Andrew

• Prep: Hot Splash
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Razor: Gillette – Slim Adjustable
• Blade: Feather
• Brush: Yaqi – Lucky Dice
• Lather: Declaration Grooming – Cuir et Epices
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block
• Post-shave: Declaration Grooming – Cuit et Epices Splash

The shaving bandwagon has lost the wheels. It has been a week and half of no shaving either up on the dome, or around the face.

I contemplated going with the circle beard again, but opted out of this, love the clean feeling after feeling scruffy.

A new soap that I haven’t used yet, Cuit et Epices from Declaration Grooming. Never used a Declaration Grooming soap before , so it was a nice change, and a nice shave in the end. I’m not 100% sold on the scent of this one, but it could grow on me.

• Prep: Hot Splash
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Derby Usta
• Brush: Yaqi – Lucky Dice
• Lather: Ariana & Evans – Kaizen
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block

Just a quick head shave today. Not really in the mood to shave everything.

• Prep: Hot Splash
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Derby Usta
• Brush: Yaqi – Lucky Dice
• Lather: Ariana & Evans – Kaizen
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block

Today was my last day of isolation. Nice to get a shave on and start afresh with a shave.

I soldiered on with the Derby blade in the Lupo. The shave was not as rough as the first use of the same blade. That is an improvement. Maybe the Usta just isn’t that compatible with my dome on the first use of a blade. I do not recall giving myself any nicks with the Feather blade on first use though.

I’m still leaning towards the Feather blades long term though, although I have only been using the one razor, the Razorock Lupo. Maybe the Lupe/Feather combination is my go to for now. Might need to try my other razors again soon.

• Prep: Hot Splash
• Pre-shave: Phoenix Shaving – Ice CUBE 2.0
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Derby Usta
• Brush: Yaqi – Lucky Dice
• Lather: Ariana & Evans – Strawberry Fields
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block

Following on from the last shave where I was trying to avoid a case of COVID, today’s shave is brought to you with a personal case of COVID. It seems I managed to pickup a case of COVID, and so I have a week being stuck at home for 3 days so far, and have a further 4 to go during my isolation period.

So wish all this extra time on my hands, I have elected to shave before the weekend.

One thing that I have decided is that the Derby Usta blade does not seem to work well with the razor and my head. I certainly won’t be buying any more Derby blades. I know that I previously thought I would stick with them, but after today’s use of them, compared with the Feather blades, I have had better shaves with the Feather.