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Shave #77 (1392 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Stirling 2-band synth brush, Proraso Green soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Penhaligon’s Sartorial to finish!

The last bits of the Proraso Green got folded into the Clown Puke tub after today’s shave. On to the next soap!

The youngest’s volleyball team has been having a good run. Another win last night!
 
Shave #78 (1393 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Stirling 2-band synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and YSL Rive Gauche to finish!

Thank goodness it still cooling down overnight 🥵
 
YSL Rive Gauche to finish!
Awwww yeah!!

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Shave #79 (1394 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Stirling 2-band synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Louis Vuitton L’Immensite to finish!

Friday! Let’s get this bad mamma jamma done!

Looks like the heat wave is going to continue through next week now. Sigh.
 
Shave #80 (1395 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Stirling 2-band synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Prada Luna Rossa to finish!

A bit of a much needed sleep in. OT workout to follow, then pretty much a normal Saturday of chores n whatnot.
 
Shave #81 (1396 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Stirling 2-band synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Prada L’Homme to finish!

Have a blessed Sunday all!
 
Shave #82 (1397 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Yaqi Moka synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Acqua Di Parma Colonia to finish!

Monday, I’m just not ready for you yet. 😮‍💨
 
Shave #83 (1398 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Yaqi Moka synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Dior Homme Sport ‘19 to finish!

A nice marine layer yesterday helped keep temps down a bit through the morning and in the evening. Hoping for more of that today, we’ll see.

OT workout last night included another 1 mile benchmark and I did good enough to PR again! 7:19 is now my best so far.
 
Shave #84 (1399 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Yaqi Moka synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Penhaligon’s Sartorial to finish!

OT workout this evening.
 
Shave #85 (1400 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Tedalus Essence, Schick Proline blade, Yaqi Moka synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Dior Homme ‘20 to finish!

Another warm day foiled by coastal cloud cover. At least that’s what the weather app is saying. Thank goodness!
 
Shave #86 (1400 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Gillette Super Adjustable, Astra SP blade, Yaqi Moka synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Le Labo Labdanum to finish!

A short break from open blades before working my way to 1500.

Happy Friday y’all!
 
Shave #87 (1400 lifetime Open Blade Shaves) of 2026:

Gear: Gillette Super Adjustable, Astra SP blade, Yaqi Moka synth brush, Clown Puke tub soap, homemade witch hazel/aloe, Nivea Sensitive AS Balm, some kind of AS, and Prada Luna Rossa to finish!

A bit of a sleep in. Back to running once a week though. The missus signed up for the Wine Country half marathon with some friends.
 
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