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March 2019 Soap/Cream Themes

Cvargo

Cvargo

“They call me Chingo”
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Well I promised to get this up and I am looking forward to it. Do you have so many soaps you never know what to use? Well here's your chance to make something fit in a group! So here we go this should be fun! The themes could be scent based, vendor based, color based, etc hopefully you get the idea. The fun lasts March 1 thru 31st. So I do my best to break it into categories.

March 1 - 6 Cold
March 7 - 12 So Good You Could Eat/Drink It
March 13 - 18 Mystic Waters Soaps
March 19 - 24 Spring Scents
March 25 - 31 Cologne Inspired

So those are the themes for the month of March. If this takes off i'll keep it going, but by no means does it need to be set up by me. If you have some ideas reach out, and you can take over one month. Should be fun!

Also as a disclaimer because it came up at the other place. The themes are loosely defined so if you can find a way to make it fit in a category guess what... it works!

So what do you have lined up? You in?
 
Well I shave once between the 1st thru 6th. I used CBL Ghost Pineapple. Then I used it again today. Because well I could eat it! Tomorrow i'll change it up.
 
Missed out on the first week and to tell you the truth this is the first I am seeing this thread (though I was aware that it was forth coming). I will see what I can do to get a couple of shaves in this week with the "So Good You Could Eat/Drink It" theme!
 
I think in all the hustle and shuffle this week wasn't really thought of much. But I wanted to get at least one shave in with this week's theme. Chad @Cvargo maybe you can revisit this week's theme in a couple of months. Quoted from my journal!

dangerousdon said:
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: SuperMax Platinum Plus (2nd shave)
Soap/Cream: Storybook Soapworks - Coffee Spoons
Brush: Stirling Synthetic
Penultimate Aftershave: Humphrey's Witch Hazel
The Ultimate Aftershave: Storybook Soapworks - Coffee Spoons

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Got done with mowing the lawn and took a shower. Then I decided it was a perfect time for a shave. Working in Chad's theme of the week for the Month of March..."So Good You Could Eat/Drink It"...so I decided to go with Coffee Spoons! The name of the soap is taken from a poem by T.S. Eliot called Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock...

For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices dying with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room.
So how should I presume?​

The poem is long and I just inserted the relevant stanza. Anyway...the soap is typical Storybook Soapworks...you know...good. Super slick and nice to lather. Post shave is up there with the really good ones too. I love this scent. It is probably the closest to a real coffee scent than most other soaps in this scent profile. Most coffee scented soaps that I have experienced tend to be on the chocolate side of things. This one is pretty much coffee. According to SBSW website...this soap is scented with Brazilian Coffee Essential Oil and actual cold brew coffee is added to the formulation. The scent of the soap is subtle. You can definitely detect the coffee in it...but it isn't strong at all. Normally I would complain about a week scented soap...but one that is scented as coffee is probably best on the light side.

Three pass shave with no cleanup and a couple of glugs of the matching aftershave. I have to say that I am less than impressed with the aftershave. It does the trick, but I feel like it is lacking something. All in all I got a DFS+ and am happy with that.
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Went ahead with Buffalo Shave Co. - Saloon No. 10. It's a root beer and bay rum scent...heavy emphasis on the root beer!

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This is what I had to say about it in my journal:

dangerousdon said:
Again, keeping with Chad's theme of the week for the Month of March..."So Good You Could Eat/Drink It"...I went with Saloon No. 10 by Buffalo Shave Co. Sad this artisan is out of business like so many. This particular soap won't wow you really, but it is a very good performing soap. I would make it a very high tier 2 soap out of Chad's three (or really four) tier scale. But to be honest, individual characteristics of this soap on their own are all very low tier 1. But together, it just lacks something. It's the scent that made me shave with it today. It is a Root Beer and Bay Rum scent...predominantly root beer. I wasn't sure if this scent combo would work, but it really does. But while shaving you get a nice dose of that sweet but spicy drink that we all undoubtedly put a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream in a frosted mug. The stays with you through the shave...and only dissipates when you are finished. I have to admit...this was a much better shave than I really expected. Three passes, no clean up and I am BBS for most of my face and neck. Today was a really great shave indeed!
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Well another awesome shave today. I love Guinness!

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New theme starts tomorrow. Anyone else gonna play?
 
Started this theme week off right with the infamous Coconut Sandalwood by Mystic Water! Such a great soap!

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Here is what I posted in my journal about it this morning!

dangerousdon said:
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: SuperMax Platinum Plus (4th Shave)
Soap/Cream: Mystic Water - Coconut Sandalwood
Brush: Stirling Synthetic
Penultimate Aftershave: Humphrey's Witch Hazel
The Ultimate Aftershave: Fine Accoutrements Platinum

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Starting a new theme week for March and I am pleased that we are shaving with @Mystic Water Soaps. I'm not sure if MW was my first love in shaving soaps...but I sure have stuck by her. She is a great soap that really offers all of what I need in a soap. I know some have found her difficult to lather. But I have not been one of those. MW and me...we hit it off from the start. And of course...I have to start the week off with a Coconut Sandalwood! A soap that I had a small part in bring to life. But just a very small part. Michelle at MW was the full on creator!

What can I say about the shave this morning...I love the way this soap lathers and shaves. Super slick and a post shave feel to die for. Residual slickness is really where this soap is at. I feel like I can keep shaving with no lather after my first pass! Three passes of the normal directions and all is well in the world! A healthy glug or two...or maybe even three of Fine Accoutrements Platinum Aftershave! Yup...I am ready to attack the day!

The Danger Zone:

This weekend is my mother's birthday so it looks like I will be hosting a crawfish boil! Not a ton of people...just family and a couple other relatives from out of town. But it will be the first crawfish boil of the season for me. Need to pull out the big pot, paddle, and burner! Don't worry...I'll take pics for you all. I just wish I could send you all a plate through the interwebs!

I hope the Cadre has a fantastic day!

#MysticWater #CoconutSandalwood #StrirlingSoapCompany #MerkurProgress #FineAccoutrements #PlatinumAfterShave #TheShavingCadre #TSC
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Another fantastic Mystic Water Shave! Windjammer this time so I pulled out my Vintage Shulton Old Spice!

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Here is what I had to say about it in my journal...

dangerousdon said:
Razor: Merkur Progress
Blade: SuperMax Platinum Plus (5th Shave)
Soap/Cream: Mystic Water - Windjammer
Brush: Stirling 24mm Fan in Finest Badger (@Joe Hackett)
Penultimate Aftershave: Humphrey's Witch Hazel
The Ultimate Aftershave: Shulton Old Spice

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Another shave with @Mystic Water and this time I opted for my Windjammer Shave Stick. The Mystic Water soaps might be a little on the softer side...but I believe they were meant for the stick! No super hard small tubes pressing hard against your skin scraping across your sandpaper like face we call a beard. Yup...A couple gentle glides and you have enough soap to build an incredible amount of lather! And is there really anything I need to say about the scent? Windjammer is MW's Old Spice scent. And it smells pretty spot on. Of all the different types of aftershaves and with all the scents that accompany them...in my mind at least...Old Spice still rings true as the manliest of man scents! Whenever I wear Old Spice...or a reasonable facsimile thereof...I always get someone who asks about what I am wearing, and they are always amazed when I tell them Old Spice!

A quick word about my blade. As many of you know...I usually pitch my blade after three or four shaves. I am currently on my 5th shave with the Supermax Platinum Plus...and I feel like it is nowhere near dying. I'll keep trucking...but man...this is one good blade! Three passes with no cleanup and i feel like I am 90% BBS today. This might be as close to a Grail Shave as I have come in...well...I don't know when! And with the ease of effort too!

The Danger Zone:

Not a lot to say on the home front. It hasn't rained in almost a week and that is a good thing. My yard is finally dried out. But this comes just in time for potential thunderstorms today. Nothing to be concerned about. I just hope it's only a little rain so I can mow my yard on Saturday! Overall though...it seems that life is really good right now!

I hope the Cadre has a wonderful day today! We are on the home stretch for the weekend!

#MysticWater #Windjammer #StrirlingSoapCompany #24mmFan #FinestBadger #MerkurProgress #ShultonOldSpice #TheShavingCadre #TSC
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