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Aug. 18, 2023
- Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Karve Overlander
- Blade: Bic Chrome
- Lather: Spearhead - Sea Ice Lime - Soap
- Post Shave: Spearhead - Sea Ice Lime - Aftershave
Good shave. This menthol lime scent is excellent.
Friday, August 18, 2023
- Prep: hot shower
- Brush: Yaqi Cashmere Synthetic Shaving Brush, Dandelion Green Handle, 24mm
- Razor: Gillette Flare Tip Superspeed A1 (1955)
- Blade: Lord Super Chrome
- Lather: Barrister & Mann - Presto Shaving Soap
- Post Shave: Nivea - Moisturizing Post Shave Balm
This Nivea Balm is a slightly different version from I’ve always gotten from them in the past, but it’s all they have at my local store. I like it, but it contains alcohol, which I’ve always tried to avoid. (I like drinking alcohol, I just don’t like it on my skin.) I’m hoping the old balm hasn’t been discontinued and replaced with this new version, that would be unfortunate.
Interesting! I noticed the non-“sensitive” Nivea at CVS recently. Apparently it used to be ubiquitous until before I started wetshaving, and for the past few years I’ve never noticed it on shelves. I wonder what changed and brought it back to shelves?
Not sure. I always used the sensitive one, and that’s what I prefer. This stuff seems to work well, but I do always try to avoid products with alcohol. My skin dries out too easily as it is, which is why I always go for balms and not aftershaves/splashes.
August 18, 2023
- Brush: Semogue 610
- Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
- Blade: Personna 74 (21)
- Lather: Meissner Tremonia - Woody Almond - Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Lyssa - Aftershave
Well, I feel like a boomer today. Using a small boar brush and purposefully making a dry lather. I’m back home with soft water so that probably had more to do with it than anything, but the soap did much better than yesterday. I’d like to say that keeping it slightly dry might have helped, but more science is needed to come to a final verdict.
What’s your reason for purposefully making a dry lather?
Yesterday I was somewhere with hard water, and the lather wasn’t very slick. I hypothesized that I had added too much water. Today I’m somewhere with soft water, so the only testing I can do is to see if this soap works well when made slightly pasty. Now that I know it does work when pasty, the next time I’m somewhere with hard water, I can continue my test.
… assuming I pack the same soap next time. Not likely!
That’s smart. Whenever I go somewhere that has a different water type than what I’m used to it always throws me off a little and takes some time to adjust.