Gifts&Care are selling a solidarity advent calendar this year to raise money and awareness for the ongoing volcanic eruption at La Palma. Let’s see what is in the third bag!
Continue readingAdvent 2021 – third surprise
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Solidarity Advent Calendar 2021
As I mentioned a little while back, Gifts&Care are selling a solidarity advent calendar this year to raise money and awareness for the ongoing volcanic eruption at La Palma.
Despite attempts by the Norwegian Postal Service to delay the box, the calendar arrived today.
Continue readingShave of the day 3rd December 2021
Razor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injecto
Lather: Oway softening shaving cream
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Advent 2021 – second surprise
Gifts&Care are selling a solidarity advent calendar this year to raise money and awareness for the ongoing volcanic eruption at La Palma. Let’s see what is in the second bag!
Continue readingRapid Shave: Soaks whiskers soft, but not sandpaper
Commercials can be odd to begin with. And when you’re trying to stand out from the crowd, or try to drive a point home, they can get weirder still. Like this one, for Palmolive’s Rapid Shave shaving cream:
Continue readingAdvent 2021 – first surprise
Gifts&Care are selling a solidarity advent calendar this year to raise money and awareness for the ongoing volcanic eruption at La Palma. Let’s see what is in the first bag!
Continue readingShave of the day 1st December 2021
Razor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #12705B
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Nivea Cooling After Shave Balm
Additional Care: Alum block
Adapter for a handle and a cartridge of different razor systems
Don’t you just hate how your preferred handle don’t fit your favourite razor blade?
No, me neither. After all, all double edge blades based on the Probak / Gillette patents fits virtually all double edge razors.1 In the same way, virtually all injector blades will work with virtually all injector razors. And all GEM blades work with all GEM and EverReady razors.
If, however, you’re not engaging in what I consider “traditional wetshaving”2 but are using cartridges instead… yeah, then you may be familiar with the problem this patent is trying to fix.
Continue readingShave of the day 29th November 2021
Razor: Schick E2
Blade: Schick Injector
Brush: Vie-Long #14033
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
Shave of the day 26th November 2021
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Treet Platinum
Brush: Wilkinson Sword Badger
Lather: Asylum Shave Works Flying Mango
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
