Brush: vintage yellow bakelite handle w/ 22 mm SynBad knot
Razor: Leaf Thorn
Blade: snapped BIC Chrome Platinum
Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia - Blu Tobacco
Post-Shave: Thayer’s Original toner; Phytorelax Aftershave scalp cream
-> 1 pass head shave + beard contouring. Good shave.
Today was a damn hot day, even nursing school was cut short due to the high temperatures. So some menthol cool down was in order.
I find Blu Tobacco still very enjoyable. Crazy how fast you can load up even a small diameter synthetic brush with it. No idea what black magic AYLM puts in their hard soap recipe, but I dig it. The small brush used to be an old boar brush of my grandfather, but since the old bristles fell out the SynBad was a pretty good replacement. Due to the small diameter of the hole, me and my dad had to set the new knot with a really high loft - a blessing in disguise, as this makes it great for lathering on my head due to the high amount of splay. Plus it still reminds me of my grandpa, so win-win.
The aftershave cream is btw the same stuff I used to list as “Headshave ASB”, but since my last order they finally print an english name on the tube 😅
12.08.2024 - Yet another menthol shave
-> 1 pass head shave + beard contouring. Good shave.
Today was a damn hot day, even nursing school was cut short due to the high temperatures. So some menthol cool down was in order.
I find Blu Tobacco still very enjoyable. Crazy how fast you can load up even a small diameter synthetic brush with it. No idea what black magic AYLM puts in their hard soap recipe, but I dig it. The small brush used to be an old boar brush of my grandfather, but since the old bristles fell out the SynBad was a pretty good replacement. Due to the small diameter of the hole, me and my dad had to set the new knot with a really high loft - a blessing in disguise, as this makes it great for lathering on my head due to the high amount of splay. Plus it still reminds me of my grandpa, so win-win.
The aftershave cream is btw the same stuff I used to list as “Headshave ASB”, but since my last order they finally print an english name on the tube 😅