Thread: How do you decide?

Monday is cream day and I have about 8 that I rotate through, and Saturday is for soap rotation. Sunday, Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,and Friday have a dedicated soap for each of those days.

I've bucked the trend of 'rotations'. Now I pick one and use it until it's gone.

I just broke through to the bottom of my puck of Arlington. After that it will probably be TOBS Avocado.
In 'storage' I have Coloniali Mango, TOBS Rose cream, Pre De Provance, Speik and probably 2 more that I can't remember.

I start with what aftershave I want to wear that day and then pick the soap or cream that I think will go best with the aftershave. I.E. Proraso soap and Aqua Velva. I need a larger selection as I only have 3 soaps and 2 creams. I use the Palmolive cream most because it is the most neutral that I have.

Originally Posted by Lynn

So for you guys who have more soaps and creams than you can use in a lifetime and who continue to more cuz ya just has to, how do you decide which one to use each day? Luck of the draw? Migrate to your favorites? What makes you pick what?

Since I never got any enjoyment out of shaving until last year, this is a pleasant problem to have. I make the most out of the opportunity and look for that old-fashioned experience.

Half the time I want a utilitarian soap with an honest, clean smell for an old-time shave at home experience. Right now that is an Arko stick. The other half of the time I want something that will perk me up, which right now is Mama Bear's Sandalwood or Bay Rum, or an Irisch Moos shave stick for an old-time barbershop experience. Other times, especially summer, I want something with high menthol content.

I use soaps most of the time, but will use a cream if my skin is sensitive. I have come a long way as a straight shaver but there are still are days when I shave too hard and leave my face chapped.

I really had to experiment with a lot of shave equipment before I figured out what works for me. And I needed for my skills to develop before I could find the right blade. Based on what I've read, it took me a lot longer than most to get good at this. If I made myself stick with the first soap and razor I got until I "mastered" it, I might not have gotten the kind of results I get now. I learned that what works for some doesn't work for others. For instance, I can't get Mitchell's Wool Fat to work. Sometimes I give up during the shave and use another soap to finish up.

I survey the available creams, like a harem of women, and select the one that seems the most interesting.

For me, it just depends on what I feel like using that particular day. There's no reasoning for my choices, except for my P.160. Since it is no longer being made, I use it a lot less frequently than others.

Wait p.160 is no longer being made?... (Sorry that was off topic)

1. Put the soaps / creams in a line on the counter (this is easy, I only have 4 brands of soap and 1 brand of cream).
2. Number the soaps/creams from left to right... -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
3. Go to my local mall with 5 frisbees and throw them to 5 random people.
4. Ask those 5 random people to throw the frisbees to 5 other random people.
5. Take the percentage of women who have frisbees in their hand and multiply by 3.14.
6. Whichever number that I have assigned the soaps to is CLOSEST to the answer to the math problem, I put that soap or cream back in the drawer.
7. I head back to the closest park to my house with 4 frisbees...

I repeat this process, going to different parks within a 5 mile radius until I am only down to 1 soap or cream. If I run out of parks, I hit shoe stores within a 5 mile radius.

I use the soap that I have selected the very next day... rinse / repeat.

The funny thing is that this TOTALLY RANDOM selection process has yielded the same results (soap -2) for 27 days straight!! I can't wait until I get to use the others.

Wait how do you ever get a negative number? I haven't taken a math class ina few years but that doesn't seem possible LOL

Shazam! Maybe that's why I keep having to use the same soap...

/ponders