Shave Count (DE: 376 SE: 9 SR: 431)
Pre Shave-
Splash and go
Shave-
Gillette Slim
Wizamet blade (1)
Stirling Boar
Stirling One soap
Post Shave-
Post shave lather
Stirling One AS
The Process-
Early morning shave to start the day off right. On deck today is Stirling One, which I haven't used before. I've had the soap for a while, but just scored the matching AS yesterday. This soap is a cologne scent inspired by D&G The One. The soap features notes of: bergamot, coriander, basil, cardamom, ginger, neroli, cedar, ambergris and tobacco. Luckily I found the scent notes listed on the web because my untrained nose has nothing for you. The scent starts out strong and the scent stays throughout the lather. Good stuff. Went with a 30 second load time and the boar did a bang up job. You know it whipped up a nice lather ... it's Stirling.
I went with my standard three passes of WTG, XTG and ATG with no drama to report. That was a very nice shave and I am BBS for the win! Oh yeah, easy peasy shave! Love the performance of the Stirling soaps, it is always consistent and never fails to deliver. Wrapped everything up with a splash of water and a pat dry. Followed that with a healthy splash of the AS and everything was right as rain! The AS matches the soap very well and there is no heavy alcohol scent when first applied. To my nose, the soap and splash have a complex but warm scent to it. I'm digging this scent and it's missus approved. That is always a good thing. As I write this in early afternoon, I still catch whiffs of the AS. Life is good!
Home Front-
Not much to report today, just work. And I'm not complaining about that, I am thankful to have a job. The oil market is and will be hitting Texas hard, which does make me nervous though. We had storms blow through early this morning. We lost power 3 times while I was shaving. The forecasters say there will be worse storms blowing in the evening, fun ... fun. Have a few honey-do's around the house, but nothing major. I think that's all I have for you today.
