June 26, 2024 - Wildcard Wednesday
- Brush: AP shave Co. - Tuxedo 24mm synthetic Black & Butterscotch signature series
- Razor: Schick - Krona 1960s TTO DE
- Blade: Personna - Platinum
- Lather: PINESOL - Lemon Fresh
- Post Shave: Fabuloso Multi Purpose Cleaner - Lavender
- Fragrance: Lysol - Disinfecting Spray
SOAP So I have been preaching and shouting for a PineSol shaving soap for over a year now. Since I haven’t found anything that compares I decided today to see what it would be like using the real thing!! For the sake of not getting fired decided that using the original formula would be too strong for work mode so opt to use the Lemon Fresh one. This way I wouldn’t leave my coworkers teared eye every time they talk to me.
So it turns out the liquid is super concentrated so a little goes a long way.I poured a bit in my bowl and gave it a go! The sweet smells of lemon, geraniol, citronelol, linalool, and tarpineol (WTF!!) pretty much filled my bathroom. It brought back great memories of walking into a fresh clean bathroom at target before everyone stars to shit on it! To my surprise I got bubbles!!!! I was creating lather goodness like a magical act of appearance! I quick spread it all over my face just to have the bubbles instantly disappear and the so sweet fresh lemon smell started to burn my nose hairs!! I took my razor and began chopping my whiskers and funny enough it was really slick! Almost too slick. A feeling of doubt crossed my mind like the moment when you have turned on the BBQ propane and let the gas out for 5 min because the lighter won’t spark and your mind has this epiphany of what’s to come!!! But it never did!! I finished the shave and my nose can’t smell anything and my lips are tingling like I just ate a cookie full of fire ants (fact) but my face doesn’t burn!! I wash it all off and weirdly enough I can’t remove the slickness away. It is almost like a film is left behind.
Well I must stay on theme so I paired all my set up with no other than Fabulous_o. I sprinkled a bit in my face and the chemical lavender filled my nostrils with something warm. Well I think it was a lavender since my nose was still burning from the shave. And to top it all off what’s more hygienic and bactericidal than Lysol. Ah what wonderful memories from when I used to come home during COVID pandemic and my wife would gas me from head to toe with Lysol!!! Side note here guys Lysol actually has a sweet taste and don’t ask me how I know!
CHALLENGE: Well this was done today and I highly recommend that if you want to kill two birds with one stone shaving with an industrial cleaner will not only clean the shit out of your face but inexplicably neutralize any bacterial odors your shaving brush may be harnessing. The main issue is figuring out the amount to use so you don’t pass out in the bathroom! Oh and a quick golden nugget here! Don’t use hot water cause it adds to the burn!