Billy Jealousy – SHAVE3SOME: The right kind of fun for your face

The name of this package just makes me smile.  As mentioned in the Lunatic Fringe pomade review, every one of the Billy Jealousy products has an original name. This set is called the “SHAVE3SOME” and contains the following items: Pre-Shave: Hot Towel Shaving Cream: Hydroplane Post-shave: Shaved Ice   The shave set was sent toRead more

Straight Razor Shave at Tommy Gun’s Barber Shop

Since my first straight razor shave experience at “Not your Father’s Barber” went so well, I figured I would continue on my exploration of such services. When I was last at Lansdown park on a Friday night for a football game, my wife pointed out the “Tommy Gun’s” Barber shop.  It certainly looked the partRead more

Brickell Shaving Cream and After Shave

For the last few months, I have become interested in trying the Brickell shaving cream and after-shave. Their sales pitch is simple, they use natural ingredients to make their products.  The well known; aloe, jojoba and coconut oil being some of the key ingredients.  Their site and their sales pitch was enough to spike myRead more

Dollar Shave Club

Last week a friend of mine made me aware of an on-line company called “Dollar Shave Club“.  A simple search showed me what this was about.  A simple and economical way to buy your razor blades on-line and have them delivered to your door step.  Somewhat like Harry’s you might ask!  It is different inRead more

DERBY “Extra” 100 blades pack

Having made the switch to a Double Edge razor, I am going through a good number of blades.  Basically one blade per shave.  Some of the shaving foam stays stuck on the blades no matter how well it is rinsed.  Some blades rinse a bit better than others, but I haven’t manage to get aRead more

PRORASO Gel Riparatore – TOTALLY IMPRESSIVE

Last week I was at my favorite Italian grocery store in the Ottawa Byward Market, La Botega / Nicastro’s to replenish some of my PRORASO shaving supplies. While browsing what they had, I noticed this fairly small box.  I picked it up to get a closer look at what it might be.  My Italian isRead more

Hair and shaving supplies at OBSCO

Today I paid a visit to a wholesale store for Hairdressers and Barbers, in the Ottawa Byward market,  a shop called “OBSCO“, located at 158 Dalhousie street.My visit there was mostly out of curiosity as I drove by there last week and noticed the store. I figured it might be an interesting place to visitRead more

LORD Platinum Razor Blade

As part of my double edge razor blade sampler pack, were a good number of LORD blades. This morning I tried the LORD platinum. TEST STAGE State: Right out of the shower Razor: Merkur 180 Blade: LORD Platinum Pre-Shave: Proraso white Shaving Cream: Proraso white foam After Shave: Proraso white lotion This blade does notRead more

Rockwell Razor Blades

This is the Rockwell Double Edge razor blade.  These blades came with my ME1 Butterfly Safety Razor from Men Essentials.  Obviously I tried it with the ME1.  The results where disappointing. See my blog on the ME1 butterfly razor.  I initially assumed that it was the blades fault.  Then after trying a 3 piece safetyRead more

Double Edge Razor Blade Sampler Packs

So you’ve decided to make the jump and try a Double Edge razor.  Good for you, Buddy!  You rock! That razor you bought most likely came with 1 or a few blades. You now need to get more and you are realizing that there is a large number of razor blade brands. You might alsoRead more

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