SOTD "Cheap (Drugstore) Soap/Creams" Theme Week 31 March- 6 April 2014

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 morning -


Prep - Noxzema & hot towel
Lather - Mitchell's Wool Fat & suribachi
Brush - Omega 40033
Razor - Gillette Single Ring
Blade - Personna Red (2)

2 pass
Warm water rinse & cold water splash
Alum block & Witch-hazel AS

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.

My SOTD: April 5th, 2014

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

Prep: Nutrogena mild scrub
Preshave: Proraso
Razor: 40’s Fat Handle Tech
Blade: Lord Platinum (2)
Brush: Simpson 56 Best
Cream: Proraso Red
Post: Thayers Lavender WH
AS: L’Occitane Cedar & Orange Balm

2 pass (W/XTG); no touch up; DFS-

Sunday evening:

Razor: Superspeed
Blade: Personna Lab (2)
Cream: TOBS Mr Taylor
Brush: Penworks silvertip
A/S: Bayrum
ASB: Gaia Organic ASB

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!

Simpson Colonel X2L Best
MdC
Weber PH Bulldog
Polsilver SI
Myrsol Emulsion

Sunday

Pre-shave: Kiehl's Ultra Facial Oil Free Cleanser
Razor: EJ 89L
Blade: Rotbart ED
Brush: Vulfix Boar/Badger Grosvenor
Soap: The Bluebeard's Revenge Shave Cream
Aftershave: Alum/Kiehl's Blue Astringent Herbal Lotion
Balm: SCS Avocado Oil ASB

Sunday

Dovo #41 INOX MOP
Blish Mize Silliman Vintage Barber Hone
Tony Miller Pasted Paddle Strop
Tony Miller 3" Latigo Hanging Strop
Vintage N.S.Y. Sterilized Boar
Santa Maria Novella Crema da Barba
Floris Santal Aftershave Balm
Floris Santal EDT
Tabac Hair Cream

Sunday SOTD

Pre: Hot Towel
TOBS Herbal Pre-Shave Gel
Geo Stainless Steel Bowl
Brush: Simpsons Milk Churn Best Badger
Razor/Blade: Gillette Slim/Personna Med Prep (2)
Cream: D.R. Harris Arlington
Post: Cold Water Rinse/Alum Block
Aftershave: D.R. Harris Arlington
Cologne: D.R. Harris Arlington
D.R. Harris Arlington After Shave Milk

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.

Restored Rubberset on TOBS Sandalwood SC

Red Personna in Red Tip SS

Aveeno ASB

6 April 2014

GEM Clog Pruf
GEM SS
The Amici
RR Boston Tea Party
DR Harris Arlington splash