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Shave #280 (444 Open Blade Shaves) of 2020:

Gear: Gillette Pre-war Tech, Wizamet blade, Stirling 2-band synth brush, Stirling Hipster soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe blend, Stirling Hipster AS, and Paul Sebastian EDT to finish!

Corona Virus Official Day 205:

Let’s do this!

Another great shave today. Getting pretty consistent results and success with this Tech/Wizamet combo. Paul Sebastian pairs pretty decently with Hipster I think, though it overwhelms the smaller notes some.

Feeling a bit down today for reasons and on behalf of a good friend. It’s a bit mystifying honestly and feels like it got swept under the rug.

Have a good Tuesday all.
 
GearNoir said:
Feeling a bit down today for reasons
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We all are getting there lately. It's the culmination of a lot of things going on. But we are always here to listen.

If I may offer a bit of a suggestion...if you have questions...go to those who know. Sometimes the explanation isn't what we think it is.
 
Shave #281 (445 Open Blade Shaves) of 2020:

Gear: Feather AC SS folding, Feather Pro blade, Gillette Pre-war Tech, Wizamet blade, Yaqi Rainbow w/ pony synth brush, Moin Soaps Amaretto Speciale soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe blend, and RR The Stallion AS to finish!

Corona Virus Official Day 206:

Today’s shave brought to you in part by a very nice PIF from @bobmsp!

Now that the wedding is over and I don’t work for a few days, I had room to experiment and try the Amaretto Speciale from Bob. The scent, of you like Italian almond soaps, is a flat out punch to the nose of amaretto awesomeness. The visual quality of the soap even reminds me of the look of my favorite amaretto cookie as a kid. The soap is ultra soft, almost a cream. It worked up a lather very easily and took a good amount of water. I don’t think I got a perfect for this soap lather, but it was still pretty decent. It was think and cushiony, smelled delicious, and had a fair amount of slickness. Residual slickness is where I ran into issues, unless I splashed on more water. It’ll take some more try’s to make a fully realized lather I think though; I need to load less and use more water. As for PSF, the local tallow base did slightly above average I’d say. The shave was good enough that, Moon Soaps being local to CA (Santa Cruz is about 4 hours away), I’ve browsed through their other soaps...which look classy and sound quite nice (they’re on the slightly higher side of prices though).

Thanks again Bob!

Have a good Wednesday all.
 
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