September 2025 – The Eclectic Mix @ Lathropworld

Mail Call 2 – More New Additions (and some were free!)

Uh...Have I mentioned that I'm a big fan of the Proraso products? For those who didn't read a prior post on the first mail call shipment, you may not know that there were two orders to this mail call. So...

Paul September 30, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

That New Henson Smell Shave Week

What a week I have planned for you, face! We're closing out the month by putting a couple of new products to use, seeing how a new recent favorite blade works in the newest razor, and trying out a shaving...

Paul September 28, 2025

Beard

Let’s Talk Beard Care

Okay, I've talked extensively here about shaving. But I do have a beard, but I keep it trimmed and shave my cheeks and lower neck, otherwise, I'd look like Wolfman or something equally facially-hairy. And I don't want that. Fun...

Paul September 25, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

Some Sample Reviews – Part 1

You may recall that back in July, I ordered 17 samples thanks to a sale at Maggard Razors. The samples included three complete product groups (pre-shave, lather product, aftershave) of the same brand or line, and then piecemeal samples of...

Paul September 23, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Dorco-KCG Week of SOTDs

Time to pull the King C Gillette razor back out to play. Sometimes I feel bad that it's fallen to the third place position in the stable, but then I use the Henson or the Rockwell and that choice is...

Paul September 21, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

Planning the SOTDs

I've made a post talking about my shaving spreadsheet. Go ahead and check it out if you need to. As I mentioned, it plays a few vital roles in this journey for me: it helps me track inventory--what I have,...

Paul September 18, 2025

Mail Call Personal Care

Mail Call – Some New Additions

There have been some reports coming out of late in the forums and Reddit site saying that people are starting to notice price increases on a lot of shaving products due to tariffs. Let's face it, just like in other...

Paul September 16, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

The New to Me Lord Shark (Shark Lord?) Blade Week

Now that Anniversary Month is over, I can get back to some of the more normal shave plans. Like trying out new (to me) blades. Going into this week's shaves, there are 3 blades that I haven't yet tried. So...

Paul September 14, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The End of the Anniversary Month SOTD

This is the fifth and final week of Anniversary Month shaving. During this month, I've tried some new things, re-tried some old things, and had a generally good month of shaves. This week, I committed to come back to the...

Paul September 7, 2025