B&B Finest Soaking in Hot Water getting Ready
Castle Forbes Lime Oil Shaving Cream
J R Torrey - Gibraltar
2 Passes
Warm Water Rinse
Cold Water Splash
Shavex Alum
Thayers WH Lavender Toner
Castle Forbes Lime Oil Aftershave Balm
Lucky Tiger 3 Purpose Hair Tonic
Finished with Penhaligon's LP 9 Cologne
Better then yesterday still a little ruff though smoother then yesterday but still some burn. Cheeks were great chin and upper middle neck tough. One mean cut to not from shaving from carelessness hit myself with the blade moving to fast
HD with IP (1st day)
C&E BBB
T&H Trafalgar
Alum
Thayer's Rose WH
Proraso ASB
Hadn't shaved with such hard water yet...made for serious lather differences! I did 1 pass and stopped there...rather risk a not-so-close shave than irritation all day. I am looking forward to returning home to my regular shave routine.
EJ BB medium
Palmolive shaving cream (green tube)
Schick injector Type E with Schick blade (day one)
Alum
Aqua Velva classic
Weleda ASB
Mont Blanc Star Walker edt
Guess what I got in the mail yesterday? A free Shick Quattro Midnight!!
So I decided to be a sadist and use it this morning... just to get a taste of what I used to have to endure.
Hot shower
TJ's pre-shave oil
SR 3124
Shick Quattro Midnight (Day 1!!!)
MamaBear's Orange/Patchouli/Menthol cream
Alum
QED Peppermint Hydrosol
Musgo Real A/S splash
MamaBear's Sandalwood Winter A/S balm
AOS Sandalwood EdT
They're right when they say prep is 50% of a good shave. I didn't have any irritation after the experiment, but the sheer size of the cartridge head meant I had to literally shake the razor 9 or 10 times each time I rinsed the blades... otherwise a steady stream of water would run down my face, leaving tracks of missing lather on parts I hadn't shaved yet!
Overall: No thanks, Shick. I'll stick with my DE razors.
Merkur Slant
Swedish Gillette
Savile Rowe 3118
Mama Bear Tangerine and Dominican Bay soap
Thayers Rose
Mama Bear B&B Summer AS
Penhaligon's Hammam Bouquet
Schick "Golden 500" Injector w/ new Feather blade "Feather Injector"
Shavemac Custom Silvertip
Blenheim Bouquet cream in the glass jar
Blenheim Bouquet aftershave balm
QED Lavender H2O
Purchased the Blenheim Bouquet items from Ameet. Have to say that I was quite impressed with the items. The shaving cream jar is something to behold...very high quality.
This was a very fine shave and my face felt great all day.
Gillette '61 Tech with Feather
Savile Row Il Bambino 3118 Silver tip
D R Harris Arlington Shaving Soap in the Beechwood Bowl
D R Harris Pink After Shave
D R Harris Arlington After Shave Milk
D R Harris Arlington Cologne
The Gillette Tech I received from DoubleE is a mild, non aggressive shaver. To get the ol' visage as close as possible to baby butt smooth, I needed a Feather blade and had to pay extraordinary attention to my shaving regime. The narrow presentation of the blade at the safety bar precludes increasing the angle to get those extra wiry whiskers.
Merkur Progress w/Feather blade
Plisson #10 HMW - thanks Steve
DR Harris almond shaving soap
DR Harris pink aftershave
B&B cologne.
The small HMW held more water than I expected and my lather was kinda runny this morning. I had to take another turn at the bowl to try to thicken it up.