After my Saturday confusion of brushes, I decided that I would use all my wasp-waist brushes, beginning with this Wet Shaving Products Monarch. This handle is plain white, lacking the grain of the handle I used Saturday and will use again tomorrow.
I thought I loaded the brush well with Grooming Dept Laundry II shaving soap, but for some reason the lather faded, and I had to reload prior to the third pass. That must be operator error; the soap is the regular Kairos (tallow) formula and normally works well.
I got a damn fine shave (DFS), but I did have to work at it a bit, so after the shave, I changed blades. The new black is a Rockwell, and tomorrow I’ll see how I like it since I am using this Edwin Jagger razor every day this week, reporting on the quality of the shave. A DFS is not quite a BBS, but (damn) close to it.
A tiny squirt of Aion Skincare’s Nourishing Balm, also from Grooming Dept, served as an aftershave, and I am pleased as I feel my face now.
The tea this morning is Murchie’s London Afternoon: “Fragrant rose petals are interwoven with smoky Lapsang Souchong, sweetened with creamy vanilla and a touch of bright bergamot.” This really is a good tea.