Later On

For some reason, although I’ve had this Altesse soap for a good while, I’ve never tried it until today. I think I just didn’t like the little plastic shell for some reason. Today I used it with the little Omega brush. Not only is the plastic shell actually rather nice—put the lid aside, cup the lower part in the non-dominant hand (the submissive hand?) and brush briskly with the wet brush, letting lather overflow as it will into the sink.

The result was a brush packed with a terrific slick, dense lather. Really quite a good soap, as it turns out, and the brush is not bad, either. I enjoyed this part quite a bit, and then the Slant holding a previously used Kai blade smoothly exorcised every trace of stubble—one of the smoothest and easiest shaves I’ve had. The XTG pass was pretty much BBS, but I did ATG anyway to a perfectly wonderful shave.

A splash of Saint Charles Shave Woods aftershave, and I am feeling quite on top of the world. I like that soap. And the brush… the whole shave, in fact.