Gents, today, this Sunday morning I did not shave.
I always shave every single weekend morning, ever since becoming addicted to DE's. But not today. Because I was travelling and I knew that waiting for me back home was a newly arrived puck of Nuavia Blu soap.
I should note that normally I am a cream guy, since in my neck of the woods we have very hard water. But ever since trying Stirling soaps, which are really really good, and also getting a boar brush with some serious backbone, I am diving into soaps with a vengeance.
So this evening, an hour ago, I did a full face and head shave, trying out the Blu for the first time. And wow, I am impresssed.
First impressions: Amazing packaging. High class box and a ceramic bowl to die for. Scent very complex, very manly, spicy. Looks.... hmmm. Oatmeal-ish...
Then lather straight out of the bowl. This soap lathers like crazy, and ... with a brown tone?! - At first it looked strange to me, almost dirty, but as the lather builds it turns almost white. But the feel - very good indeed and the scent really coming out strong (good strong) now. My wife took a whiff and looked at me with a nice smile... "uhmmm, nice smell..."...
Then loaded my beloved Slim with a Feather, set it on '3' as usual and did my usual 3-pass.
Awesome! - best post-shave feel ever, skin as soft as I never felt it before, at least in a long while. The advertising actually says that this soap also contains balms so no need for aftershave. This almost felt true initially but I still used some Speick splash and it felt good.
Now, 30 min later, the soap scent still lingers really nice and the feel ... is over the top.
Conclusion: The first go is a huge success, I love this soap!
I always shave every single weekend morning, ever since becoming addicted to DE's. But not today. Because I was travelling and I knew that waiting for me back home was a newly arrived puck of Nuavia Blu soap.
I should note that normally I am a cream guy, since in my neck of the woods we have very hard water. But ever since trying Stirling soaps, which are really really good, and also getting a boar brush with some serious backbone, I am diving into soaps with a vengeance.
So this evening, an hour ago, I did a full face and head shave, trying out the Blu for the first time. And wow, I am impresssed.
First impressions: Amazing packaging. High class box and a ceramic bowl to die for. Scent very complex, very manly, spicy. Looks.... hmmm. Oatmeal-ish...
Then lather straight out of the bowl. This soap lathers like crazy, and ... with a brown tone?! - At first it looked strange to me, almost dirty, but as the lather builds it turns almost white. But the feel - very good indeed and the scent really coming out strong (good strong) now. My wife took a whiff and looked at me with a nice smile... "uhmmm, nice smell..."...
Then loaded my beloved Slim with a Feather, set it on '3' as usual and did my usual 3-pass.
Awesome! - best post-shave feel ever, skin as soft as I never felt it before, at least in a long while. The advertising actually says that this soap also contains balms so no need for aftershave. This almost felt true initially but I still used some Speick splash and it felt good.
Now, 30 min later, the soap scent still lingers really nice and the feel ... is over the top.
Conclusion: The first go is a huge success, I love this soap!
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