Forgot to post yesterday. Palmolive lime with a vintage brush and a Gillette open comb with no date code. Shave today was the same razor with a different vintage brush and old spice lime cream.
Saturday 04-05-14. MUSIC: Spandau Ballet - Gold The Best of.
Aleppo soap - Restored brush The Golden Nib silvertip "A" - Gillette Rocket HD 500 - Iridium Super #1 - Pre JASÖN - Shaving soap Le Père Lucien LE 2014 - Alum block - Thayers Cucumber Toner - ASB Nivea Sensitive - ASL Taylor of Old Bond Street Nº74.
Pre: Hot shower w/ Anthony Logistic Glycolic acid cleanser
Prep: Proraso pre shave cream
Cream: Vi-John w/ tea tree oil
Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Ralf Aust 5/8 straight razor
Lather type: Scuttle – N-S/S-N on neck and WTG&XTG on the face
Beard type: Chinstrap
Moustache type: Handlebar
Post shave: Cold water rinse and alum ( zero feedback )
After shave: Aqua Vela Musk
Warm Water
Ach. Brito - Orange Amber Soap
Williams - Mug Shaving Soap
Semogue - 1407
Face Lathering
Kampfe Bros. - Star New Model 1904 (Long Handle)
GEM - PTFE (4)
WTG - ATG
Warm Water
Cold Water
Floïd - Blue Allume di rocca naturale
babylove - Face Cream
Roberts & Co. - Borotalco
Prep: Hot washcloth (microfiber) + Proraso Preshave Cream.
Soap: Blue regular Wilkinson from tube (1.90 Swiss Francs)
lathered in boiling water in double bowl that can take more heat than any scuttle.
Brush: Omega 10098 white boar.
Blade: Henkotsu 8/8, Barber's size, honed on 60K diamond film.
Result: Fantastic! Have a great week, everyone!
In the spirit of cheap drug store I'm going with a super lather of Williams and Nivea with Noxema pre and Aqua Velva sport post. Usually is a decent shave set-up for me.
Spring Greening Sunday, April 6, 2014
Kiehl's Blue Gel Herbal + Facial Fuel Energizing Cleanser
Myrsol Emulsion
Yeti Snot Soap
Georgetown Pottery G20 Scuttle
Simpsons for Hoffritz 434 Brush original knot
1959 Gillette Fatboy
Personna Israeli Red
More Myrsol Emulsion
Brooklyn Grooming Red Hook Moustache Wax
Green Glazed Terra Cotta Planter, produced by the Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., circa 1910 (possibly produced by my wife's grandfather)