Only had time for a quick head shave today, but wanted to try the final one of my new soaps - Barberwood, a spicy barbershop scent. Did 2 quick passes to get a good first impression.
Honestly, the Thorn and most SE razors are way nicer for me personally when it comes to shaving my head because due to the stiffer blades/tighter hold of a blade I can replicate the long strokes I used to do with cartridge razors. 2 passes went almost as quick as one with a DE.
Barberwood is my first experience with HAGS Osiris base (again, the amount of bases that they produce is too damn high!). Unfortunately, due to being in a bit of a rush I had no time to dial it in properly and the lather was slightly too dry today as a result. Hmm, live and learn - now I know that it’s thirsty and will respect that next time.
As for the scent, it’s a typical powdery barbershop with no freshness and a little twist in the form of an almost dark, spicy vanilla-like note to it. I guess those are supposed to be the woody elements. Performance wise, I don’t want to judge too much as the lather was subpar as mentioned before. But it was still comfortable to shave with. In terms of skin health, thumbs up - no skin reactions, no burn, feels pretty good. Further uses will show how good it really is, but the HAGS AS toner already gets an A+ from me - a little goes a long way and it just feels great when applied. Plus the scent is amplified even more with it.
Like I said, I’ll need further shaves to evaluate it but I’m looking forward to them. So far, it reminds me of CFG Ghost Town Barber, my favourite barbershop soap so far (very much a good thing!)
16.09.2024 - Barberwood head shave
-> 2 pass head shave. Rushed, but good.
Only had time for a quick head shave today, but wanted to try the final one of my new soaps - Barberwood, a spicy barbershop scent. Did 2 quick passes to get a good first impression.
Honestly, the Thorn and most SE razors are way nicer for me personally when it comes to shaving my head because due to the stiffer blades/tighter hold of a blade I can replicate the long strokes I used to do with cartridge razors. 2 passes went almost as quick as one with a DE.
Barberwood is my first experience with HAGS Osiris base (again, the amount of bases that they produce is too damn high!). Unfortunately, due to being in a bit of a rush I had no time to dial it in properly and the lather was slightly too dry today as a result. Hmm, live and learn - now I know that it’s thirsty and will respect that next time.
As for the scent, it’s a typical powdery barbershop with no freshness and a little twist in the form of an almost dark, spicy vanilla-like note to it. I guess those are supposed to be the woody elements. Performance wise, I don’t want to judge too much as the lather was subpar as mentioned before. But it was still comfortable to shave with. In terms of skin health, thumbs up - no skin reactions, no burn, feels pretty good. Further uses will show how good it really is, but the HAGS AS toner already gets an A+ from me - a little goes a long way and it just feels great when applied. Plus the scent is amplified even more with it.
Like I said, I’ll need further shaves to evaluate it but I’m looking forward to them. So far, it reminds me of CFG Ghost Town Barber, my favourite barbershop soap so far (very much a good thing!)