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A Change of SOTD Plans

I'm announcing a change of posting plans that I've been thinking about for a while. As you know, I shave 3 times a week (occasionally 4, but that's very, very rare). And the way I've structured the week of shaves is to have a consistent razor/blade combination for the week, and...

Paul August 17, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD: More With the Samples

After today's shave, there are just two more soap samples to try. And two more after shave balms to try. For those who didn't grow up in the '80s and/or don't enjoy sci-fi, you may not get the reference here, but today's soap is Barrister & Mann's 42. 42 is, of...

Paul August 14, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

My Best Shaves

Okay, since it's anniversary month, and I'm celebrating a year of returning to shaving with a safety razor, let's talk about the best shaves I've had in the last year. As of this writing (August 10, 2025), I've had 28 shaves that rank at a combined comfort and quality/closeness score of...

Paul August 12, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Proraso (Blue) Sunday Anniversary Month SOTD

I'm in my anniversary month, and for those new here or not paying attention, August 2025 represents one year since I started on my wet shaving/double edge safety razor shaving journey. You can read my shaving story here. It's been a year of learning, discovery, and experimentation. Every shave has had...

Paul August 10, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Cella Sample SOTD

I'm continuing to work through the samples. 3 soaps/creams left! Of all the samples I got recently, this is one of a couple I was most looking forward to. This is because of my experience with Proraso. Cella is also an Italian product, though the company pre-dates Proraso. But it shows...

Paul August 5, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Parker & Proraso Sunday SOTD

Welcome to Anniversary Month! I'm entering my second year of safety razor wet shaving by trying something new. As you'll have seen a couple of days ago, my son gave me a slightly early birthday gift of a Parker 55SL Semi-Slant razor. It's one I've talked about here for a while...

Paul August 3, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – Sampling the Samples

Even almost a full year in to this experience, I'm still learning. Not only is the experimentation and learning about what products work for me, it's also about developing skills to help ensure the best shave possible. I'm working through the samples that I bought recently from Maggard's Razors. Today, I...

Paul July 31, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Proraso (green) Sunday SOTD

Welcome to the last week before the anniversary shaves! I'm still working through the sample haul, and swapped in the Proraso green menthol & eucalyptus pre shave and shaving cream for the normal Proraso white products. And no, I used the Proraso white sensitive skin after shave balm, because there wasn't...

Paul July 27, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

A Mini SOTD – The All Barbasol 1919 Team

Well okay, that title isn't entirely true. The pre-shave isn't Barbasol, but I don't think they make a pre-shave product. But, some backstory: The Barbasol 1919 line was released in 2019 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of the company and the production of its first shaving cream. It...

Paul July 24, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

SOTD – The Proraso Blue Sample Sunday

Everything's blue for today's shave! The Proraso blue formula, the Henson AL-13 mild razor, the, uh....Okay, not everything. Just most of it. I recently jumped on a discount on a bunch of sample soaps, creams, pre shave, and aftershave products, and I talk about that in a post that will be...

Paul July 20, 2025