Barberella SOTD - 2025-12-20

• Prep: Suavecito - Shave Cream and a hot towel
• Brush: Dovo - Synthetic Olivewood
• Razor: Feather - Artist Club SS Folding Razor
• Blade: Feather - Artist Club ProGuard
• Lather: Burmax - Lather Time Hot Lather Machine w/ Campbell's Shave Cream
• Post Shave: Johnny B - P.M. After Shave
• Tags: $discord

I took a break from the Adventus Calendar today. Instead, I had a nice haircut and DFS from the lady barber. Hot towel before the shave and then a cold towel with a hair wash. It's a wild combination.

Have a great day!

SOTD - 2025-12-19: Adventus Calendar

• Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Trade Winds
• Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Fragrance: American Perfumer - Madame Chouteau EdT (sample)
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [OO..]

Adventus Day 14

Today was a really nice soap from Chiseled Face. Slick base with a good scent throughout. I paired it with 7 Doubloons and randomly chose the fragrance, Madame Chouteau.

Today's satchel held a variety of frag samples (Indigo, Alive, Damocles) from HoM, a sample of Valley of Ashes by Southern Witchcrafts, and a sample of Prince Edward Island by Shannon's Soaps.

Have a good one!

SOTD - 2025-12-18: Adventus Calendar

• Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
• Lather: Wet The Face - Spices From The Sea (sample)
• Post Shave: Eleven - Apollo Aftershave
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [OO..]

Adventus Day 13

This is easily the weirdest soap I've ever encountered. It's not a cream or croap. It's goo. And sticky. I had to use a bit of gymnastics to get it off my scoop and get it attached to the bowl. I was worried it would attach to my brush, but it worked out. It made a good amount of pillowy lather. I guess the lanolin base gives it some of these properties (lotion soap, a loap?)

The scent was odd too. It's in the Old Spice neighborhood, but it kept changing as I worked it into a lather. By the end of the shave, the scent largely dissipated. I randomly chose Eleven Apollo, a nice non-alcoholic aftershave.

This day's satchel had a few goodies: a Spearhead Shaving lather logbook, a box of Personna Platinum blades, Nacet blades, and two samples of Summer Break Woodshop soap.

Have a good one!

SOTD - 2025-12-17: Adventus Calendar

• Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
• Lather: Stone Field Shaving Co. Ltd. - № 37
• Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [OO..]

Adventus Day 12

A bit of unobtanium this morning. This is hard soap, so I was careful to use a small amount. Precision Loading left me with a bunch of shiny, cushiony lather. It took a good amount of water. I had a nice shave with a good Old Spicey scent throughout. I'm enjoying 7 Doubloons aftershave. It makes a good complement to these near Old Spice soaps.

I also received a couple of samples of TTFFC (Through the Fire Fine Crafts) soaps, namely Up North and Birch Forest.

Have a good one!

Woot! Congratulations

Either works for me

SOTD - 2025-12-16: Adventus Calendar

• Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
• Lather: Hoffman's Shave & Soap Co. - Burn The Ships
• Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [Oo..]

Adventus Day 11

Today's soap has a pretty nice goat milk base. It was easy to make plenty of lather and showed a nice sheen. The scent has a nice strength off the puck and throughout the shave.

Calendar wise this is most of a scooped tub craftily attached to this day's satchel. I also got a sample of Southern Witchcrafts Necromantic. It has a really wild scent. To quote my wife, "Oh hell no. Use that when I'm out of town." :)

Have a good one!

You'll do great. Don't forget to interview them back and make sure it's a good fit for you.

SOTD - 2025-12-15: Adventus Calendar

• Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
• Lather: Ginger's Garden - Old Spice Type
• Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [o*..]

Adventus Day 10

Today's soap is Ginger's Garden Old Spice Type with a tallow base. It has a big scent off the puck and throughout the shave. I never got a real sheen out of it, maybe a bit of a glow. Anyway, it was a comfortable shave. I stick with 7 Doubloons aftershave. It hung with me well yesterday and seems to complement the Old Spice scent.

In today's bag, I also got Stirling Soap Co. Maggard's Meetup 2025 bath soap and a couple boxes of Derby blades.

Have a good day!

SOTD - 2025-12-14: Adventus Calendar

• Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
• Lather: Black Ship Grooming - Classic
• Post Shave: Black Ship Grooming - 7 Doubloons Aftershave
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [Oo..]

Adventus Day 9

Today's soap is Black Ship Grooming's Old Spice dupe. It made a bunch of lather and had a big scent. The scent kind of dissapated by pass 3. It felt slick going on my face but it didn't cushion very well. I didn't really develop a sheen. IDK maybe pirates aren't good sources of vegan soaps. I used their 7 Doubloons aftershave splash, which had a nice coolness to it.

I also got a sample of Eleven Apollo aftershave.

Have a good day!

Haverford <3

SOTD - 2025-12-13: Adventus Calendar

• Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
• Bowl: Captain's Choice - Obsidian Copper
• Brush: Semogue - Owners' Club Cherry Wood Boar - 24mm
• Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
• Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (DE) (1)
• Lather: Master Soap Creations - Vintage Spice
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face Groomatorium - Ghost Town Barber Aftershave (sample)
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Sego Unscented Aftershave Balm
• Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
• Tool: WSDB
• Tags: $discord

Indoctrination status: [o...]

Adventus Day 8

Today's soap is MSC's Vintage Spice. Man,this thing took some water and made tons of lather. Off the sample, the scent was light but as I was working it,the scent popped up quite nicely. I paired it with CFG's Ghost Town Barber aftershave (which has a surprising amount of menthol in it). The result was a very comfortable shave.

I also got a bottle of Lucky Tiger aftershave in today's satchel.

Have a good day!