Shave Setup of the Week 2008.08.18

*Shave Setup of the Week*

Category	Mfg	Item Name	Rating 1-5	Blog Link
	Shower
Bath Soap:	Issy	Almond Exfoliating Bar Soap	5	[Link]
Shampoo/Conditioner:	Nancy Boy	Light Signature Scented Conditioner	4
Shampoo/Conditioner:	Nancy Boy	Shampoo	4
Deodorant:	Crystal	Stick Mineral Salt Body Deodorant	4
Floss:	Glide	Dental Tape	4
Toothbrush:	Swissco	Badger Bristle Tooth Brush	5
Toothpaste:	Tom's of Maine	Cinnamon-Clove Whole Care Toothpaste Gel	4
Mouthwash:	Listerine	Vanilla Mint Less Intense Mouthwash	3
	Shave
Razor:	Feather	Artist Club DX Japanese Style Non-Folding Razor ACD-N	5	[Link]
Razor Blades:	Feather	Super Professional Blades for Feather ACD-N	5	[Link]
Razor:	Merkur	39C Slant Bar HD* Long Handled Doubled Edged Safety Razor Chrome (Barber Pole)	4+
Razor Blades:	Personna	Double Edge Super Platinum Chrome Razor Blades (Comfort Coated)	4	[Link]
Brush:	Crabtree & Evelyn	Edwin Jagger Made Brass & Faux Ebony Best Badger Shave Brush	4	[Link]
Shave Cream/Soap:	Pre de Provence	Shea Butter Shave Soap	4
	Post Shave
Aftershave Balm:	Lucky Tiger	Mint & Menthol Vanishing Cream	4	[Link]
Aftershave:	Pinaud Clubman	Citrus Musk Eau De Cologne	4	[Link]
Moisturizer:	Thayer's	Witch Hazel Moisturizing Lotion	3+
	Other
Shaving Other:	Technique	(Feather WTG)/(DE 45XTG/ATG Cleanup)

Nancy Boy Grooming products this week. I didn't go with the shave cream because it's at home and I'm working through shave soaps right now. Creams will be used in a few more weeks. I went with the Merkur 39C again because it did so well with a Derby blade and I wanted to try it with another blade. Nothing else special going on this week. The Pre de Provence Soap should do
well. I'm using a smaller brush and that can limit the lather somewhat but maybe not with the soap.

Last week: I got over the hump. Down to 1 weeper with the Feather ACD-N and the Super Pro blades. I'm glad that's over. I don't think I could have handled any more blood loss. The Erasmic performed where I thought it would but I had to switch to a bigger brush in the middle of the week. It doesn't do well with the smaller brushes. Bigger brush (Edwin Jagger LTD Edition)
definitely helped. Still, the Erasmic soap could have been better. Bar soap as a face wash didn't work out too well either. I even tried oil or glycerin after washing with just soap to see if I could improve it.