The Water: COLD!
The Razor: Merkur 34C
The Cream: Godrej Sensitive (tube)
The Brush: Yaqi Red Marble 24mm Tuxedo Knot
The Blade: Derby Extra (new)
The Lathering: Face
The After: Maggard Alum Block and Skin Bracer
One of the really nice things about cold water shaving aside from reduced skin irritation is that face prep time is nothing. Just splash cold water on the face/neck two or three times and you're ready to rock. With a synthetic brush you just run the knot under cold water, shake it out once and start lather business.
Squeezed about an inch long bit of Godrej "Sensitive" cream (red tube) on the wetted-down brush, hit the face, and start swirling. BOOM! Excellent lathering. I wasn't surprised; all of my tubed creams from Godrej are lather bombs every time. And the lather is SLICK.
Three passes, cold water rinse, wet alum block all over (very little stinging), another rinse after 30 seconds, pat dry with towel and a generous application of Skin Bracer....and I'm out the door.
The Razor: Merkur 34C
The Cream: Godrej Sensitive (tube)
The Brush: Yaqi Red Marble 24mm Tuxedo Knot
The Blade: Derby Extra (new)
The Lathering: Face
The After: Maggard Alum Block and Skin Bracer
One of the really nice things about cold water shaving aside from reduced skin irritation is that face prep time is nothing. Just splash cold water on the face/neck two or three times and you're ready to rock. With a synthetic brush you just run the knot under cold water, shake it out once and start lather business.
Squeezed about an inch long bit of Godrej "Sensitive" cream (red tube) on the wetted-down brush, hit the face, and start swirling. BOOM! Excellent lathering. I wasn't surprised; all of my tubed creams from Godrej are lather bombs every time. And the lather is SLICK.
Three passes, cold water rinse, wet alum block all over (very little stinging), another rinse after 30 seconds, pat dry with towel and a generous application of Skin Bracer....and I'm out the door.