A truly superb shave today. First is Shaver Heaven’s extremely good soap. As you see from the label, this is an Australian artisan soap, and this is the Hubba Hubba fragrance (“notes of tawny port and cognac being sweetened up with lighter softer pinot noir, vanilla and raspberry, spicy notes of cinnamon, clove and vineyard soil”). I saved on shipping by buying it from Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements, which sells a range of Shaver Heaven soaps—only they are out of Sweet Meyer Lemon, dammit.
Not only does the soap have a great fragrance—a wonderful combination of spice and sweetness with other notes as well—but it lathers like a dream. With the Rooney Style 3 Size 1 Super Silvertip I got an immediate great lather.
I desperately want the G.B.M. fragrance (“a heart of Dark Chocolate surrounded by licorice, vetiver, mint, and a hint of neroli for a truly unique scented soap that will continue to develop in time”), but they are also out of that—temporarily, I hope. So I got Oatmeal Stout (“a full bodied and smooth beer fragrance blended with Creamy Oatmeal, Orange Peel, Butterscotch, Farm-fresh Milk, Nutty Almond and Rich Vanilla”) and will use that soon.
This really is a fine soap, and at $15 for 150g (5.3 oz) not a bad price, either. AND it’s vegan:
Saponified Stearic Acid, Aqua (Water), Saponified Elaeis Guineensis (Palm) Oil, Saponified Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Glycerin, Fragrance (Essential Oils and/or Fragrance)
Highly recommended, based on this shave and sniffing the other tub.
So much for the lather. I then picked up my RazoRock Baby Smooth razor, holding a Personna Lab Blue blade, and has a blissful shave. The Baby Smooth is light—made of anodized machined aluminum—but feels very strong and rigid, and the handle is wonderfully comfortable and grippy. The blade is curved a lot over the hump, but it seems to hit my face at exactly the right angle: three passes to perfect smoothness with no trace of a problem. This will be a favorite razor, based on the look, feel, and performance. High-tech with Batman appeal. :)
This is so much more fun than a quick cartridge shave using canned foam.
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