SOTD – Truefitt 10 Thursday – May 30th, 2024
BeardGrowth: 89 hours
Preparation: Hot Water Wash before every pass
PreShave: Phoenix Artisan Acc. - Phoenix Artisan Cube 2.0
Brush: Simpson - Trafalgar T3 Synthetic (26 mm)
Razor: Merkur - 25C (Open comb)
Blade: Personna - Platinum (1)
SoakCup: None
LatherBowl: None, face lather
Lather: Truefitt & Hill - No. 10 Finest Shaving Cream
Passes: WTG, double ATG
AfterShave: De Vergulde Hand - Alum Block
AfterShave: Nivea - Men - Active Age Hyaluron – After Shave Balm
Fragrance: Cacharel - Cacharel pour L'Homme – Eau de Toilette (1981)
Music: Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray (1992)
Pleasant shave on this sunny Spring Thursday morning. Citrus, aquatic and woody scents from Truefitt & Hill No. 10 and woody and herbal scents by Cacharel pour l’Homme (which complement the ones of the lather nicely). The PAA cube pre shave provides a nice cushion for the lather. Today I again face lathered the T&H No. 10 with the T3 synthetic brush, as I had the best lather with No. 10 and the T3 with a previous shave. The combination of the Merkur 25C open comb with the Personna blade worked perfectly well also, as it should be on its 1^(st) use. Very pleasant shave, very nice scents and smooth skin result.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine: “If ‘Lovey’ captured Evan Dando as he found his signature blend of punk-pop, jangle pop, and folk-rock, ‘It's a Shame About Ray’ is where he perfected that style. Breezing by in under half an hour, the album is a simple collection of sunny melodies and hooks, delivered with typical nonchalance by Dando. None of the songs are about anything major, nor do they have astonishingly original melodies, but that's part of their charm - they're immediately accessible and thoroughly catchy. Dando's laid-back observations of middle-class outcasts are minor gems.”
Have a lovely day.