Telegrama ++;

Rhapsody++;

Blugère is one of the scents I’ll want to get at some point. And DFTR

It’s Magic! Fou Fri 08 Nov 2024

• Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
• Razor: Eversharp-Schick Hydro-magic (I2, NOS)
• Blade: Personna Injector Blade
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! - Heather
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! - Heather
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! - Heather

I’ve planned a run through all Spearhead scents over the next few days (It’s going to be a trickholecentric week for me), and I’m starting with soft, powdery Heather. Looking at my tower of Spearhead tubs, I’m a bit taken aback by how many of them were absolute hits for me. My least favourite one is Roman Spice, and I really like that one too 😄. I remember my first use of Heather was also my first time competing in the Lather Games four years ago. Good memories. This scent manages to be green and lively without any of the sharp edges of a Fougère Classique, Brut, or Varen. Just happy, butter smooth, vernal green.

Today’s shave was a bit too early for my taste, so using a childproof extra mild Hydro-magic was fitting. The slightly scrubby Manchurian knot in this Zenith is perfection. No notes.

Thu 07 Nov 2024

• Brush: Wild West Brushworks – Copper Shadow with Timberwolf knot
• Razor: Ever-Ready Streamline
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: Catie’s Bubbles – Reflection
• Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles – Reflection

I really enjoy the CB premium base, and Reflection has a slightly (and weirdly delicious) acrid note that I can’t place, but that I recognise in Armonía, too. Nice evening shave puzzle.

Yes, you posted to a community. Fediverse fediversing 🙂

Yeah 🥲

Thu 07 Nov 2024

• Brush: Wild West Brushworks – Copper Shadow with Timberwolf knot
• Razor: Ever-Ready Streamline
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: Abbate Y La Mantia – Koké
• Post Shave: Abbate Y La Mantia – Koké
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth / Noble Otter / Declaration Grooming – Cerberus

Koké is one of my luckier blind buys. Heavy floral, a bit sweet, some pear and musk, really lovely stuff. Works well with Cerberus, too.

Right now seems to be the best time to support each other in Europe

That’s exactly right. And better soon.

It’s so fucked up. I expected it, but still had hope for a surge in women voters or a silent moderate conservative vote or something (I know, naive). What really hurts is that not only did he get elected, but it looks like he might have gotten even the popular vote this time around.

I read SMS’s messages earlier today and you’re right. But I also worry about the international impact. I have good friends in Palestine and a few Ukrainian colleagues, and I’m so worried about how the next four years might do irreparable harm to them and their families.

I’m more interested what motivated the voters.

Good question. I have a hunch about what didn’t motivate voters, and that’s an out of touch democratic party establishment addicted to corporate campaign donor cash.

Wed 06 Nov 2024

• Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club (cherry wood and boar)
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (gen 2)
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts – Autumn Ash
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts – Autumn Ash

Second Witchcrafts Wednesday shave with the great Peerless.

one candidate may not know the quote “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. We’ll see.

Well, unfortunately he still has no reason to learn the quote 😞

Wed 06 Nov 2024

• Brush: Semogue Owner’s Club (cherry wood and boar)
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (gen 2)
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts – Carpathia
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts – Carpathia
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Saint Julep

I’m heartbroken over the election results and can’t shake a feeling of impending doom. The shave was fine.

DEux for Twosdays 05 Nov 2024

• Brush: Zenith - 506 N XS (extra soft horse)
• Razor: Wolfman WR2 (1.55 mm SB / 1.25 mm OC)
• Blade: Polsilver
• Lather: Noble Otter — Thé Noir et Vanille
• Post Shave: Noble Otter — Thé Noir et Vanille

Delightful evening shave with Thé Noir et Vanille. This was by first love-on-first-sniff soap and was instrumental in my descent down the rabbit hole. I couldn’t believe that I had completely missed the category of delightful smelling shave gear and went on a rampage for a while there. Good times.

No, white. The stick is pink. I’ll have to send you some.

Love the acronym-laden techno speak 😄

Cerberus++;

Have you tried the speick soap tub? Good stuff IMO

💯

I’m also thinking of adding community sources DQs. Bonus point if you spot and call out a DQ successfully but…

I didn’t understand that part. What’s a community source DQ?