Fatboy
7 o'clock yellow
Moss Scuttle
Omega Silvertip
Trumpers Sandalwood Cream
Witch hazel
Florida Water
7 o'clock yellow
Moss Scuttle
Omega Silvertip
Trumpers Sandalwood Cream
Witch hazel
Florida Water
2010.XI.14
Sunday:
Progress w/ Bleue Extra (3)
Semogue 1450 boar
High Life SS
High Life Bay Rum AS
Today's shave was pretty lame. That's what you get when you want to try new, obscure soaps...
I don't really know where to start from. High Life is an Arizona-based company that has specialised in pomades and products alike. I've never tried any of their grease range so I don't know if they're good or not but they seem to have some following.
Now, when I saw they were issuing their own shaving soap, and given the fact I wanted to try something new and unknown, I didn't think twice and ordered a puck for myself. It comes in a rectangular (?) shaped tin box with the High Life retro-style sticker on it.
This soap is incredibly bad: almost imperceptible scent, it makes a thin and short-lived lather, but that's not the worst of it. This soap gives no moisturising effetc at all! While passing the blade across your face, you'll feel your skin as dry as a paper leaf and you'll have to struggle a bit to make it till the end. Incredibly, although this resulted in a very mediocre shave, I managed not to cut myself and my skin was far from being irritated. Guess the shea butter protective properties are probably the only good thing about this goats milk based soap. For the record, High Life soap is manufactured by presleypaige.com.
The AS on the other hand is quite nice, a sort of mellow Bay Rum concoction made by Lucky Tiger. I've never tried their Bay Rum lotion but I supposed this one must be a rebranded equivalent.
Cheers,
Vasco
Vasco,
Thanks for the mini review. I guess you never know unless you try right? Hey, it could have been a real find. That happens, too.
Wacker "Antik" | Kanayama | Vietnamese Nomad: Bomb Saigon + Nomad + Glycerin | Semogue 830
Thayer's Lavender | Bomb Saigon ASB | Bond No. 9's Washington Square
What a wonderful shave! The Wacker's never cease to amaze, and this morning's lather was the Antik's equal! The ginger and lemongrass in the Bomb Saigon paired perfectly with the woody tones in the Nomad. As the scent filled the air, the sound of the razor slicing the whiskers made me think of the wind blowing gently through a rain forest... In the end, my face was smooth and hydrated and I was ready to head to work!
Hope everyone has a great week!
Yep. That's what I keep telling myself. It's hard to justify such a fiasco...
But hey, I must look on the bright side of things: I got a nice tin box that I might eventually find a use for, and in any case I'll be using a new kind of hand soap in a few days!
Film Noir day......
Merkur long-handled Progress w/Feather blade
QED Select brush
D. R. Harris Arlington shave soap
D. R. Harris aftershave milk
D. R. Harris Arlington EDT