First nice, bloodless shave
Nice hot bath, using my Case Red Imp straight razor to shave my legs (for those who don't know me, I am a woman and I have to shave). Taylor's Eton College soap, natural sponge, Mama Bear's Rosemary Mint shampoo and Origins apricot Fresh Rinse conditioner.
The Shave:
- Dovo Prima Klang 5/8", red oak handles, stropped 30x on rough black side of a TI 4-sided paddle, then 30x on 0.5 pasted leatehr, then 30x on smooth leather.
- Nice hot, wet towel with a bit of lavendar oil on face.
- Lather up with Colleen's Leatherneck soap on my silver badger-hair brush from a scuttle.
- Hot, wet towel soak again a la Lynn's video
- Origins' pre-shave oil applied
- Lather up again, same soap.
- Nice shave with the Prima Klang
- Thayers Supermedicated blue label splashed on
- Origin's "Fire Firghter" aftershave
- Origin's super antioxidant moisturizer on rest of face!
My favorite preshave oil is the Truett & Hill, for the smell, and on the soaps it's a toss-up between Mama Bear and Colleen's soaps. Aftershave, it's between Mama Bear and Castle Forbes.'