War of the Roses

• Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
• Brush: Semogue 610
• Razor: EldormR Industries MM24
• Blade: GEM - PTFE (7)
• Lather: Martin De Candre - Rose Soap
• Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Ocean Grove Splash
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - AS Balm Unscented

I recently mailed out a couple of smooshes of this soap to LG participants and decided to reacquaint myself with it this morning. Rose is not my go-to scent by any stretch of the imagination but for some reason, I really enjoy the scent of this soap. It’s not a cloying scent and it doesn’t have a sweetness that swings the scent toward grandma’s favorite perfume (not to be confused with the scent of Grandma’s pocketbook that Tabac is reminiscent of). Adding the rose-iness of Ocean Grove on top just adds to the goodness of soap’s scent. Performance-wise, this soap totally works for me. If I had to endure a ‘punishment’ similar to what u/EldrormR is going through by only using an MDC brain bowl, I have no doubt I could ‘suffer’ through it.

On to a long ass day of meetings. Have a great day all!

Guns ‘n’ Roses

• Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
• Brush: Semogue 610
• Razor: Schick Eversharp I1
• Blade: Schick - Injector (12)
• Lather: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) Soap
• Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Ocean Grove Splash
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - AS Balm Unscented

I gave Fu Dao another go this morning and I’m still confounded by this scent. Maybe it’s my pedestrian nose or maybe it’s the fact that I only have a sample, but I have no clue as to what I’m smelling beyond the firecracker. I don’t get any of the brighter notes out of this soap that it allegedly has. My brain doesn’t want to spend that much time parsing scents while shaving. Thankfully Ocean Grove doesn’t give me too much to think about ("Oooohhh, I smell like the ragosa rose bushes all over my house that’s three blocks from the ocean!).

Monday’s here already? That sneaky bastard. Time to caffeinate and slay dragons. Have a great day all!

June 25, 2023

• Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
• Brush: Semogue 610
• Razor: Rex Envoy (10)
• Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux
• Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Waterlyptus Soap
• Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Waterlyptus Splash

Slept like shit last night so didn’t want to think too hard about the shave. Traded in the MOAR BOAR this morning for the teeny tiny boar that punches way above its minuscule size. Ended up being a damn fine shave to put me in a slightly better mood.

I’m in desperate need of coffee and doing a whole lot of nothing today. Have a great day all!

• Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
• Brush: Zenith /r/Wetshaving MOAR Boar 🐗
• Razor: Rex Envoy
• Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (9)
• Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Waterlyptus Soap
• Post Shave: Noble Otter Soap Co. - Northern Elixer Splash
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - AS Balm Unscented

If you were walking by the bathroom this morning, you would have thought that the toast buttering sound was coming from my MM24, but you would have been wrong. The Envoy is by far the loudest DE I own. Fortunately, the shave is super smooth.

Saturday has arrived and I have no clue what I’m doing today. I’ll start with coffee and work from there. Have a great day all!

• Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
• Brush: Zenith /r/Wetshaving MOAR Boar 🐗
• Razor: Rex Envoy
• Blade: Rapira Platinum Lux (8)
• Lather: D. R. Harris - Marlborough Soap
• Post Shave: Noble Otter Soap Co. - Northern Elixer Splash
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - AS Balm Unscented

Have a great day all!

• Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
• Brush: Zenith /r/Wetshaving MOAR Boar 🐗
• Razor: Schick Eversharp I1
• Blade: Schick - Injector (11)
• Lather: Saponificio Varesino - Tundra Artica Soap
• Post Shave: Saponificio Varesino - Tundra Artica AS
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - AS Balm Unscented

It’s been awhile since I’ve used Tundra Artica and it performed as expected. Decided to break into the SV splash samples that I have and use the matching splash. I was surprised as to how mild the scent was. I was expecting it to be a bit overpowering, but it settled in nicely. I smell good without having a vapor trail behind me.

Wednesday has arrived. The coffee is brewed. Time to rolling. Have a great day all!