Share your Shave of the Day for Friday!
June 27th, 2025: Frigid Friday
- Brush: AP Shave Co. - Silksmoke Synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock - Game Changer .76-P
- Blade: Van Der Hagen Stainless (1)
- Lather: Stirling - Black Ice - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Black Ice - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavanille - EdT
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Theme: Black Ice is without question a mentholated scent. I enjoy the menthol level in the soap, but using the splash afterward is a bit intense for me. Nice enough on a hot day, but I suspect I’ll have this set for many years to come.
Either way, I smell like black licorice and I’m here for it.
Challenge: I used a bottle of Arrowhead water to shave with today. It’s not particularly bougie, and it didn’t improve the shave at all.
$SELFCARE - My 4-year-old nephew wanted to play with me today while I was trying to get some work done. Instead of telling him that I was busy, I closed my computer and played with toy airplanes outside for ~30 minutes. A welcome break from the stress of my day, and a lovely memory for me to take home.
$FOF - The sharp anise in Black Ice played beautifully with the Mousse de Saxe, vanilla, and lavender in Lavanille. The bit of sweetness balanced the anise perfectly. Quite happy with this one.
$ROTY
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 1 week ago
June 27, 2025
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
Margaritas in the Arctic uses menthol as its cooling agent. Very refreshing for a hot summer’s day.
I chose to lather with a bottle of Fiji Water. My choices were Fiji Water or Saratoga Springs Still water. The blue of the Saratoga bottle doesn’t fit with the color scheme and Fiji sounds much more exotic, so Fiji Water must be better. Right?
Anyway, I used Fiji Water for soaking the brush, dipping the brush (to hydrate the lather), wetting the face, and rinsing the face before, during, and after the shave. The lather experience using the Fiji water was much … the same as with tap water. I could not tell any difference in between Fiji Water and tap water for shaving. I don’t drink my tap water, though.
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