SOTD – 19 JUN 2022
Sunday Weekend shave with Cyril R. Salter “Solid Shaving Soap”, a new Tallow based recipe that is lightly scented with Lavender. The 70gm(2.5oz) hard puck is at least twice the efficiency of soft soap so it’s equivalent to 140gmand it cost me about AU$12.00 delivered from Connaught in UK, so that’s equivalent to 8.6 AU cents/gm which is “Awesome” Bang-for-Buck value. Cyril R. Salter have been providing men’s grooming products since the 1950’s in the UK.
Shave Result: I used my normal approach for hard soaps and scraped about 1.5gm of soap off the puck and pressed it into my lather bowl. It did not take long to produce a lovely rich creamy Lather with my standard build method: “Start with Dry soap + Damp Brush, Whisk + Add warm spray water slowly”. The lather performance was excellent, especially at this price level. The scent was a very pleasant light Lavender aroma, scent strength was 4/10. In these difficult times there are still great value soaps around and I will continue to seek them out. The RK SS blade worked well in the Henson and gave lovely smooth shave, however, had some minor corner mouth irritations.
Shave VIDEO
The Gear:
+ Pre Shave: Nak Close Brushless Shave Cream (A)
+ Brush: Dscosmetic “American Green” with 24mm Plisson
+ Soaps: Cyril R. Salter Solid Shaving Soap
+ Bowl: Fine Accoutrements
+ Razor: Henson AL13 Mild
+ Blade: RK Super Stainless (1)
+ Splash: TN Dickinsons Witch Hazel with menthol
+ Balm: Natio Men Calming After Shave (A)
+ After Shave: Blue Stratos AS
+ Moisturiser: Sukin for Men Facial Moisturiser (A)
(A) = Australian Made
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