Grooming Dept’s Lemon Bay is a donkey-milk, duckfat, lamb-tallow shaving soap:
Aloe Vera Juice, Stearic Acid, Donkey Milk, Potassium Hydroxide, Duck Fat, Lamb Tallow, Castor Oil, Glycerin, Kokum Butter, Shea Butter, Cupuacu Butter, Sucrose Cocoate, Fragrance, Safflower Oil, Jojoba Oil, Coconut Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Acacia Senegal Gum, Kaolin Clay, Avocado Oil, Mango Butter, Grapeseed Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Lactate, Sodium Citrate, Xanthan Gum, Carnauba Wax, Allantoin, Chamomile Extract, Sea Buckthorn Extract. Flaxseed Oil, Sacha Inchi Extract. Silk Amino Acids and Tocopheryl Acetate.
It has a very pleasant fragrance — “Lemon, Bay Rum, Spices, and Cedarwood” — and it makes a lovely lather, with the able assistance of my Rooney Style 1 size 1.
Maggard’s V3A head was wonderfully comfortable and efficient. The “A” (for “aggressive”) in the name refers to its efficiency, not to its mild feel. Three easy passes resulted in a perfectly smooth face, with never so much as the threat of a nick.
Myrsol’s Agua de Limón aftershave, with a squirt from the new bottle of Hydrating Gel, finished the shave on a good note. I used the last of the old bottle of Hydrating Gel yesterday, so it lasted me 46 weeks (and 2 days). In general I use Hydrating Gel with any aftershave splash but not with balms or milks or gels. However, a splash is far and away my most common aftershave choice.
The tea this morning is Murchie’s No. 10: “a mild, sweet combination of Gunpowder and Jasmine greens and Keemun and Ceylon black teas, perfect for any time of day.” I notice that it is currently on sale.
I also noticed this morning that the jalapeño & Fresno pepper ferment I started yesterday is well underway. When I tilt a bottle, I see a steady trickle of bubbles rising from the packed vegetables. Using a starter culture really kick-starts the fermentation.