SOTD 08 April 2018
Pre-shave - Warm bath with Epsom salts, Wright's Cold Tar Soap wash followed by warm water splash.
Soap - OSP Lavender.
Brush - Simpsons Chubby 2 synthetic.
Bowl - Littke Wren Pottery.
Razor - Rex Ambassador.
Blade - Muhle DE (day 2).
Post shave - Myrsol After Shave Balsamic Water, followed by Bart's Lavender Shave Balm.
Aftershave - Barts Aftershave Lotion Lavender.
A very late Sunday shave, nice and relaxed - after seeing posts on lavender shaves on SOTD a few weeks ago, I decided to give it a go.
A very relaxed shave, the Epsom salts bath was a great way to start, very restorative; especially after as good Saturday night with the Mrs
The OSP lavender did not dissapoint - great protective qualities, glide and scent. I love shaving with the Rex Ambassador, I dialed it up today to 4.5 for the first pass; with 3 for the second and third passes. I find SE shaving much more efficient efficient, both in terms of speed (fewer passes) and in shave quality. However, shaving with the Rex Ambassador seems to be more fun, if that makes sense!
My second outing with the Muhle DE blade - I wanted to love this blade out of the box,as I really enjoy the Muhle razors (notbaly the Rocca) and shaving brushes, however, I have found the blade thus far to be non-descript - a decent shave, sadly nothing to write home about - I expected more, given the quality of the other Muhle offerings.
The Barts balm and aftershave are excellent - great performance and for the price, an absolute steal.
I enjoyed the lavender shave, very relaxed and my skin felt great afterwards.
I hope everyone has had a good weekend.
All the best,
Chris