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#14
Good shave today, approaching DFS. And it was a hotel shave too. The difficult parts were my chin, and the hollow of my left cheek. For the cheek, that's my weak-hand side, and the ATG pass keeps giving me trouble there. I get 2-3 little micro-weepers most days. Gotta get more delicate with my non-dominate hand. The ATGs are getting easier, but only by fractions. A slightly lower angle and some sythe/gillotine action works wonders.
It was a high pressure shave too. I nearly wimped out for the DE. Because today I visited...(Drum roll please)... Planete Rasoir. I had to giggle when I walked in the door. That guy from the website, he was there, sitting in the very same chair. Yes, I'll be returning with a suitcase full of MdC. They had lots of TI straights in the display cases. A few were real beauties, something to aspire to. ...
In today's travels I also spotted a big wall of AdP products that I hadn't seen before. More hardware and more scents. The brush I had seen, but on the Champs Elysees they wanted 470 Euros for it. (?!?)
I'm keeping my eye out for more shave shops. I keep a tube of SC in my travel kit, and it's well over half gone. Musgo Real is on my watch list. not French, I know. If not that, I'll find something....
Shave on....
#15
Personal best fast shave, but I'm still paying for it. Today is my second day in France, and the second day is always the hardest day for me. Jet lag hit hard. Getting out of bed was a struggle, and I didn't leave myself much time. I debated the DE, but went for it anyway. It's a good shave, maybe even DFS, but I'm still burning an hour later. No blood, and no blatant irritation, but my cheeks are tight, dry and warm. I blame part of that on walking in a wicked cold wind for 30 minutes this morning, but I know the major fault was all mine. I didn't strop-up before the ATG this time. I wonder if that cost me....? Tomorrow might be a DE day, with extra balm.
No, I didn't crack into the MdC. I'll do that from home. I'm still trying to kill off a tube of Bigelow. MdC will be a home product.
An observation about Paris: I've seen a lot of DEs in pharmacies here. One little store on St Micheal had at least 15 models. The shocker is the number of very long handle, presumably lady's DEs. It was the same in Planete Rasoir. Are there proportionally more wet shaving women in France? More wet shavers in general?
#16
After yesterday's burn, I decided to try something a little different today. Rather than WTG, XTG, ATG, I tried a WTG followed by two opposite XTGs. At the same time I focused on keeping pressure to a minimum. My goal was a CCS.
After the three passes, I rinsed and assessed progress. It was disappointing. I lathered and went for an ATG, really trying to make it delicate. The previous passes had helped, so it was an easier ATG than most. Still, I felt some skipping in a few places. I've been stretching my face more, and making more faces, all to get taughter skin. That seems to help.
This was my first four-pass straight shave. The result was pretty close to DFS, and nearly CCS. (Still a little burn, and a few micro-weepers on my cheek. So it's the 'comfortable' that's missing.)
fine shaving fellas....
Good shave today, approaching DFS. And it was a hotel shave too. The difficult parts were my chin, and the hollow of my left cheek. For the cheek, that's my weak-hand side, and the ATG pass keeps giving me trouble there. I get 2-3 little micro-weepers most days. Gotta get more delicate with my non-dominate hand. The ATGs are getting easier, but only by fractions. A slightly lower angle and some sythe/gillotine action works wonders.
It was a high pressure shave too. I nearly wimped out for the DE. Because today I visited...(Drum roll please)... Planete Rasoir. I had to giggle when I walked in the door. That guy from the website, he was there, sitting in the very same chair. Yes, I'll be returning with a suitcase full of MdC. They had lots of TI straights in the display cases. A few were real beauties, something to aspire to. ...
In today's travels I also spotted a big wall of AdP products that I hadn't seen before. More hardware and more scents. The brush I had seen, but on the Champs Elysees they wanted 470 Euros for it. (?!?)
I'm keeping my eye out for more shave shops. I keep a tube of SC in my travel kit, and it's well over half gone. Musgo Real is on my watch list. not French, I know. If not that, I'll find something....
Shave on....
#15
Personal best fast shave, but I'm still paying for it. Today is my second day in France, and the second day is always the hardest day for me. Jet lag hit hard. Getting out of bed was a struggle, and I didn't leave myself much time. I debated the DE, but went for it anyway. It's a good shave, maybe even DFS, but I'm still burning an hour later. No blood, and no blatant irritation, but my cheeks are tight, dry and warm. I blame part of that on walking in a wicked cold wind for 30 minutes this morning, but I know the major fault was all mine. I didn't strop-up before the ATG this time. I wonder if that cost me....? Tomorrow might be a DE day, with extra balm.
No, I didn't crack into the MdC. I'll do that from home. I'm still trying to kill off a tube of Bigelow. MdC will be a home product.
An observation about Paris: I've seen a lot of DEs in pharmacies here. One little store on St Micheal had at least 15 models. The shocker is the number of very long handle, presumably lady's DEs. It was the same in Planete Rasoir. Are there proportionally more wet shaving women in France? More wet shavers in general?
#16
After yesterday's burn, I decided to try something a little different today. Rather than WTG, XTG, ATG, I tried a WTG followed by two opposite XTGs. At the same time I focused on keeping pressure to a minimum. My goal was a CCS.
After the three passes, I rinsed and assessed progress. It was disappointing. I lathered and went for an ATG, really trying to make it delicate. The previous passes had helped, so it was an easier ATG than most. Still, I felt some skipping in a few places. I've been stretching my face more, and making more faces, all to get taughter skin. That seems to help.
This was my first four-pass straight shave. The result was pretty close to DFS, and nearly CCS. (Still a little burn, and a few micro-weepers on my cheek. So it's the 'comfortable' that's missing.)
fine shaving fellas....