So I have been wet shaving for about a year and a half now. Started off extremely simple with a synthetic brush and a no name soap. Since then I have really had a few acquisition disorders(and I love it).

With that being said I have been tweaking my shave routine often and now I truly feel that I have had the most amazing shave to date. I think I have found a few great pieces that will continue to give me great shaves. I have taken tips from here and tried things out for myself. I'll break it down for you a bit.

1. I have been seeing a lot of threads about Stirling soap company on here lately. Have been using their soaps for a while now but after reading all the posts I decided to look through all of their products. So I read about their Sheep Soap. Its there original body soap. I ordered it and used it and it works amazing. Since I love how it felt on the rest of my body I decided to wash my face with it with even better results. So now I use that for my face prep.

2. I then use proraso pre shave cream. Love the cooling sensation it gives me throughout my whole shave and very nice slickness.

3. Los Angeles Shaving Soap Company. I ordered their sample pack and not only do they have a few stand out scents but the the performance was amazing. Its a soft soap that lathers as easy as any cream I have used but is as rich as most soaps I have used.( Of coarse YMMV) So so happy I made that purchase and will purchase a couple full sized tubs of their soap(Topanga Fougere and Santa Monica Bay Rum) And for those of you that care about that certain type of thing its a Vegan soap so thats pretty cool. I dont care about that so much but I'm sure some one will.

4. Alum block and I have absolutely gotten stuck on Nivea after shave Balm. I know it isnt fancy or trendy or anything but it performs amazingly for me and the scent kind of goes with anything. IMHO.

5. I used my Wade & Butcher Celebrated and my Royal Shave PB2 brush.

The whole experience was really enjoyable. The addition of the Sheep Soap i feel was the catalyst of the whole things. My face never felt softer or fresher after last night shave.

Sorry for the long post but I was soooooo impressed with Stirling Soap Comapny's Sheep Soap and LA shaving soap. They found a permanent place in my rotation and daily ritual.