Thread: Sun May 30th - Sat June 06th

June 4 - Shave 2 of the month
Prep: Hot shower, Nivia Face wash
Brush: Omega 48
Preshave: Stirling Mentha Preshave oil
Soap: TSD Lanolin Bay Rum
Razor: Gemstarcustom Sheffield 5/8 square point hollow.
Growth: 2 days
Post: Cold water splash, frozen towel, alum, Clubman Bay Rum AS, Proaso Green + m-bomb post shave balm, styptic pencil
Passes: WTG, XTG, WTG

I took my cold water shave to the next level today - frozen towel after cold water splash. Don't remember where I got the idea from, but put a wet towel in the freezer last night and pulled it out this morning preshave to let it loosen up a bit.

First pass with dominate hand was fantastic. Smooth, no pulling or tugging. I think I got all excited, because when I put the square point to my face with non-dominate hand, I nicked right below my sideburn with the point - man did it bleed. (WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER!) bleeder.jpg Once I got the bleeding to stop with the styptic pencil, I was able to continue. N/S from sideburns to under jaw line seems to be doing the trick and getting all my trouble spots covered with the straight. My 2nd pass was XTG again on face and ATG on neck with light pressure - so amazed at how letting gravity and the sharpness of the blade do the work I'm left with little irritation. 3rd pass was WTG again

Alum/Clubman combo was a nice little wake up call - but not too stingy (I'll continue to make words up as I like thank you very much!) The real winner of the shave today was the frozen towel. Once I finally got it unrolled, pressed the coldness to my freshly shaved face was very refreshing. Monday, I mentioned that stirling post shave balm felt a bit heavy so I went with the proaso with a few drops of m-bomb and I think that's the combo for now. Can't call it a BBS - since I consider BBS perfection and I nicked my check with the point but still a great shave today.