Tuesday's shave:
It was time to break out the........."IN-JEC-TOR"! Yes!!! Just two passes (w/cleanup) and I'm a rock solid, completely irritation-free, DFS(+). Excellent.
For soap and brush, I went "Italian".
The soap was Vitos Sapone Per Barba Extra Super. I totally dig this soap! I had bought the 1KG brick a few months back and have it stored in air tight containers (the one pictured is just a prop for the photo). This is my favorite Italian soft soap. It lathers effortlessly, especially with a boar brush, and the scent is flat-out-AWESOME! It's a solid 4/5 on the SOS scale and is a wonderful marzipan scent (this one has absolutely zero "Play-Doh" nuance like Cella can become after a time). Performance-wise, this rates a solid Tier 1 for me. On Chad's scale, I give it a Tier 1, Box 3. The only thing that keeps it from "elite" status is that the residual slickness and post shave moisturizing could be a tad better. But overall slickness and protection, and scent of course, makes this an excellent soap for me. Actually, this could easily be a daily soap.
And the brush was another Omega boar, but a specially treated one. The boar hair has been treated somehow to make it incredibly soft. The backbone, however, is not like a typical boar - it doesn't have much. As a matter of fact, it's not too far removed from a synthetic in terms of backbone. But that's OK, it whips up an incredible lather!
Post shave was a mix of Fine Snake Bite + Thayer's Witch Hazel, then Sampson's unscented balm. Finished off with Creed Aventus EdP. A fantastic start to the day!
Now, it's about time to head to the airport. But not for work this time! My wife has an event that she's participating in down in Tampa this week (she left this past Sunday). So my daughter and I are flying down today to join her for the rest of the week. While my wife is doing her thing, my daughter and I will do stuff......like go to Universal Studios Orlando (my 8 year old really wants to do the Harry Potter World thing - we've never been), and go to the TB Rays vs NY Yankees baseball game tomorrow (hopefully). I'm trying to see a game in every major league baseball park, and so far I only have 6 more to go, and TB is one of those six, so I can check that one off. Anyway, we'll find stuff to occupy our time. Meanwhile, I've got several soap samples to use whilst on the road!
