Andrew

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Scentless
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 452/24 Synthetic
• Razor: Edwin Jagger – DE89
• Blade: Derby Usta (1 shave)
• Lather: Phoenix Shaving – Clubguy – Soap
• Post Shave: Proraso – Alum Block

It is a mid-week evening shave. However it isn’t my regular full face shave, my daughter has asked for me to grow out my circle beard. Really not a fan trying to keep up a regular shaving routine, but keeping a circle beard without much growth. Hopefully it grows in quickly.

• Prep: Hot Shower,
• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Scentless
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 452/24 Synthetic
• Razor: Edwin Jagger – DE89
• Blade: Derby Usta
• Lather: Phoenix Shaving – Clubguy – Soap
• Post Shave: Proraso – Alum Block

It’s new blade day!! Time to try a new blade from my assorted sampler pack.

It was an interesting experience with the Usta to say the least. The first few strokes felt rough, but after those, the blade strokes smoothed down and came out with a BBS shave.

• Prep: Hot Shower
• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Scentless – Pre-shave
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 452/24 Synthetic
• Razor: Edwin Jagger – DE89
• Blade: Parker Premium Platinum (3 shaves)
• Lather: Phoenix Shaving – Clubguy – Soap
• Post Shave: Proraso – Alum Block

I was hoping for a luxurious shave this evening. Unfortunately it wasn’t the case. And definitely not theme related, the complete opposite of green, but red!

I have a few blemishes on my face, and unfortunately I managed to cut into both of them on my first pass. One of them bled quite profusely, it took a number of applications of the alum block to finally get the bleeding under control. I only went in for a second pass, and navigated around these two wounds. It was not my cleanest shave. So much for a luxurious shave. Oh well!

• Prep: Phoenix Shaving – Cube 2.0 Scentless – Pre-shave
• Brush: Stray Whisker – 452/24 Synthetic
• Razor: Edwin Jagger – DE89
• Blade: Parker Premium Platinum (2 shaves)
• Lather: Phoenix Shaving – Clubguy – Soap
• Post Shave: Proraso – Alum Block
• Post Shave: Proraso – Eucalyptus & Menthol Refresh Cream

An absolutely amazing shave this evening. After starting with a hot, hot shower and the Unscented Cube 2.0 initially as a facewash, and then a pre-shave application against the grain, I moved on to create a smooth, creamy lather from the Clubguy soap.

In three passes, with a lovely face lather between each pass, the result is an ultra BBS shave. I’m not sure I have ever achieved a shave that smooth before. I feel it is a combination of the pre-shave wash, shave soap and the multiple uses of the Parker blade.