Razor: Gillette Slim (Circa "I can't remember")
Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Super Platinum (3rd Shave)
Soap/Cream: CBL Premium Soap - Dragon's Pub in Bamboo Bowl
Brush: The Shaving Cadre/Saponificio Varesino Two Band High Mountain Manchurian White Badger Brush
The Ante-Penultimate Aftershave - Humphreys Witch Hazel
Penultimate Aftershave - CBL Aftershave Tonic - Dragon's Pub
The Ultimate Aftershave: CBL post Shave Oil - Dragon's Pub
The other day in the mail, Chris
@CBLindsay surprised me with a package from
@CBLSoap.com. In the package were several items including pretty much everything that was in today's shave. Being up front with it all...I called an audible and did not use the Post Shave Oil. I'll get to that at some point...but decided against it today.
So...on with the shave...
Let's talk about the scent. I love CBL's Dragon's Blood (DB). And I love CBL's Roasted Oatmeal Stout (ROS). Dragon's Pub (DP) is pretty much a love child of the two. So before you all start going, "eeeeuuu, that's gross." Let me tell you...not only does this marriage of scents work...but I might prefer it to each of them separately. Yup...it's that good. Not sur how to describe it any better...but you definitely smell each of those two scents...but it works together perfectly as one.
Loading the soap on the bamboo bowl proved a whole lot easier than expected. I wasn't sure what I was expecting, but this loaded pretty darn easy. I used my TSC/SV brush. I usually soak my brush and shake out almost all moisture. This time around I shook the water out, but left it wetter than I usually do. About a 15 to 20 second load, and I probably could have cut off a little sooner. It seemed to have more than enough soap on the bristles. I face lather and this was no different. I wouldn't say this is a thirsty soap at all...but I did use more water than I usually do...mostly because I wanted a nice slick lather. And a nice slick lather I had. My second and third passes were slicker...but that is because I wet my face between passes. Three passes of the regular nature and I was really smooth. I noticed that I had some really good residual slickness so I went ahead and commenced some pretty aggressive cleanup. I did manage to draw a tiny bit of blood from the cleanup...but what do you expect when you go over an area a gazillion times. Cold water rinsed my face and I have a "for realz" BBS shave all over!
Once I witch hazeled the face and let the skin dry while I did some cleanup around the sink, I went ahead and grabbed the After Shave Tonic. Honestly, I wasn't sure what I was thinking. I guess I was expecting more of a splash, but when I poured the tonic into my hand...it was significantly thicker than I expected. No worries...onto the face it goes. A little sting from the alcohol to let you know you are still alive, but quickly afterward...the skin was soothed. This tonic feels REALLY good on the skin. I mean really good! It being thicker than a splash, I really thought it would leave the face tacky or sticky for a bit. That was not the case. The CBL After Shave Tonic absorbs in quicker than almost any other skin product I have tried. A nice cooling sensation leaves any irritation less burn-y. And afterward...Holy Cow does my face feel great. Yup...this After Shave Tonic is a keeper!
This is only my first shave with these products and I hate to sing praises after just one use. But so far...this is some good stuff. I can't wait to give it all a go again.
The Danger Zone
So...Last year I had some issues with the A/C-Heater handler. We went ahead and replaced it at a pretty hefty cost. But it was needed and we bit the bullet. Earlier this month the A/C-Heater went out, and on a weekend no less. Called our A/C people and had someone out the next morning. A short somewhere caused the unit to blow a fuse. Guy replaced the fuse and tried to figure out where the short came from. Couldn't figure all that out but went ahead and untangled some wires and reconnected them in hopes that was the issue. Christmas evening...the unit goes out again. Next morning guy comes out again (our normal guy...the person previously wasn't our normal guy because he was out of town). Anyway, A/C guy looks at things and determines that the same fuse blew again. He checks things out and can't find anything. So he adjusts the blower speed hoping that takes the stress off the unit. Last night, the unit went out again. Okay...this time the wife and I are PO'd. Our regular guy comes out checks everything out...again. Says that he hears some buzzing coming from the Thermostat and thinks that it could be blowing the low voltage fuse. He replaces the Thermostat. So now...things seem to be working again. Hopefully this fixes the issue.
Through all of this...we have had to pack Danger Baby up and the wife and kid stay at her parent's house for the evening because it get s a little too cold for the baby at night. I of course stay home with the Danger Hounds. If this was just me and the wife...it wouldn't be all that big of a deal. But the Baby adds a little wrinkle in the whole thing.
Anyway...I hope the Cadre is starting their week off in a spectacular fashion!
Just kidding.
