Rocky Mountain Barber Company Face Wash – Smooth Operator

The Rocky Mountain Barber company is back with a new “face wash”.  Late last week, I got an email notification of the launch of this products. Having been impressed with Rocky Mountain products so far and almost being out of my current face wash, I ordered a bottle from Amazon. Within a day I received theRead more

Rockwell Shaving Cream and Aftershave Balm – Rocking my mug so well!

The Rockwell shaving products have been on my future test list since I became aware of them back when I joined the crowd funding program for the Rockwell 6C razor.  Le “Centre du Rasoir” is currently having a Rockwell sale and I figured that this was a good opportunity to pick up the Rockwell shavingRead more

Henri et Victoria Cognac and Cuban Cigar Pomade – Phenomenal

Months ago one of my friends at the office mentioned a local company (Henri et Victoria) that produces shaving soaps and a pomade. Obviously, I was very interested but it stayed on the back burner until my recent August trip to Toronto.  When visiting the Men Essentials shop on Danforth I was reminded of thisRead more

A Visit at Hair Junkie

Over the past year I have visited and written about a good number of Barber Shop as well as hair and shaving products.  But I realized that I had not written about my very own “go-to” and favorite hair place; Hair Junkie on Laurier Street in downtown Ottawa.  If it wasn’t for this place theRead more

SHAVERBOY Safety Razor Blades – Unbeatable shave for the price

I was recently shopping on eBay for some double-edge safety razor blades.  Somewhere in the search, I was presented with a brand I had never heard about; SHAVERBOY.  The simple and friendly brand image made me smile right away.  I decided to get out of eBay and research the brand.  This lead me to theirRead more

A Straight Razor Shave at the Crow’s Nest Barber Shop in Toronto

This weekend I was in Toronto with my family for an urban vacation.  It’s becoming a yearly little visit to our Canadian metropolis.  As part of this visit, I obviously wanted to make the most of it and make a stop at one of Toronto’s top barbershops.  I ran a few queries on Google toRead more

Hard Butter Pre-Shave and Post-Shave Salves

This post is a follow up to the initial post on the Hard Butter post shave salve I tried a few weeks back.  The makers of the Hard Butter product line liked our review and were kind enough to drop off a full suite of their 5 products for Testing/Review.  A big thank you forRead more

Hard Butter Anti-Itch Post-Shave Salve – A nice natural find!

  This is the Hard Butter Anti-Itch Post-Shave Salve.  I was introduced to this product during my straight razor shave at the House of Barons.  I was initially impressed with the product and bought a jar to try it out on my own. What is a salve? I had to look that up as itRead more

The Rockwell 6C Safety Razor – A Solid Canadian Option

  On the 25th of May 2017 my Chrome Rockwell 6C safety razor was delivered! Check out my initial post on this razor. The Rockwell 6C came with a few surprises.  First off, the star of the show, the razor itself.  There also was a nice box of 100 Rockwell blades and the ever soRead more

A visit at the House Of Barons on Preston for a straight razor shave

Continuing on my quest for the perfect shave, I set out to visit the folks at the House of Barons.  I had heard of the shop, but had really no knowledge beyond that.  I checked out there site and was convinced to give them a try.  Their site informed me that they have two locationsRead more