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Jan 13, 2025 - Is it Saturday Morning Yet?
It's only Monday, and the weekend can't come soon enough.
Monday, January 13, 2025
Great shave with the 921-M, I've been really impressed with this razor.
January 13, 2025
Brush: Wald Stratos Haunter 29mm A1
Razor: River Razors 14 8/8" Full Hollow
Lather: House of Mammoth - Beloved - Soap
Aftershave: Chicago Grooming - AG 1889 - Aftershave
2 passes. Face lather. Good shave.
January 13, 2025
Caoba is on the chopping block. I had nominated it for next months BVWSC, but I think it's a good thing it didn't win. I don't know if there would have been enough to create ~7 smushes, unless I made them small (not an option, IMO).
Woodshop pairs well which makes sense since both scents are based on "wood".
Amazing that we have 7 members already 🙂
It will be a while before we reach total world shaving domination 👀
According to some people from Reddit, we already attempted achieving it last year 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for getting the Theme song stuck in my head for weeks to come 😅
It might be lower now, but depends on whose sending out the soap. A couple of our people pop in from time to time and don't get a chance to nominate or vote.
Quartidi 24 Nivôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Cuivre
I got two samples with my order from LPL, among which Bay Rum. I never tried any bay rum scented product, so I was excited! I rather enjoy the scent, though I get some slight tingeling on my face – probably not for me!
Have a good day!
What do you get from the preshave? I used to have a preshave product when I started out, but I never figured out what benefit it gave me so I stopped
I have very dry skin, and it seems to help with that. Other than that, at some time in the past, I fell for a greatly reduced 300ml tub of preshave, and I used it because I had it. And somehow I got used to it 🤷
I see. Thanks!
Great trickhole shave Mammoth Monday with uncool Shire splash 🎉🎉. This bottle of uncool splash was part of my Black Friday haul which finally had made it to me on Thursday. I happily jumped on the opportunity when u/mammothben announced the uncool splash because warm scents with cooling agents aren't for me. Really looking forward to combining this splash with Valedictorian someday soon.
Shire++
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