SOTD 12-18 January 2025

Friday, January 17, 2025 - Shave of the Day

Brush  ||  Maseto Shaving Faux Horn
Soap  ||  ETHOS Dragonsbeard v5
Razor  ||  Stirling Stainless DE / Wizamet Super Iridium (1)
A/S  ||  ETHOS Dragonsbeard v4 (per Dragonsbeard)

Friday SOTD

Razor: Shield Titanium Avenger

Blade: Schick (5)

Brush: Omega EVO Synthetic 28mm Special Veteran

Bowl: Black Ship Grooming 4.5"

Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Enigma Machine Cube 2.0

Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Eucalyptus & Spearmint

Shave Soap: Black Ship Grooming Cap'n Dark Side

Balm: Proraso White

Aftershave: Black Ship Grooming Cap'n Dark Side

Razor: Merkur Vision 2000
Blade: Derby Premium, #2
Shaving brush: Alexander Simpson LE Captain 2, Platinum Fibre, Monarch Swirl
Shaving Soap: Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap
After Shave: Speick Men After Shave Lotion

Jan 17, 2025

Prep: Hot towel
Razor: Rockwell 6S – #3
Blade: BIC Chrome Platinum
Brush: New Forest Tubby 1 Finest
Soap: Los Jabones De Joserra: Passion Incense
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: Cypress Spring by Alexandria Fragrances
Shaving.. to be enjoyed, not endured.

Athena Ti // Med Prep // DG B14 // Ethos

17 January, 2025

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Best shave of the week (so far) this morning. Returned to the vintage Colgate Cup Soap. Very little scent left, but incredible lather built with the Ever-Ready 2-Band Badger brush for two passes (plus touch-up) with the British Gillette #58 Set and I finished with a splash of Quinn's Pink Grapefruit & Orange Rind witch hazel, followed by Pierre Cardin "Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur" aftershave lotion and EdC.

Hope you have a great day.

Colgate / Ever-Ready / Gillette / Wizamet / Quinn's / Pierre Cardin

Preshave: Hot shower
Soap/Shave cream: Stirling Soap Coniferous
Brush: Ever-Ready rebuild
Razor: Razorock Game Changer 68-P
Blade: Gillette Platinum (3)
Post shave: Gillette Gel

Friday January 17, 2025

Merkur 34G | Astra SP
Proraso pre-shave cream | Stirling soap
British bowl | Simpson badger
Thayers unscented toner | Stirling balm

Friday morning:

Hot shower
Yaqi 30mm Barber Pole
Super Speed/Wilkinson day 10
Vintage Hega Shaving Stick (from Sweden)
Bundubeard Boomslang 3 ASB

This Hega stick is a treasure - it was sent to me by a good friend of mine in Sweden along with a bunch of other vintage goodies. The scent is awesome, it lathers like there’s no tomorrow, it has lots of slickness, and it’s so good in the skincare department. I use it once a year because there’s no way to get it again. The Boomslang 3 balm smells so much like Brut, it’s very mentholated, and it’s so soothing. Bottom line - another great three pass BBS shave that was such a pleasure!

Wishing you all a good weekend - be well and stay safe!