Coming Soon To The Shave Cave ...

I've recently acquired some shaving-related products* which - frustratingly - are having to remain in storage on a shelf in the front room as the bathroom is currently being reimagined**. I'm having to shave in surroundings which aren't ideal, so I'm holding off trying out anything new until the bathroom's done and I can fit them into my new shave den***. However, that doesn't stop me from posting product photos in The Shave Cave and getting you to join me in dribbling with desire. So - shall we?

The Atomic Rocket by Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements.

You can call me shallow if you like, but the packaging alone makes this giant of a brush a must-have purchase****. But it's not just the packaging that delivers. The brush itself is a stunner too.

The Fine Marvel DE Safety Razor

Again - cool, retro packaging which serves to whet the appetite for the lavish thrills awaiting you inside the box.

I've read and watched nothing but great reviews for the Marvel so as soon as the bathroom's finished I'll be whipping up some Extro Bay Rum lather with the Atomic Rocket, slipping a Feather Hi-stainless blade inside the Marvel and seeing for myself if its performance really does match its looks.

* By which I mean I clicked Add To Cart. They didn't appear on my doormat via magic or a kindly benefactor.

** A fancy way of saying that builders are currently preparing the hollowed-out shell of our old bathroom to make room for a new one. I say 'currently preparing'. I suppose that's technically true, when they actually bother to turn up. Bad luck appears to follow them around like a naughty monkey, flicking their ears and creating havoc for both them and the people closest to them which means they turn up either not at all or for half days. Two weeks ago, one of the builders' neighbours - an elderly lady - apparently had an emergency and so his highly-trained crack squad of malingerers spent the morning sorting out a leak in her bathroom plumbing rather than staying on track with our bathroom. Bizarrely, the same thing happened to her again yesterday which makes me wonder whether they have a rota system of excuses that they dip into and simply forgot that they'd already used that one, or the elderly neighbour's bathroom plumbing really had sprung another leak, which doesn't say much about the quality of their repair work the first time round, does it?

*** For 'shave den' read 'mirrored cabinet'. I think I've mentioned this before but I'm so excited about the placing of the cabinet on the newly-tiled walls - at some point, hopefully, if the builders finish what they're supposed to before Armageddon - that I think it bears mentioning again.

**** OK, so maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. But I do like a nice bit of well-thought-out packaging.

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