banana bomb
I didn’t get the coconut, the banana was quite overwelming (if I had covered my face in ripe banana paste, it wouldn’t have been very different) 🍌🍌💣💣
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refreshing mentholated lather
I didn’t pay attention to this at all. But now that you mention it, maybe the tingling that I identified as a slight reaction to banana was in fact menthol 🤣
I still don’t know how I’ll go about lathering the soap, since I usually just load my brush from the tub and begin lathering directly on my head
You’ll probably need some sort of bowl – the soap seems to me to be too hard to simply smear it on the brush.
Bud Spencer++
Wednesday, July 24, 2024: 1st Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Shave
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 ‘Coq et Renard’
- Lather: Abbate y La Mantia Don José
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Floid The Genuine
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It looks like I get to open the 1st Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Shave! I did a midday shave.
First impression upon opening the sample: The banana is strong in this one. Second impression: A memory of one of the greatest films of all times hit me: Banana Joe! No way that this isn’t a homage to Bud Spencer, the original Don José!
I don’t know whether Bud Spencer is known in the US of A, and whether youngsters such as @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social know who he is, but he was big in the 80s and 90s, and he was the preferred actor of my Latin teacher – which came as a surprise to us, but really shouldn’t have: there definitely is a Herculean energy in him.
Concerning the shave: I confirmed that AYLM soaps, even in this base, don’t do very well with the water we have here, and require approximately 50-100% more volume of soap per shave than the Zingari soap I used yesterday. Otherwise, good results. My head has not swollen yet, and while I feel a slight tickling on my skin, no serious reaction seems underway. I’ll probably live another day. Will I place an order for Don José? Unlikely.
Anyways, have a good day, and enjoy your BVWSC shave!
Tuesday, July 23, 2024: Zingari Zischtig
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Chisel & Hound Blaireau de la République with 24mm G5 Synthetic
- Razor: GEM MMOC
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (7)
- Lather: Zingari Man Mousse Illuminée
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Zingari Man Bon Monsieur Recovery Splash
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
I’ve started thinking about the gear for tomorrows BVWSC shave. No firm opinions so far. But I’ve taken an antihistamine pill, and hope for the best.
Have a good night!
Monday, July 22, 2024: Megalodon Monday
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
- Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 ‘Coq et Renard’
- Lather: HAGS Megalodon
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Floid The Genuine
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It’s been a long time since I last nicked my ear – turns out I still know how to do it. Otherwise, good shave. I slowly manage to get as close a shave on the chin as with a DE.
Have a good night!
Sunday, July 21, 2024: Sunday
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: Ertan Süer L’Ours Russe (7/8th)
- Lather: Barrister & Mann Le Grand Chypre
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It’s still very hot, and LGC is always a nice summery scent.
Have a good Sunday!
Saturday, July 20, 2024: Saturday Not-Freeze
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: Dovo Barbarossa Stainless
- Lather: Meissner Tremonia Mint Ice Menthol
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Mennen Le Grand Large
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It’s still very hot here, and I remembered vaguely that I maybe still had a sample with Menthol – and I did! Hovever, it must have been at least two years since I last used it, and in my memory, the soap was white at that time. Now, it is slightly brownish. It has lost most of its scent (which is not a problem), and it also completely lost the cooling agent. I found it extremely strong the last time I used it. Anyways, I should be more conscientious using up my samples.
The Barbarossa is really a straight like none else. Not my preferred one, but certainly the most unique.
Have a good night!
My wife would object to a dome shave - and menthod makes me think more of my grandma & Klosterfrau Melissengeist than refreshment…
I have the basic 3-piece zamac version. No beauty, but gets the job done.
Which version of the R41 is this? It looks so much better than mine!
Friday, July 19, 2024: Hawt!
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: River Razors Kamisori
- Lather: Stirling Electric Sheep 🐑
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Stirling Electric Sheep Aftershave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It’s hot today, and I am melting in my chair. My attempt at refreshing myself by shaving has been largely unsuccessful – my face is cool, but the rest of my body continues to be sweaty and hot. The shower calls!
Have a good day!
Thursday, July 18, 2024
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Muninn Woodworks Gloire de France with Zenith 505BC Boar 🐗
- Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 ‘Coq et Renard’
- Lather: Stirling Electric Sheep 🐑
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Stirling Electric Sheep Aftershave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Hot day, and some refreshment was required. Sheep-automation is always pleasant.
Have a good night!
Is it weird that “rotten chewing gum” has me more intrigued than being turned off by it?
It is weird, but now that you mention it, it’s also odd!y understandable
Amiright?
But do I want to buy it 🤔
Wednesday, July 17, 2024: AYLM
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: Ertan Süer L’Ours Russe (7/8th)
- Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Floid The Genuine
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Since @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social used AYLM today (and the plan would have been to all use it today), I also went for Ishtar. Not the most appropriate for the season, but still ok shave.
Have a good day!
No hemp smell, then?
I also present you my condolences.