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6/9/23
The opening of Embrace reminds me a lot of Cerberus. The dry down really evolves in to something else, some musky goodness. Nice shave this morning. I think most of my razors are due for a touch up at this point.
June 9, 2023
This soap is like brownie batter. It works great, but this is easily the softest Milksteak I've ever seen. Really digging this MiG, too.
One of my favorite dupe scents. Killed a tub of this but still have plenty of splash to enjoy.
Have you noticed that different scents are firmer/softer with milksteak, more so than other bases? I think I have, but it could also just be age of the soaps.
Now that you mention it, I'd say yes. At least a wider range of consistencies. This tub is one of the newer one with the batch number sticker. I left it open for a couple days and it didn't really make a notable difference. I just have to skip tub loading this one for now. Sad.
Most notably with Opulence. It's like a different product
Jun. 9, 2023
Worked outside this afternoon so needed something to cool me off a bit. I forgot how crazy Stirling’s Glacial lineup is, but actually enjoyed it enough thanks to it being 90f outside today!
Happy Friday!
June 09, 2023
First straight razor shave of the year. I hope I can get a good number of straight razor shaves before the mirror starts getting fogged from shower :/
You just made it in time for the first half of the year!
Oceana++;
Exciting first SOTD on our shiny new Lemmy instance. This one is a bit of a copy of an SOTD by @timbuktu@sueden.social and as soon as (or if, we'll see) federation gets turned on this instance, he'll even be able to get a ping for credit.
I'm very curious where this experiment will lead, and whatever the outcome, I'm happy we're trying this hobby outside of big social.
To the shave: This Wade & Butcher is pure gold. I don't use it very often even though it's a fantastic razor because I try to preserve its condition. That's probably dumb.
As always:
Irisch Moos ++; Pitralon ++;
Question: What do we think about embedding pictures like I just did. Yay or nay?
I dig this embedded pictures thing in sotd threads. saves me one click.
Yay! This Lemmy thing is better than reddit!
I like it personally! It’s a cool added element to a post.
Not too r/wicked_edge? I also like it, but I wonder if it becomes overwhelming if many do it.
By the way, have you figured out how to username mention? @merikus@wetshaving.social seems a bit cumbersome @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social @djundjila@wetshaving.social
I wonder if I can just @iamsms?
Nope. /u/iamsms ?
I guess all that works is @iamsms@sub.WetShaving.social.
no, it's worse, you start tying the @beginningofthename, wait for about 5 seconds, and it'll autocomplete, but like a full on markdown link like so [@merikus@wetshaving.social](https://wetshaving.social/users/merikus)
Oh wow. So like @iamsms@sub.wetshaving.social? Happy it’s possible, but that is cumbersome. At least you can edit the text in the markdown, to shorten it for folks.
yup. Not sure whether the mentions get federated, though. Let me ping your mastodon and see @merikus@wetshaving.social
any mentions on the mastodon?
Didn't work, unfortunately. @djundjila@wetshaving.social.
yeah, this mentioning business doesn't seem to be compatible. oh well.
June 9, 2023
I shaved around 10 hours ago and it's still smooth as baby's arm.
2023/06/09
If I'm honest I completely screwed the pooch with the lather on this shave. I loaded a ton of soap into the Moar Boar, and then put too much water into it completely ruining the nice thick lather that was forming.
I powered through anyway, and managed to shave with the weck, while keeping all the blood on the inside, so I'll call it a win anyway.
June 9, 2023
Brush: Simpsons Chubby 2 Jade 27mm HMW
Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 472 13/16" Full Hollow Square Point (Straight Shave 250)
Lather: Martin de Candre - Fougère - Soap
Post Shave: Thayers - Rose - Toner
Post Shave: Zingari Man - Mousse Illuminee - Aftershave
3 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
I continue to play with technique on these 3-pass straight shaves, and today's lather was just perfect. For me, MdC builds into a lighter lather which, if loaded heavily, can be adjusted by painting in some water. The resulting lather is very slick and either falls off the razor [ straight in this case, so boom shakalaka ], or just slides off with a little water. And the scent! Just wonderful.
Mousse Illuminee has a slightly darker, heavier scent but complements MdC really well. I do wonder why the correct spelling (illuminée) is not used. I've noticed that both Rogue Perfumery and Zingari Man use the same labeling. This sort of thing bothers me, but, clearly, there are more important things to focus on.
Friodur 473;
Always happy to hear from a good boom shakalaka 😃
As for Mousse Illuminée, you will notice that on the label, it's written in uppercase. In uppercase, you can drop the accents, even though that's quite old school. But when written in lower case, it needs the accent (like I've done above).
In uppercase, you can drop the accents, even though that’s quite old school.
I was unaware of that. My knowledge of French comes mostly from formal education. I guess I wasn't paying attention in class that day. Thank you!
09 June 2023 Complementary Non Dickkhole Zingariman The Merchant
Cheers