Andrew

• Prep: Hot shower
• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Unscented
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Merkur – Super Platinum
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 452/24 Synthetic
• Lather: Phoenix Shaving – Clubguy
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block
• Fragrance: Phoenix Shaving – Clubguy

After returning from our mini getaway, and my first day back at work, I needed a shave.

Two passes for both head and face to bring down the stubble to a more acceptable level of DFS. Some minor nicks on my lumpy, bumpy head, but nothing new, no matter how mild the razor and blade seems to be.

Maybe I need to try a different blade path or something completely new, a Leaf Razor?

• Prep: Hot shower
• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Unscented
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Derby – Usta
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 452/24 Synthetic
• Lather: Phoenix Shaving – Awesome Sauce
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block
• Fragrance: Phoenix Shaving – Awesome Sauce

Day 1 of our mini getaway before shit hits the fan! Simple head shave in a different environment to normal. Nicely done and happily smooth.

• Prep: Hot water splash
• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Unscented
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Merkur – Super Platinum (0 uses)
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 452/24 Synthetic
• Lather: Phoenix Shaving – Frost Byte
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block

With the house to myself on a Saturday morning, and five days since my last shave, the stubble feeling gone, it was time for a shave.

Two passes up on the dome, and the cooling sensation on an almost naked head certainly sent shivers down my spine. Absolutely love the cooling sensation from menthol. *shudders*

I’ve heard mixed reviews about the Merkur blades, but they seemed quite reasonable to me. I’ll give them some more consideration but I don’t think I have found a bad blade yet.

After the head shave, time for the face. Two passes led to a reasonable shave, definitely not the greatest though. I got a little reckless and managed to take a chunk out of my nose.

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Unscented
• Razor (Head): Edwin Jagger – DE89
• Razor (Face): Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Parker Platinum (1 use)
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 254/24 Synthetic
• Lather: Ariana & Evans – Kaizen
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block
• Post-shave: QV – Skin Lotion
• Fragrance: Phoenix Shaving – Awesome Sauce

With a day out on the town planned for some long weekend adventures, I took the morning for a full head and face shave.

Two passes for the head, no nicks with the EJ over the Razorock. Definitely need to tone down the aggressiveness up on the dome. May not get a BBS shave, but near enough is good enough in my opinion.

Another two passes for the face with the Razorock. Cleaned up reasonably well and happy with the result.