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It's not for the faint of heart. Next up may be the Penhaligon's Bleinheim Bouquet.No kidding! I want to see a video of how those poor soaps get lathered every day.
It's not for the faint of heart. Next up may be the Penhaligon's Bleinheim Bouquet.No kidding! I want to see a video of how those poor soaps get lathered every day.
It's not for the faint of heart. Next up may be the Penhaligon's Bleinheim Bouquet.
It's not for the faint of heart. Next up may be the Penhaligon's Bleinheim Bouquet.
No need for video. It called OVERLOAD. The Razorock Fresco was eaten easily this way. Not so the artisan Boston tea. It's holding up pretty well.No kidding! I want to see a video of how those poor soaps get lathered every day.
***** Ding Ding Ding! *****
Let's add a little wrinkle to this. For many of us, sticking to one soap exclusively is a trial of willpower and persistence. Fortunately, we can switch up brushes, razors, AS and Fragrances for variety. What do you say we make this a little more interesting? Let's remove another variable from our lather making and pair one brush with one soap for the duration.
Beginning on April 9, johnniegold and I will begin using one brush and one soap exclusively. To make it even more interesting, we will use a soap of which we each have only one, and it is no longer available. Once it's gone, it's gone. The soap? Soap for Hope's La Toja Manantiales. Once elusive, then abundant, soon to be gone forever from our shave dens. The brush? The Simpson Rover LE in Best; David Carter's Everyman Simpson brush that disappeared after the Vulfix acquisition, only to return as an LE brush in Best that has climbed into the top tier of brushes in our dens. This is likely to be a pairing made in heaven, but it will certainly test my fidelity, as I currently rotate brushes every 3 shaves....and I like brushes.
Do you have La Toja Manantiales? Do you have the Rover? Do you have a favorite soap and a favorite brush? If the answer to any of the above is yes, please consider joining in and take your soap expertise to a different level.
***** Ding Ding Ding! *****
Let's add a little wrinkle to this. For many of us, sticking to one soap exclusively is a trial of willpower and persistence. Fortunately, we can switch up brushes, razors, AS and Fragrances for variety. What do you say we make this a little more interesting? Let's remove another variable from our lather making and pair one brush with one soap for the duration.
Beginning on April 9, johnniegold and I will begin using one brush and one soap exclusively. To make it even more interesting, we will use a soap of which we each have only one, and it is no longer available. Once it's gone, it's gone. The soap? Soap for Hope's La Toja Manantiales. Once elusive, then abundant, soon to be gone forever from our shave dens. The brush? The Simpson Rover LE in Best; David Carter's Everyman Simpson brush that disappeared after the Vulfix acquisition, only to return as an LE brush in Best that has climbed into the top tier of brushes in our dens. This is likely to be a pairing made in heaven, but it will certainly test my fidelity, as I currently rotate brushes every 3 shaves....and I like brushes.
Do you have La Toja Manantiales? Do you have the Rover? Do you have a favorite soap and a favorite brush? If the answer to any of the above is yes, please consider joining in and take your soap expertise to a different level.
Hmmmm. Interesting. I might be in.
Why the start date of April 9th?
We're both traveling at the start of the month.
I may have to box up the rest of the brushes and just have The Rover out. Heck, I might even go with one razor and see how the "old-timers" used to live.
That's pretty much how I roll. I just use one razor, and keep only one soap, brush, AS out.
***** Ding Ding Ding! *****
Let's add a little wrinkle to this. For many of us, sticking to one soap exclusively is a trial of willpower and persistence. Fortunately, we can switch up brushes, razors, AS and Fragrances for variety. What do you say we make this a little more interesting? Let's remove another variable from our lather making and pair one brush with one soap for the duration.
Beginning on April 9, johnniegold and I will begin using one brush and one soap exclusively. To make it even more interesting, we will use a soap of which we each have only one, and it is no longer available. Once it's gone, it's gone. The soap? Soap for Hope's La Toja Manantiales. Once elusive, then abundant, soon to be gone forever from our shave dens. The brush? The Simpson Rover LE in Best; David Carter's Everyman Simpson brush that disappeared after the Vulfix acquisition, only to return as an LE brush in Best that has climbed into the top tier of brushes in our dens. This is likely to be a pairing made in heaven, but it will certainly test my fidelity, as I currently rotate brushes every 3 shaves....and I like brushes.
Do you have La Toja Manantiales? Do you have the Rover? Do you have a favorite soap and a favorite brush? If the answer to any of the above is yes, please consider joining in and take your soap expertise to a different level.
I am definitely a soap guy. The TOBS Lavender Cream which I have been trying to finish is a disappointment- the shaving is OK, but not as close as I am used to with a good soap. Tomorrow I will start on a tub of SMN which has only had a couple of shaves from it and keep the dregs of the TOBS Cream for the upcoming Brush Chronicles.
I am definitely a soap guy.
but not as close as I am used to with a good soap.