SOTD August 27 - September 2 LAST WEEK***

Getting started a bit early, lining up Monday's early morning shave:

Hot shower
Proraso Pre-Post towards end of shower
SMF 1 brush
'60 Fatboy w/ Feather blade (Day 5)
JM Fraser's cream
Warm water rinse
Cold water rinse
Aqua Velva A/S splash
Cold water rinse
Pinaud Clubman balm + Mama Bear's Lilac/Menthol milk + AOS Sandalwood balm
John Varvatos EdT

No shave Sunday so today it was:
Proraso at end of shower
Hot towel at sink
Trumper's brush
Taylor's Avocado lathered straight to face
Gold Slant (2nd day feather)
Proraso a/s splash
Great shave to start the week

Tweezerman brush
Trumper's Coconut Oil SC
My new EJ Bulbous-Lined razor
Gillette (Swede) blade day 1
Baxter's Toner
Aubrey Organics Northwoods ASB

V..

Superlather: Palmolive shaving cream + de Vergulde Hand soap
Kent BK4
Merkur HD with Merkur blade (3rd shave)
NfMS ASB
ACO caring face cream

Monday

WS pure badger
Proraso green tube SC
1949 SS with IP (day 2-2 passes)
Aqua Velva musk ASC
Florena sensitive skin ASB

Woot! My first ever straight razor only shave!! OK, so it was a Feather Artist Club RG straight (w/ Pro blade) but I managed to do a reasonable 1 pass shave all things considered. Sure my face is nowhere near as smooth as with my slant, but I will be content with this freshman effort!

B&B2k6 Finest Ebony Brush
Feather Artist Club RG w/ Feather Professional Blade
QED Fresh Limes Soap & CF Limes SC
Booster Iced Limes A/S
MB Summer ASB - Peppermint

MB Spicy Limes EdT

Shower
-Nancy Boy Body Bar
-Nancy Boy Shampoo

Shave
-Merkur HD
-Feather blade, day five
-C&E BBB
-Nancy Boy Signature Shave Cream
-Proraso ASB
-Nancy Boy Replenishing Facial Moisturizer
-NO styptic

Shower with Marseille olive oil soap
Progress & Tesco blade
EJ Best Badger brush
Trumper's rose cream
Alum
Trumper's Coral Skin Food
Trumper's moisturising cream
Penhaligon's Blenheim EDC....unfortunately the end of the bottle

Monday

Merkur 38C
Fresh Derby Extra Blade
Simpson T4
Sara Scuttle Courtesy of Patrick D
DR Harris Almond SC
Proraso Liquid Cream ASB
Splash of Aqua Velva AS

Warm Almond Cream via the scuttle made for a luxury 4 pass satisfying shave

Monday

Merkur HD
SR 3120
JM Fraser's Shave Cream
Nivea Cooling ASB

Burberry Brit EdT

'58 Gillette Fatboy with Feather Hi Stainless
Silver Tip
Mühle Pinsel Shaving Cream
QED Rose Water Hydrosol
Mühle Pinsel Ringelblume (Calendula) After Shave Balm
DR Harris His Cologne

Good Morning Everyone.

Good weekend. We got a lot done in the back yard and it is starting to look like the place we talked about for the past several years.

The shave set up this week:

After the shower

Olive oil soap (brand unknown: it was a big honkin' bar that lasted close to forever and I problably only have enough left to get me through Christmas) as a pre shave
Late 40's SS. I forgot how aggressive this little guy can be.
Derby blade
Palmolive Green
Dickinson's witch hazel
SCS Lavender ASB
SCS Lavender EDT

The Lavender ASB and EDT are new this week. This week I will l be looking good and smelling fantastic. Way to go Sue!

Merkur Slant w/Feather day 5
C&E Larger Super Badger
Tabac SS
Alum bar
Witch Hazel
Aqua Velva

After not shaving for a week -

Omega 6215 (my softest brush, for amazingly sunburned face)
Proraso green (see above)
Slant bar with IP
Proraso splash
Proraso balm

Back in business.

Monday

Vision / Derby
ShaveMac 177
C&E SAO SS
Moss Scuttle
Cool Water Edt

Another super shave with the Vision... the 38C has some close competition for the #1 slot in the razor lineup.

MUSIC:
4 Way Street - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (vinyl)

Hot Shower
Issy's Bay Rum & Guinness Stout Bath Bar
MB’s Peppermint/Rosemary Shampoo

4” Coors Mortar
Simpson Chubby #1 Best
DR Harris Arlington Shave Stick
L'Alpin Diamant Stahl 8/8 Full Hollow Ground Round Point
Dovo Best Russian Strop 40 on Linen / 40 on Leather
2 passes w/touchup
NO Styptic Pencil
WWR
CWR
Alum Bock
CWR
DR Harris Arlington AS Milk
L'Occitane Vetyver EdT

Clubman Hair Tonic

Have an outstanding day!

B&B Razor w/ Merkur blade
B&B Silvertip Shaving Brush
J.M. Fraser's Shaving Cream
Booster Polar Ice

Simple yet effective.

Hot towel
MB Rosemary Mint
Moss scuttle
SR 3120
Futur (1.5) / Feather (1)
QED original ASB

Proraso pre
Chubby 2
Merkur SLant
Wilkinson Sword (2)
Weleda Rasierwasser
Aramis cologne

Coffee: Sweet Maria's Moka-Kadir Blend, home-roasted, hand-ground, and brewed in a Bodum French press
Music: WMUD, streaming over the Internet here

1927/1928 gold-plated Gillette "Bostonian" w/Israeli Personna blade
Abraham & Strauss best-badger shaving brush (by Simpson)
QED Sandalwood shaving soap
No styptic pencil
Witch-hazel
SCS Sandalwood ASB
SCS Sandalwood EDT