GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Perhaps! I guess the next logical question after my testing a new blade, is to see if any similarly curved razors exhibit similar issues.
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Perhaps! I guess the next logical question after my testing a new blade, is to see if any similarly curved razors exhibit similar issues.
Chris, I'm enjoying your journal. Thanks for sharing. ?
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
My pleasure. Thanks for taking a gander!
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Shave #69:
Back in business...for now!
Today was the final first trial of my last sample of Grooming Department soaps...if that makes sense?
Grooming Department: Flight
Flight - Beef tallow. Scent notes: Tomato Leaf, Clary Sage, Linden Blossom, Leather, Oud, Benzoin, Frankincense, Myrrh and Tobacco
Ingredients: Stearic Acid, Water, Beef Tallow, Kokum Butter, Potassium Hydroxide, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Cupuacu Butter, Glycerin, Goat Milk, Sucrose Cocoate, Fragrance, Safflower Oil, Jojoba Oil, Meadowfoam Oil, Babassu Oil, Abyssinian Oil, Pomegranate Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Carnauba Wax, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Acacia Senegal Gum, Sodium Hydroxide, Sunflower Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Allantoin, Chamomile Extract, Sea Buckthorn Extract, Sacha Inchi Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Kaolin Clay, Silk Peptides, Sodium Lactate, Sodium Citrate.
Today was a great way to finish my first taste of the samples; I feel like I’ve come full circle.
Initially, to my nose, Flight’s scent is almost reminiscent of Absinthe & Leather. Flight is just a bit more sharp and lifted in its scents from the darker/deeper A&L profile. It has almost exactly the same performance qualities as well. Perhaps it is the same base soap?
The sage and tobacco really pop out to me in this one. These more apparent notes with the overall scent is very pleasing pre, during, and post shave. For those worried about the strength of scent, it does mellow out a bit during the shave. Overall I’d place this right under A&L in terms of likability of scent and on par with it in terms of performance (both right under Coattails).
I must be a beef tallow guy because this soap just performed admirably all the way through the shave. The slickness and glide was great for both my Feather AC SS and my RR Baby Smooth. I had to do a bit of extra clean up today, but a dab here and there of extra lather and it was no problem.
My skin felt very hydrated throughout the shave and the post shave “lather soak” was very nice. The last 5 days with Mohammed’s soaps have left my face feeling very pampered and the skin supple, which is nice when one spends most of the day sweating and working hard!
Needless to say, a great 2 pass shave. Finished with Tiki: The Captain balm.
I did try/retry 2 things today. I retried doing my lather soak after the alum; I can confirm it does not work for me as it killed some of the lather again. So from now on it will always be lather soak > cold rinse > alum > cold rinse > AS for me in the post shave. Second, I tried a little of a cold shave today. It took some adjustment (and extra care with the Feather) since it is actually harder to feel the razor/blade on my skin. It wasn’t bad, I just think the warm shave feels more luxurious for now. I’ll revisit some other day...maybe on a Proraso Green day; it’ll be like sticking my face in a bucket of ice water!
Back in business...for now!
Today was the final first trial of my last sample of Grooming Department soaps...if that makes sense?
Grooming Department: Flight
Flight - Beef tallow. Scent notes: Tomato Leaf, Clary Sage, Linden Blossom, Leather, Oud, Benzoin, Frankincense, Myrrh and Tobacco
Ingredients: Stearic Acid, Water, Beef Tallow, Kokum Butter, Potassium Hydroxide, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Cupuacu Butter, Glycerin, Goat Milk, Sucrose Cocoate, Fragrance, Safflower Oil, Jojoba Oil, Meadowfoam Oil, Babassu Oil, Abyssinian Oil, Pomegranate Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Carnauba Wax, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Acacia Senegal Gum, Sodium Hydroxide, Sunflower Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Allantoin, Chamomile Extract, Sea Buckthorn Extract, Sacha Inchi Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Kaolin Clay, Silk Peptides, Sodium Lactate, Sodium Citrate.
Today was a great way to finish my first taste of the samples; I feel like I’ve come full circle.
Initially, to my nose, Flight’s scent is almost reminiscent of Absinthe & Leather. Flight is just a bit more sharp and lifted in its scents from the darker/deeper A&L profile. It has almost exactly the same performance qualities as well. Perhaps it is the same base soap?
The sage and tobacco really pop out to me in this one. These more apparent notes with the overall scent is very pleasing pre, during, and post shave. For those worried about the strength of scent, it does mellow out a bit during the shave. Overall I’d place this right under A&L in terms of likability of scent and on par with it in terms of performance (both right under Coattails).
I must be a beef tallow guy because this soap just performed admirably all the way through the shave. The slickness and glide was great for both my Feather AC SS and my RR Baby Smooth. I had to do a bit of extra clean up today, but a dab here and there of extra lather and it was no problem.
My skin felt very hydrated throughout the shave and the post shave “lather soak” was very nice. The last 5 days with Mohammed’s soaps have left my face feeling very pampered and the skin supple, which is nice when one spends most of the day sweating and working hard!
Needless to say, a great 2 pass shave. Finished with Tiki: The Captain balm.
I did try/retry 2 things today. I retried doing my lather soak after the alum; I can confirm it does not work for me as it killed some of the lather again. So from now on it will always be lather soak > cold rinse > alum > cold rinse > AS for me in the post shave. Second, I tried a little of a cold shave today. It took some adjustment (and extra care with the Feather) since it is actually harder to feel the razor/blade on my skin. It wasn’t bad, I just think the warm shave feels more luxurious for now. I’ll revisit some other day...maybe on a Proraso Green day; it’ll be like sticking my face in a bucket of ice water!
Nice shave today Chris, and great review of the GD soaps. I haven't had the opportunity to try any yet, but their scent profiles seem to be outside of my wheel house for the time being, though the duck fat soap that was like an Earl Grey tea sounded interesting...
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Thanks! This is really my first experience of a US artisan soap and you can color me impressed!
Rich and deep scent for me. If it had the performance of Coattails, it’d be mighty tempting, even without (only talking about a very minor step down here) it’s still good!
Just got caught up, Chris. Nice job!
As for the Veg, here's what I think.
Out of the plastic bottle, it smells like cat spray. But if you decant it into a glass bottle and wait about 4 weeks or so, it smells like cat spray. ;-)
As for the Veg, here's what I think.
Out of the plastic bottle, it smells like cat spray. But if you decant it into a glass bottle and wait about 4 weeks or so, it smells like cat spray. ;-)
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
Lol! I was waiting for the ray of hope at the end of your post...but it never came! ?
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Great reviews of the GD soaps! I have a question though. You mentioned a lather soak. Are you simply re-lathering your face after your last pass and letting it sit for a bit before just rinsing it off? Is this to help hydrate the skin?
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
You guessed it! It’s something I’ve been doing for a while now to maximize the benefits of the soaps. I wash it off just before it starts to dry or once my gear is clean, whichever comes first.
In other news, I stopped by a nearby Chipotle looking for the dispenser bottles. It was full of youngins who were entirely unhelpful. I’ll have to try a different day!
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
I'll have to give this a try.
And I must've missed something. What are the Chipotle bottles for?!?
And I must've missed something. What are the Chipotle bottles for?!?
SteveChuckFrank
Close Enough*
Not a bad idea.
