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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

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

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

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Anniversary Month Blade Revisit

You know when you've had a tough week and just want to relax or do or eat something that just brings comfort? Yeah, that's where I was on Sunday morning. While the Van Der Hagen was surprising in that it...

Paul August 31, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Information

More Software – Aftershave Balms

The first aftershave (or post shave) anything I used was Clinique for Men Maximum Hydrator Activated Water-Gel Concentrate. It came in a starter kit that I bought at Target for $15 at the same time I got the Van Der...

Paul August 28, 2025

Personal Care Shaving Shaving Reviews

The Anniversary Shaves of the Day

The Van Der Hagen razor. I show it very little love, despite it being the one that started it all. That's what this week is all about: revisiting that first razor to see if it really is terrible, or if...

Paul August 24, 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...

Paul August 10, 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...

Paul August 3, 2025