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SOTD APRIL 2025

22 April, 2025

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Williams Mug Soap Challenge: Day 77

Wonderful shave to begin the day. Great lather from the Williams / Peregrino combo. Two passes (plus touch-up) with the '56 Gillette "Gold Tip" and I finished with alum, Gillette aftershave gel and Geo. F. Trumper "Wild Fern" EdC.

Hope you have a great day. :)

Williams / Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements / Gillette / Wizamet / Geo. F. Trumper

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Tuesday 4/22 Shave
VINTAGE APRIL 2025 Day 22
All Vintage Razors - All Month

Fromm Blade is settling in nicely
First time trying the Subtle Arts Soap
What a BANGER of a lather
Touch Ups with a vintage Valet
Overall a Fabulous shave result

Razor: Pearlduck DUBL DUCK Shavette
Blade: FROMM Hair Shaper (5X)
Clean Up: Valet Autostrop VC2

Lather: Subtle Arts Soap Co. Orange & Patchouli
Brush: Butterfly Blue Handle Boar
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix

Post Shave: PAA Good Vibrations Mix

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RAZOR: Greencult DE Razor GC 1.1/RR UFO Handle
BLADE: Personna Lab Blue
BRUSH: Oumo Master "Ox" 28mm Lotus Manchuria
LATHER: ‌Ethos Greenfresh Premium Shave Soap
POST: Ethos Greenfresh Skin Food Splash
 

Wednesday SOTD
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Razor: Ever-Ready Streamline
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (3)
Brush: Shavemac flattop D01 2-Band 26mm
Bowl: Junichi Tanaka 5"
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Balm: GroomingDept Eucalyptus & Spearmint
Shave Soap: PannaCrema Nuàvia Blu
Butter: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè
Aftershave: APR Coolabah
 
Pre-shave:- Cold Shower
Bowl/Scuttle:- Captain's Choice
Brush:- Semogue Special Edition 2013 Silvertip 24/48mm knot
Soap/Cream:- Mitchell's Wool Fat (tallow)
Razor/Blade:- Weber with Bulldog Handle / Wizamet Super Iridium #5
Post/After-shave:- T.N. Dickinson Witch Hazel Astringent mixed into the 240ml bottle with Plunkett's Vita E Pure with Rosehip Oil (10 drops), Natural Plant Glycerine (20) & Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (5)
Moisturising Cream:- Aveeno Active Naturals Daily Fragrance-Free (for autumn & winter season)
Fragrance:- Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male
 
23 April, 2025

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Williams Mug Soap Challenge: Day 78

Phenomenal BBS shave this morning. Uber thick and slick lather built with the Semogue SOC boar brush. Three passes with the '56 Gillette "Gold Tip" and I finished with alum, Thayers Cucumber witch hazel, vintage Avon "Excalibur" aftershave lotion & tack. Lastly, a spray of Creed "Bois du Portugal" EdP.

Hope you have a great day. :)

Williams / Semogue / Gillette / Wizamet / Avon / Creed

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SOTD - 4/23/2025

Ethos Grooming Essentials Rosa (Las Flores Collection)
Arno Classic in Titanium with a 29mm A2 Hand Tied Badger Knot
The Rowen Aluminum Razor

From the Ethos website:
The Rosa Aroma Blend of 100% Pure Rose Essential Oil, Absolutes, C02 Extracts and other natural Rose aroma ingredients provides a true luxurious Rose scent.

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Wednesday 4/23 Shave
VINTAGE APRIL 2025 Day 23
All Vintage Razors - All Month

WECK WEDNESDAY

Personna Blade on it's Ninth Use was Smooth
Small Vintage Boar easily got into the sample tub
Overall an Extremely Fine BBS Shave

Razor: WECK Hair Shaper Shavette Pink Scales
Blade: PERSONNA Hair Shaper (9X)
Clean Up: Gillette Travel TECH
Lather: Stirling Bergamont Lavender Sample
Brush: Ever-Ready H40 Vintage Boar
Post Shave: Osage/Mennen Splash Mix

Post Shave: Siete Machos Locion

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Apr 23, 2025

Prep: Hot towel
Razor: RR Game Changer .76 P
Blade: Gillette Platinum
Brush: Dscosmetic 22/50 Manchurian 2 Band
Soap: Albufera: Marinero
Post: Cosrx Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
Fragrance: A Taste of Heaven by By Kilian
a wonderfully smooth shave with the GC .76.. this plate really doesn't disappoint.


Shaving.. to be enjoyed, not endured.
 

Thursday SOTD
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Razor: Ever-Ready Streamline
Blade: Gem PTFE SS (4)
Brush: Oumo Compass Deep Sea 27mm A-1
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Balm: Proraso Single Blade Cypress and Vetyver
Shave Soap: PannaCrema Nuàvia Verde
Butter: Proraso Single Blade Cypress and Vetyver
Aftershave: Chatillon Lux Colonia Balsamica
 
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