Wednesday, the 12th of July, 2023
- Brush: Yaqi 26mm Tuxedo
- Razor: Gillette English "flat bottom" Tech
- Blade: Topaz Platinum (68)
- Lather: The Goodfellas' Smile - Savage
- Post shave: Siliski Soaps - Simple Skincare face cream
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Company - Boat Drinks
The Goodfellas' Smile "Savage" shaving soap, in their AJ-1 vegetable formula, has the ingredients:
Aqua, stearic acid, cocos nucifera oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil, Potassium Hydroxide, Parfum, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Limonene, Alpha-Hexylcinnamaldehyde, p-tert-butyl-alpha-methylrocyl
It just comes in as #3 in this list, but cocos nucifera is indeed the coconut tree. And the lather did indeed whip up into a very fluffy mix today.
You know what else has coconut (extract)? This Siliski face cream. Although it's a lot lower in the list of ingredients; here the cocos nucifera fruit extract is #13, following such things as polyglyceryl-6 distearate, niacinamide, caffeine, and more.
You know what else has coconut (or at least a few molecules to recreate elements of the scent)? Boat Drinks, the perfume: the notes are banana, coconut, rum, frangipani, and tangerine.
And dang, but I wish I hadn't forgotten about the challenge during the shave.