6/2/22
Brush - Yaqi 26mm Black Boar
Soap - Lea Professional Cream
Razor - Flat Bottom Tech
Blade - Shark Platinum (5)
Post - Lea Balm
AS - Bond Retro
First time using the new Yaqi black boar. It's not the densest knot I have come across, but has decent backbone nonetheless, which is impressive considering it doesn't have a glue bump, but the tips, crikey they are the roughest and scrubbiest I have ever come across! It was like exfoliating my face with broom. It still did a pretty good job at creating a lather, also it smelt terrible when it was near my face, not a chemical smell but it smelt of pig; however I take it to be a good thing, IMO it's a sign the bristles haven't been massively chemically treated, from my experience the ones which have often are been more treated and have no odour at all, become soft floppy mops after a few uses.
I had about a pass and a half worth of lather, and the Shark Platinum was definitely running out of steam today, so binned it at the end of the shave, I was impressed with the blade though.
Finished the shave with a splash of Bond Retro, another first for today's shave. I'm struggling to describe the scent profile of this, it's quite sweet and fairly mild, I'm generally not the biggest fan of sweeter scents, I'm not sure I am massively enthusiastic about it, but I will give it a few more outings. A few minutes later on the skin, and it's not sitting too well, sadly this is another product to add to my PIF pile...
Anyway gents have a good Sunday.