2018 shave #167 (DE:38 SE:59 Str:68 Cart:2)
Asylum "The Doctor" RX w/ Feather Proguard (2)
Storybook Soap Works Hook
Sorrentino TSC brush
Witch Hazel & Alum
Nivea post shave balm
Story Book Soap Works Hook AS
I got my pass
around box sent off so I'm able to get to some of my own things to try now. This is my 2nd time using the TSC brush, and one big thing I notice is that I'm not getting as much lather in a bowl. When I rinse out the brush, I notice it's holding on to lather in the core, so maybe it's able to hold a ton of lather I'm not noticing, but as you can see from the pic, there is little lather actually sitting in the bowl when it's normally half full. I was worried it might influence the quality of the lather if it's not all being mixed with the same amount of water, but it seemed to not make a difference.
This is my Storybook soap and the performance was better than I recall from Visions and Revisions. I really like this scent, though the only element of the description I can pull out is a soft leather. SOS on lather was 4/5. This easily produced a nice creamy lather. The shave was great, cushion was above average and the slickness was 5/5 territory. I don't remember V&R being as slick as this, maybe it was, but this was awesome. The AS is nice and without menthol I can use it everywhere. Only bummer was that I didn't spring for the EdP when ordering because it was a blind buy. The AS smells nice, but even bringing Vasili and a party of all his friends, the scent was quickly gone. I want to sniff this one all day. The shave was nice and easy with a BBS without clean-up.
Today might be a 2-fer shave. We leaver at O'Early o'clock tomorrow for the airport, so I think I'll do a touch-up evening shave and a pic of my travel kit tonight.
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