Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Feather Super Professional (New Blade)
Soap/Cream: Stirling - Weekend in Malibu
Brush: Asylum Brush Works - TSC 1st Anniversary Brush in Timberwolf Synthetic by Eric Sorrentino @Smattayu
Penultimate Aftershave: Thayers Coconut Witch Hazel
The Ultimate Aftershave: Stirling - Weekend in Malibu
It's Stirling Week for our Soap/Cream Themes! And what better way to kick it off than a new to me soap! I got this in a trade with Shawn
@ShawnF and man does Weekned in Malibu smell wonderful! Evidently this scent is a mixture of citrus, vanilla, sandalwood, and lily of the valley. Oh man does the lily of the valley really come out and give it that sort of sweet water floral. It definitely puts my mind on vacation so maybe this is a good scent for when the weather gets hot! Did I mention that it's going to be 94 degree here in Louisiana? Can't say enough about the performance of the soap. Really like this stuff and if it wasn't out everywhere (I think it was a limited edition though I am not sure) I would say go grab you some!
Third Shave with the Blackland vector. I decided to use the Feather Professional Blade this time as recommended by John
@The Monkey. This blade is definitely sharper and I think added to the shave in a positive way. But I am not sure it helped out as much as I would have liked! I am really struggling with the horizontal passes on the neck. First of all, I just can't get any angle going that really does much to the middle portion of my neck (on my second pass which is an east to west/west to east pass). But also, on these horizontal strokes, I am scratching the crap out of my neck. Not drawing blood (which is actually amazing), but just scratching my skin where the sides and corners of the blade are catching me. I am still really enjoying the weight and the feel of the razor and there is something about it that just makes me want one. But I need to reserve judgement for when I have used this a couple to few more times!
The Danger Zone:
Last couple of weeks in the month so that means work is about to get busy again. This month shouldn't be as bad as last month...but you never know what comes up that you HAVE to get done. Game of Thrones finished last night and I can't say I was really disappointed...but I thought the episode was average at best. I mean they took something like 15 to 20 minutes to show Tyrion finding his brother and sister. Honestly I felt like I was watching Lord of the Rings where Frodo goes off to the Undying Lands. Okay I lied. I guess I was disappointed. Just going to wait for something like 10 to 15 year for GRRM to finish his books.
It's Monday so let's kick this week off great Cadre! Find that thing that you are going to kick some ass today!