Nerdgineer

• Prep: Hot Splash
• Pre-shave: Phoenix Shaving – Ice CUBE 2.0
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Merkur Super Platinum
• Brush: Yaqi – Lucky Dice
• Lather: Ariana & Evans – Kaizen
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block

Took the day off to get the car serviced, decided to get up a little earlier and test out the new Ice Cube from Phoenix Shaving.

A full face and dome shave today, the coolness from the menthol in the Ice Cube paired with any soap, maybe I’ll eventually pair it with Frost Byte for the ultimate head freeze.

• Prep: Hot Splash
• Pre-shave: Phoenix Shaving – CUBE 2.0 Unscented
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Merkur Super Platinum
• Brush: Yaqi – Lucky Dice
• Lather: Ariana & Evans – Kaizen
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block

Another dome only shave. The curves and contours of the face aren’t my favourite place to shave. A few too many bumps that I have to be careful of, and to many different angles to work around. The dome is much easier surface to work with.

• Prep: Hot Splash
• Pre-shave: Phoenix Shaving – CUBE 2.0 Unscented
• Razor: Razorock – Lupo Aluminium
• Blade: Merkur Super Platinum
• Brush: Yaqi – Lucky Dice
• Lather: Ariana & Evans – Kaizen
• Post-shave: Proraso – Alum Block

I don’t want to say this, but as usual, after declaring something to have ended, it rears itself and I am in the mood to actually restart it all over again.

As like recently, I’m getting slack with these shaves, down to a weekly event for the dome, and fortnightly for the face. The face itch was starting to get to me, really need to make them weekly at a minimum.

But a nice smooth creamy lather from the Kaizen, and always making sure the soap is hydrated works well. I really need to make sure my soaps are hydrated more than I have been, it clearly leads to a better shave.

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

I’m not sure whether trying to write these Shave of the Day posts has killed the interest in shaving, or whether life has just done it. I’m thinking that it may be time to end my desire to log and write something about every shave that I do.