SOTD 31 March - 6 April 2008

Hangover shave.

Hot shower
Face wash w/ Hydrolast "Cube" soap
Hydrolast SM100 brush
Merkur HD w/ Feather blade
Hydrolast Cube
Hydrolast 3-tier composite paste
WWR
Hydrolast Sandalwood/Citrus tonic
Hydrolast Peppermint balm
Aqua Velva Ice Blue A/S splash

4/6



Shower

Hot Towel
Men-U Premier Synthetic Brush
TOBS Rose Cream
Chrome GEM Micromatic with Treet Platinum Blade
WTG/XTG/ATG

WW Rinse
CW Rinse

Thayer's Rose
SCS Savory Rose EDT


==Tom

Futur w/Nacet (day 3)
Kent BK4
Salters Mint SC
Italian Floid A/S
Arko Cool ASC

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b&b 2006 in finest horn
TOBS avocado/La toja superlather
Fatboy on 5 with feather
Floris JF ASB
Floris JF EDT

Flare-tip Rocket w/ Gillette 7 o'clock
C&E BBB
Tabac
Thayer's Original
QED Patchouli/Tea Tree/Peppermint ASSC

Pre: Hot shower/KMF Cool Mint SC

Williams SS (Finally found some!)
C&E BBB
Gillette Ball-end Tech/Derby Extra
After 1st pass, decided to add in a bit of C.E. Bigalow SC resulting in a mind-blowing superlather.
Thayers Original Witch Hazel w/Aloe Vera (White Label)
Provence Sante Verlaine AS
Kenneth Cole Reaction EdT

hot towel prep

'68 Gillette Super Speed black handle w/ Derby day 2
Trumpers Rose SC
Shavemac silvertip brush
Musgo Real AS

I got tore up! I think I was in a hurry to get out the door.

Coffee: Celebes Kalossi, home-roasted, hand-ground, and brewed in a Bodum French press

"Red-Imp #133" (Solingen) 6/8 straight razor
Rooney Style 2 Size 1 in Super Badger shaving brush
QED Wild Rose shaving soap
Witch-hazel
QED Lavender ASC
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Lavande Velours EDT

Merkur HD w/ Feather
Simpson's Special Best
MWF
Proraso ASB

Gillette Adjustable "E4 Fatboy"
Gillette Platinum "Swede"
Super Badger Brush by Sabini
Crabtree and Evelyn Sienna Shave Cream

Hermes Eau D'Hermes Eau De Toilette


I disn't even need the Proraso pre/post

Snurdle of Speick, hand-slathered on face
Ed Schisler brush - a little face lathering
39C w/Swede - day 2 - 1 pass
WWR, CWR
Provence Sante Green Tea AS

Quick, light shave. Far from BBS but still satisfying.

MUSIC:
Precious Memories – Tennessee Ernie Ford (vinyl)

Vulfix 2233 in Super
J. W. Frasers SC
Filarmonica 7/8 Square Point
Shulton Old Spice Original AS
Shulton Old Spice Original Cologne

Saturday - late afternoon shave (after the drive home from Seattle)

British Tech
Derby Day 3
Conk Bay Rum and KMF Unscented
Badger brush
4-pass shave
WWR
CWR
Thayers
home made balm: alcohol, thayer's, Pinaud Bay Rum AS

*my wife liked the diluted Pinaud...calmed it down a bit.

Sunday:

British Tech
Feather Day 2
Body Shop Cream + Neroli & Bergamot EO
Badger brush
4 pass shave
Home made AS splash - alcohol/thayers/ aloe / neroli / bergamot
home made balm: thayers/aloe/neroli & bergamo EO
Penhaligon's English Fern EDT (sample)

*near BBS - the Tech calms the Feather right down - still scary sharp, but my skin stays on my face!

SWMBO did not like the 'powdery' smell of the English Fern....

Barry

Hot shower
Cornhusker's as preshave
Razor: The Mariner Mergress
Blade: Crystal/IP (Day 5)
Brush: Rooney 3/1 in super
Soap: MWF
Spritz: Thayer's Alcohol Free Aloe Vera WH
Aftershave: L'Occitane Cade ASB
EdT: Kenneth Cole Black

Sunday

Merkur 38C / Feather
Rooney Heritage Stubby 2
Coates Tea Tree Shaving Cream
Moss Scuttle
Thayers Original Witch Hazel
SCS Illusion Edt

'40s Aristocrat | Treet Platinum | Rooney 2/1 | TOBS Rose SC | GFT Coral Skin Food | Thayer's Rose Witch Hazel

Hot Towel
Merkur HD w/Derby day 1
Vulfix Pure Badger
Col Conk Amber soap, Musgo Real cream superlather
Aqua Velva AS

'58 Gillette Fatboy with a Derby
30mm Silvertip
QED Sandalwood Shaving Soap
C&E Aromatic Sandalwood After Shave Balm
C&E Sandalwood EdT

another silver blue user, nice!