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Shaving recipe for today.
Prep: Cool shower:/ L'OREAL~ Hydra Sensitive Birch Sap Shower Gel.
Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears ~ Transparent Lemon Flower Glycerine Soap./Bloom Water.
Brush: Omega ~11047 "Mixed Midget".
Bowl Lather.
Soap : Phoenix & Beau ~ Star Noir.
Blade: Personna~ Gem PTFE coated.(5)
Razor: Ever-Ready 1912. (USA)
Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./ Homemade Lime, Lemon+Peppermint Oil & Menthol Crystals Witch Hazel Mixture./ Morrisons ~ Aloe Moisture Lotion.
Benjamins ~ Mentholated Bay Rum A/S Splash.
Greetings,
A new shave set up to start the bank holiday weekend..However i've had to go into work for half a shift, because of the bank holiday monday coming up..At least i don't have to work on monday..Yeah!
Maiden shave with the Phoenix & Beau Star Noir soap, first of the three P&B soaps along with a 5 pack of Shark Super Stainless blades that i won in the PIF kindly donated by @shevsky (TOM).The verdict?.Absolutetly superb!, i bloomed the soap for a few minutes in hot tap water and used the bloom water as a pre-shave,then loaded my brush up from the tub, and started to mix up a lather in my mixing bowl, adding small amounts of water until i got the consistancy that i like,one thing i will say "it's a thirsty soap",after a minute of so i had a wonderful slick protective lather for the shave,more than enough for the shave. It's scent, to my nose is mixture of spice, musk & citrus a wonderful nostalgic mature fragrance, that isn't "full on"in your face but lingers nicely throughout the shave and beyond..All in all, a fantastic soap, which was a pleasure to shave with, leaving a excellent post shave feeling to my face, what more can i say, except thanks again to @shevsky (Tom) for giving me the chance to experience this wonderful soap,i look forward to trying out the other P&B soaps in my future SOTD's. Your a true gentleman, like most of the members on TSR shaving forum.
Second outing of the Omega mixed midget brush, which performed superbly, only 4 hairs falling out of the brush throughout the full shave.The Gem PTFE blade excelled itself, with the ER 1912 another wonderfully vintage razor gifted to me by @patw still performing with smooth efficiency on its 5th and final outing..I won't push it for another shave,even though it would possibly be ok, if a blade can give me 5 sublime shaves,then i can't ask for anymore.
A very comfortable 3 pass BBS shave with no errors to report.
Finishing the shave off in old school style with a generous splash of benjamins ~ mentholated bay rum a/s splash.
My face is feeling smooth, & smelling devine.
Enjoy the start of the long weekend, ladies & gentlemen.
Prep: Cool shower:/ L'OREAL~ Hydra Sensitive Birch Sap Shower Gel.
Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears ~ Transparent Lemon Flower Glycerine Soap./Bloom Water.
Brush: Omega ~11047 "Mixed Midget".
Bowl Lather.
Soap : Phoenix & Beau ~ Star Noir.
Blade: Personna~ Gem PTFE coated.(5)
Razor: Ever-Ready 1912. (USA)
Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./ Homemade Lime, Lemon+Peppermint Oil & Menthol Crystals Witch Hazel Mixture./ Morrisons ~ Aloe Moisture Lotion.
Benjamins ~ Mentholated Bay Rum A/S Splash.
Greetings,
A new shave set up to start the bank holiday weekend..However i've had to go into work for half a shift, because of the bank holiday monday coming up..At least i don't have to work on monday..Yeah!
Maiden shave with the Phoenix & Beau Star Noir soap, first of the three P&B soaps along with a 5 pack of Shark Super Stainless blades that i won in the PIF kindly donated by @shevsky (TOM).The verdict?.Absolutetly superb!, i bloomed the soap for a few minutes in hot tap water and used the bloom water as a pre-shave,then loaded my brush up from the tub, and started to mix up a lather in my mixing bowl, adding small amounts of water until i got the consistancy that i like,one thing i will say "it's a thirsty soap",after a minute of so i had a wonderful slick protective lather for the shave,more than enough for the shave. It's scent, to my nose is mixture of spice, musk & citrus a wonderful nostalgic mature fragrance, that isn't "full on"in your face but lingers nicely throughout the shave and beyond..All in all, a fantastic soap, which was a pleasure to shave with, leaving a excellent post shave feeling to my face, what more can i say, except thanks again to @shevsky (Tom) for giving me the chance to experience this wonderful soap,i look forward to trying out the other P&B soaps in my future SOTD's. Your a true gentleman, like most of the members on TSR shaving forum.
Second outing of the Omega mixed midget brush, which performed superbly, only 4 hairs falling out of the brush throughout the full shave.The Gem PTFE blade excelled itself, with the ER 1912 another wonderfully vintage razor gifted to me by @patw still performing with smooth efficiency on its 5th and final outing..I won't push it for another shave,even though it would possibly be ok, if a blade can give me 5 sublime shaves,then i can't ask for anymore.
A very comfortable 3 pass BBS shave with no errors to report.
Finishing the shave off in old school style with a generous splash of benjamins ~ mentholated bay rum a/s splash.
My face is feeling smooth, & smelling devine.
Enjoy the start of the long weekend, ladies & gentlemen.
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