Sotd - Sunday 23rd of September -
Razor - Mergress (1.5)
blade - Gillette Aussie Spoiler (4)
brush - Simpsons Chubby 1 best
soap - RazoRock Nomad
post - witch hazel
a/s - RazoRock Nomad
balm - none
scent - Dior Eau Sauvage edp.
Result - top end.
The most nerve racking sort of shave - in the morning - before going for lunch - time was pressing - need to look presentable - please - insert the name of your chosen deity - don't let me cut myself up a treat. Bleeding at the communal table is not a good look - especially if you are an evangelist for 'proper' shaving. Got away with it - let's use a new soap - just to ramp up the anxiety levels - not the best of strategies granted. I own two or three RazoRock soaps - I like them - they are all tallow versions but this one isn't - I picked it up on bst from
@shaunwistow - thank you mate - easy seamless transaction - I was taken by the scent description - which is - according to the manufacturers -
'top notes: orange blossom, bergamot and coriander, with patchouli, amber, cedar, vetiver and sandalwood at the base,' and this is what is in it -
'Stearic Acid, Aqua (Water), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Sodium Hydroxide, Hydrogenated Lanolin, Parfum (Fragrance), Argania Spinosa (Argan) Oil, Aloe Barbadensis Extract (Aloe), Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Citronellol, Limonene.'
I couldn't really separate out the scent elements with the soap - no problem - it was nice - it certainly lathered easily - like a ba***rd - in fact. Abundant. Copious. I think I over-loaded the brush - it wasn't hissy in the slightest - with moisture - the profile really becomes obvious - with the matching splash. I like them used together a lot. Post shave feel indicated no need for a balm - high praise indeed. I think my skin really likes argan oil - doesn't that have something to do with goats up trees in Morocco? Weird but true - a bit like civet coffee. Products that pass through the digestive systems of animals before use. Who ever discovered these things? So - job done - the Spoiler - even at this early stage is really the poodle's privates - blade-wise - for me. If it keeps up being this sharp and comfortable - for how long? - who knows - let's find out. The edp Dior Sauvage - to finish - when your - male - heterosexual - mate - of over thirty years - leans over during lunch - and says 'you smell lovely - what are you wearing?' - you've got something right. Ha ha. Job done - enjoy yours - one and all - cheers - I.
Oh - I was thinking more about hipster population control - the hunting them with dogs thing is probably a bit over the top - that is a pr disaster waiting to happen - I need to really work on the benevolent aspect of being a benevolent dictator. You need to take people with you. Much more humane - would be to interfere with their breeding cycle - like you do with mosquitoes - that sort of thing - but I realised - what does a female hipster look like? How can we spot them? Could you pick one out? I couldn't. Maybe - hipsters exhibit sexual dimorphism - many species do this - it is a pretty good evolutionary strategy - the obvious males get eaten by predators - their less obvious mates - disappear into the background to get on with the business of producing the offspring - typically birds - peacocks and pea hens - for instance - most obviously - birds of paradise - huge - gaudy - brightly coloured males and much smaller less obvious females. Birds of paradise are interesting - not least their name - when Europeans first became aware of them - in the early C. 16th - the locals who caught them - cut off their wings and feet - that is what they did to use them as decoration and status objects - before trading them - hence the myth - that they were 'birds of god' - kept aloft by their elaborate plumage - never touching down on terra firma. Several types share the taxonomic description 'apoda' - meaning footless in Latin. They were conflated with the legendary phoenix for quite a number of years - the first Europeans who actually saw them in the wild - were members of Ferdinand Magellan's crew - in New Guinea - on his circumnavigation of 1519 to 1522 - except Magellan didn't make it all the way around the globe - he picked a stupid fight with the - latterly to be called - Philippinos - and got killed for his trouble. Idiot - the first man to actually bring a ship home - was one Juan Sebastion Elcano - D'Elcano in some sources - the first mate on the Victoria - a Basque. Sorry - even by my standards that is a bit off topic - and not really moving the hipster problem forward. Its not easy preparing to run the world. Ha ha ha.
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