An extremely nice shave today. Once again I picked a soap that’s sold in a full (rather than partially empty) container, this time Strop Shoppe’s Lemon Eucalyptus. Although the Simpson Emperor 3 shown is a relatively large brush, there was no problem in loading the brush fully with no mess at all. And the soap is excellent: the lemon fragrance comes through clearly, with the eucalyptus tagging along.
On the left in the photo is the British Gillette Red-Tipped Rocket, on the right the US Gillette Red-Tipped Super Speed. Although the Rocket feels a little more robust than the Super Speed (and very slightly heavier: the Rocket is 69g, the Super Speed 67g), the shaves were much alike. The Super Speed had a Schick Plus Platinum blade, and after sharing shaving duties for the first pass, I stuck with the Super Speed for the remainder of the shave.
A nice little splash of Mickey Lee Soapworks Italian Stallion aftershave milk, and the day began.
Since then, I’ve done various things including a new batch of homemade mayonnaise, using the recipe at tinyurl.com/easymayo.
Filed under: Food, Low carb, Recipes, Shaving
