Thread: Sun March 25th - Sat March 31st

An afternoon shave for me today. I'm off to a business dinner and needed to look proper. Well, as proper as I can be

The Buddel Damascus beckoned me for this shave, the MdC was the closest to my hand.
For that soap, few things works better than the D01 from Shavemac. The backbone on that brush is quite amazing.

I'm clean shaven and smelling like a million bucks(it is actually called that) from Lacoste.

Have a great evening guys!

Shave prep: Face wash
Brush: Custom 28mm silvertip in wood and horn
Soap: Palmolive shave stick
Razor: Rostok C 70, 4/8 hollow ground round point.
Strop: nun2sharp's hanging leather strop
After Shave Splash: Vetiver Rose home made splash
Notes: A bit short on time today, so I went for the quickest version of a luxury shave that I know of - a face lathering. 2 quick passes, near BBS and feeling good.

Thursday
Brush: Omega Boar
Soap/Creme: Poraso
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Astra SS
Pre: Hot Shower & Poraso Pre/Post
Post: Master Lilac Vegetal
Hair Groom: Gables Creme-Oil
Result: DFS with absolutely zero irritation, barely even felt the Veg when I put it on!

Prep: Hot shower – followed by Vitos pre-post-shave cream
SS/SC: Proraso “Sapone da Barba” + The Gentlemen’s Quarter “Bay Rum w/ Sweet Orange”
Brush: Rooney Style 3 Size 2 (Medium) faux Ebony “Super Silvertip Badger”
Strop: Strop: VB Red Latigo 50 fabric; 60 leather
Razor: 5/8” Joseph Allen & Sons Non-XLL “Medium Size Hollow Ground”
Toner: Thayer’s “Original” Witch Hazel w/ Aloe Vera
ASB: Barclay Crocker Vitamin E “Bay Rum” Scent
AS: Dominica “Bay Rum”
Result: An outstanding shave…

Razor: 4/8 F.A. Clauberg Tonsorial Gem
Prep: hot water, hair conditioner, mineral oil
Brush: van der Hagen
Soap: Conk Almond
A/S: Hot / cool water
Result: Back to my comfort zone... and with a curious kitty.

Good morning Gentlemens!

Today was:
Prep: hot towel + glycerin soap
Scuttle: homemade
Brush: restored Rubberset 153 with black badger knot
Shaving cream: Figaró
Razor: 7/8" Frederick Reynolds wedge (this restored by Salmo too )
AS: Old Spice Original After Shave

Originally Posted by JoeSomebody

...Carl, keep your chin up Brother, better times are ahead...

Thank you, I'm trying :-)

Originally Posted by baldy

...My sympathies to Bailey and yourself. That stuff sucks big time...

Thank you, Grant :-)

Originally Posted by jdto

Carl, you'll be pleased to know that Proraso has just done a repackaging and a reformulation. Parabens and sls are gone and apparently the soap performs great. This applies to their whole lineup. They're also coming out with a sandalwood.

Cool. I'll check out their web page :-) I do like Proraso, esp the pre-shave cream...

Originally Posted by mysticguido

...This past Saturday I had to go into the Hospital and Got out Late Monday Night...

I hope you're OK...

Long Hot Shower with L'occitane B ath soap
PEARS face wash
Merkur 25C
Feather blade
SWK XL scuttle
Shavemac Silvertip D01
TABAC Soap
Old Spice Lotion

Buddel Suminagashi | Thäter Fan | Mike's O/C/P + Jack Black | Thayers Lavender | AOS Sandalwood ASB | LV Sandalo

Another early morning shave.

Hot Shower
Stephan's Shave Cream
Gillette Blue Tip, Wilkinson blade
Lilac Vegetal
Vaseline for men

Shaved in the shower this morning. Always nice to do.