SOTD 9-15 July 2017

First use of this artisan soap made by Elena "Jabones by Luna", who lives in Barcelona and is achieving considerable prestige with her vegetal base soaps. These can be considered "vegan" as no animal products are used at all. I have mentioned before that I nowadays gravitate clearly towards tallow soaps, but decided to give this artisan a chance and couldn't be happier with the result. The soap is outstanding, right from its first use. Today I used the "Fauno" sample as the rainy weather out there didn't make the "hierbabuena-mango-lima" (spearming-mango-lime) mentholated soap very appealing. Fauno's scent is based on orange, lavender, clove and perhaps something else in between. Intensity is spot on, IMHO, not overpowering nor faint. Latherability is great, so are cushion and slickness, but then the post shave is great, also, leaving a perfectly hydrated and smooth skin after its use. It performs brilliantly in all benchmarks and I'm looking forward to using the mentholated one tomorrow. By the way, I bought my ladies some of her regular soaps and they are quite happy with them.

- Merkur 37C+Gillette Sharp Edge
- Plisson L'Occitane
- Jabones by Luna "Fauno" (sample)
- Speick+Bulldog.




And hope you don't mind me sticking yesterday's shave in here. Just couldn't find a gap. It was a great one because Valobra is one of my favourite soaps, and the Contour is my favourite multiblade razor.

Timeless Scalloped & Stork Consul Titanium/ Gillette Bleue Extra/ Brad Sears LE S7/30/ FA Eufros LE 2016/ Royal Green

Monday, July 10

Steam Punk~~Paladin~~R41 ('11)~~Polsilver SI (4)
Have a great day!

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A Eufros - Ylang Ylang sample

ROCNEL DE42 :: SIMPSONS :: I COLONIALI
Some products take a bit of time to come into their own. The I Coloniali was a winner out of the box, but both the Rocnel and Simpsons took some time (familiarity and break-in) to become the superb products they've proven to be. The Rocnel is especially interesting. It is an unusual design that doesn't look like it would be intuitive to use, but it is. The weight is substantial and really allows the razor glide effortlessly. The result is an excellent shave. After many lathers the M7 has found the perfect balance of scrub, softness and flow.

Monday SOTD

* Razor: Classic Cobra
* Blade: Kai
* Soap: T+S Maya
* Brush: Declaration B2 Washington
* Post: T+S Maya

Beautiful shave today but something in Maya burned me. The soap produced a little tingle but the AS really lit me up. Too bad because the soap smells great and the performance is awesome. It's very well blended. I didn't get any dominating notes but picked up coffee, tobacco, orange and spice. If anyone with a Morocco set wants to trade for Maya hit me up.

Monday, July 10, 2017 Shave of the Day:

Razor  |  Maggard V3A/MR5 / Derby Extra
Brush  |  RazoRock 'Little Bruce' Synthetic
Soap  |  L&L Grooming After The Rain
A/S  |  Aqua Velva Musk Splash

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Plisson Plexi Size 6 European White

I Coloniali Soap

Thiers Issard 1937 Special Coiffer 6/8"

Myrsol Metisol

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OneBlade GENESIS (v2)
Feather FHS
L&L Grooming Bon Vivant
Tuxedo 30mm in Dogwood Handle