SOTD : 4th August 2018.
Shaving recipe for today.
Prep: Cool shower:/ L'OREAL~ Hydra Sensitive Birch Sap Shower Gel.
Pre:
Cold wet flannel to my face.
Pears ~ Transparent Lemon Flower Glycerine Soap./Bloom Water.
Brush: Omega ~11047 "Mixed Midget".
Bowl Lather.
Soap : Phoenix & Beau ~ Star Noir.
Blade: Personna~ Gem PTFE coated.(5)
Razor: Ever-Ready 1912. (USA)
Post:
Cold Water Face Rinse./ Homemade Lime, Lemon+Peppermint Oil & Menthol Crystals Witch Hazel Mixture./ Morrisons ~ Aloe Moisture Lotion.
Benjamins ~ Mentholated Bay Rum A/S Splash.
Greetings,
A new shave set up to start the bank holiday weekend..However i've had to go into work for half a shift, because of the coming bank holiday monday coming up..At least i don't have to work on monday..Yeah!
Maiden shave with the Phoenix & Beau Star Noir soap, first of the three P&B soaps along with a 5 pack of Shark Super Stainless blades that i won in a PIF on TSR (UK) kindly donated by one of the fellow member.The verdict?.Absolutetly superb!, i bloomed the soap for a few minutes in hot tap water and used the bloom water as a pre-shave,then loaded my brush up from the tub, and started to mix up a lather in my mixing bowl, adding small amounts of water until i got the consistancy that i like,one thing i will say "it's a thirsty soap",after a minute of so i had a wonderful slick protective lather for the shave,more than enough for the shave. It's scent, to my nose is mixture of spice, musk & citrus a wonderful nostalgic mature fragrance, that isn't "full on"in your face but lingers nicely throughout the shave and beyond..All in all, a fantastic soap, which was a pleasure to shave with, leaving a excellent post shave feeling to my face, what more can i say, except thanks again to to a fellow member of TSR (UK) for giving me the chance to experience this wonderful soap,i look forward to trying out the other P&B soaps in my future SOTD's. Your a true gentleman, like most of the members on TSR shaving forum.
Second outing of the Omega mixed midget brush, which performed superbly, only 4 hairs falling out of the brush throughout the full shave.The Gem PTFE blade excelled itself, still performing with smooth efficiency on its 5th and final outing..I won't push it for another shave,even though it would possibly be ok, if a blade can give me 5 sublime shaves,then i can't ask for anymore.
A very comfortable 3 pass BBS shave with no errors to report.
Finishing the shave off in old school style with a generous splash of benjamins ~ mentholated bay rum a/s splash.
My face is feeling smooth, & smelling devine.
Enjoy the start of the long weekend, ladies & gentlemen.
