Musk aftershave

Wonderful combination of razor and blade, the shave smooth and clean on this cold and snowy day.
 
HEAD AND FACE SHAVE
dove cream hot wash
Shave secret oil
Castle Forbes lavender cream
Schick golden G
Personna injector 4
DE89 (head)
Cold rinse
THAYERS med witch hazel applied with cotton wool
Nivea sensitive balm.

Well worth the effort. BBS amazing head shave.
 
Pre: Village Barber oil
Soap: Super Smooth - Spice Trade - Wickham Soap Co.
Brush: M&F Chief, 26mm "Heritage" 2-band
Razor: Ikon OSS
Blade: Astra Keramik Platinum (1)
Post: Thayer's Original witch hazel, followed by vintage Old Spice ASL & Cologne

It's been a while since I used the Wickham Old Spice tribute and it's still amazing. Lathered quickly and easily and had enough for a dozen passes. Blade was nice.
 
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