2018 shave #180 (DE:46 SE:64 Str:69 Cart:2)
Feather SS w/ Feather Proguard (1)
B&M Cheshire
Custom synth
Witch Hazel & Alum
Nivea post shave balm
B&M Cheshire AS
Well today I just feel lucky to have made it to work safely. I started out wanting to use Grecian Horse, but I didn't plan ahead and on a quick look I couldn't find the AS. That's ok, I just picked another one of the "I should use this more often" scents. And then the wild hair to jump back into straight razor type shaving. Interesti
ng note, before it was mentioned somewhere in the journals, I didn't realize you can use the little nubbin of the razor box to put into the hole on the SS to slide the blade in. So I was loaded up and covered in nice smelling lather. As per the usual before, the first two passes with the SS went smooth and seemed like I was doing just fine. And just like before, the cheeks felt good and the neck felt like there was more hair left after 2 passes than when I use a DE or SE.
And then the last pass. I couldn't remember how I had held the razor for these strokes. Probably because I keep messing around with it trying to find something that works. I could hear TJ saying "practice without a blade first" and Dave saying "just stick to the first two passes for a while". Well, I muddled through and ended with a fairly rough DFS and could tell there would be some soreness all over. I'm not out with that amount of residual roughness. So I grabbed the Q-Shave set on 1.5 and did a clean up on the neck. Now as I sit here at work, I have a nice and soft BBS.
That's on the end of the morning though. Oh no. My hair is many weeks past needed a haircut. I delay this as long as possible, because for some reason I just hate sitting in the barber's chair. Part of it could be my antisocial side and being trapped right there hoping the cut finishes before they decide they need to strike up conversation. But it's always driven me crazy being there. I just tell them I'm not picky and I just want simple and quick. Anyway, I decided to try the pomade I bought and have only used once. I totally forgot how much to use, so maybe I took a little too much. I know that Don had said he uses a little water to rub it between his hands. And I thought applying it to damp hair would be better then dry. So I wet my hair, rubbed this sticky stuff between my hands and then tried to apply. This was so stiff and sticky I could hardly slide my hands along my hair. I used a comb to try to work it in, and ended up with my damp hair all slicked back looking like a greaser, not what I was going for. I tried to sweep my hair a bit to the side and had long straight pieces of hair sticking straight out to the side. After messing with it for a while, I realized I either used too much, with long hair it's not going to lay naturally, or both. I jumped back into the shower and after 2 lathers had most if it out of my hair. I guess the next time I mess around with this should be on a weekend.