SOTD: 2024-05-30 I love the smell of tires in the morning!
- Razor: Gillette Aristocrat Adjustable
- Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum, 2nd use
- Brush: Semogue 2020 Best Badger
- Bowl: Captain's Choice Standard Copper Bowl
- Soap: Southern Witchcrafts Valley of Ashes
- Aftershave: Thayer's Witch Hazel Tonic
I actually checked the theme last night and put out an appropriate soap for use today (though I forgot to pick out what to wear). Valley of Ashes has that wonderful smell of tires; something I'm sure is a common smell on racetracks considering the tire changes and stacks of them all around. Since I didn't have the matching splash I used something unscented; I'm not sure if it's from the unscented splash changing the chemistry of the soap or the soap drying down, but the tire smell fades and seems to be being replaced with a powdery and slightly flowery scent - it's a "magestic" type scent that reminds me of old nobility (like I've ever met one).
Kept going with the Gillette Aristocrat Adjustable, this time set to 5. Either too much water in the brush or too little soap led to a thin lather and barely enough for two passes. It wasn't as close as yesterday (possibly not even after two passes) and didn't feel as comfortable a shave since I felt more scraping; but it didn't result in irritation (one red spot but it looked more like a pulled hair rather than a nick near my jawline). I'll still need to try adjusting the setting for different parts of my face.
I do wonder if people prefer the Fatboy shave due to the shape of the head more than anything else; currently I prefer my 40s Superspeed to this Slim.
- Shared from My Shave Den for iOS