I’d say you shave half of your face (or head) 3+ times per day. Goal is to look like Harvey (NSFW) by New Year’s Eve 🤯

Thanks! I also appreciate you for being a part of our little community here. 👍🏻

MMMMFF is cool, I could see myself doing it more often; gives me something to look forward to on Mondays. Need more HoM though.

I know you pretty much run on themed shave days and even months (TabOKtoberfest, BBS November, Destroy your Dermis December etc.) but I’m frankly too inconsistent with my shaves to remember…

Ah the joys of wetshaving, a classic “I definitely don’t need it, but I surely want it” hobby 😅

Basically PBNTs666 posts the voting thread separately, each nominated soap is a single comment. Voting doesn’t work by upvotes, you’ll need to clarify your choice/rank for each nomination by replying to the comments. When everyone has voted/ranked, PBNTs666 compiles the data and the soap with the best placings has won. 😉

Edit: just saw he already answered you. Well, I repeated what he said but in different words 🤷🏻‍♂️

Perhaps some… Witch hazel would help?! 😉

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04.11.2024 - MMMMFF Tobacco

• Brush: vintage yellow bakelite handle w/ 21 mm AP Shave SynBad knot
• Razor: GEM Micromatic Bullet Tip/Flying Wing (gold)
• Blade: GEM PTFE
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Tobacconist
• Post-Shave: HAGS Barberwood AS toner; Alterra men natural ASB

1 pass face shave to get back into the swing of things while still giving my face a bit rest after yesterday’s rough shave. Comfortable shave but not close at all.

Oh look, Dave has done the MMMMFF thing despite his aversion to themed shaves! Yeah, sometimes a little nostalgia is all it takes to get me going. Tobacconist was great as always, the Flying Wing is perhaps the GEM razor with the best handle in terms of ergonomics for me and it’s a pretty mild but efficient shaver.

I realized today that I totally lack any balms or toners with tobacco… I should change that. Weird justification for impulse buying? Maybe. It’ll suffice though. 🤔

Congrats on the kill!

I also managed to cut my nostril […]

The witches of the South should be pleased by your offering and shall grant you great shaves from now on! 🧝🏼‍♀️

JK, I hope it heals up soon. Cuts suck.

Los Jabones de Joserra - Masala Connection

Link for english scent description

03.11.2024 - Sunday Comeback

• Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir SE 24 mm
• Razor: Wilkinson Xtreme 3
• Blade: Xtreme 3 cartridge
• Razor: KAI Captain J-7 kamisori shavette
• Blade: KAI Protouch MG
• Lather: E&S Rasage - Barber (sample)
• Post-Shave: Thayer’s Original toner; alum block; Alterra men natural ASB

2 passes on the head; 1 plus cleanup on the face. Great dome shave, bad face shave.

First off apologies about the lack of my skincare article - I had about 4 rough drafts but each time my inner perfectionist deemed them not good enough. Imperfect grammar, rambling too much, information being too superficial… I’ll try to get back at it this coming week.

Today was a test shave: first of a cartridge razor that I’ll take around for travelling near the end of this month. I really like Wilkinsons/Schick’s Xtreme 3 disposable razors for head and body shaving, but finding an old one with replaceable cartridges at the dutch discounter yesterday was cool. It’s not as flexible as the dispos, but still passed with flying colours.

Then came the moment of using my old kamisori shavette again… and oh boy, do I suck with it. Bless the Japanese for guarded AC blades, otherwise I would have mutilated my face badly. The handling and coordination requirements are vastly different to any DE or SE razor. I liked how great it felt to sculpt the contours of my moustache, but the goatee was troublesome. So I actually scraped off a tiny patch of epidermis near the lower left part of it, on the neck. But well, without the guard it would’ve been a solid cut. Alum fixed what my lack of technique caused.

The soap is an old sample of E&S. I had way too many of these and now’s a good time to kill it. Barber is a very solid barbershop scent, but more in the perfume definition than the wetshaving one. Less sweet, more aromatic. I like this, but not enough to get a full tub.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend ✌🏻

31.10.2024 - Halloween Shave: Samhain

• Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
• Razor: Leaf Thorn
• Blade: snapped KCG
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Samhain
• Post-Shave: Thayer’s Original toner; Natura Siberica ASB gel

1 pass on the head, 1 on the face around my moustache and goatee. The face shave felt better than the head shave - I suppose the dome won’t get used to daily shaving.

Ghouls, ghosts and goblins, today is finally Halloween! Of course I used Samhain. I really look forward to this scent every time; sadly this year without the matching AS since I now weirdly have allergic reactions to that.

Today was also a day where I spontaneously decided that I’ll trim my short beard down into something different. I now sport a style similar to this - minus the hair and Christian Bale’s awesomeness of course. Net profit is that I finally can shave the parts of my jawline that are prone to itching. It felt good to shave my cheeks again - the patchy growth there really doesn’t do my skin any favours and I can wear something nicer and tidier now.

So, Halloween is usually a day off for me. We have a regional christian holiday in East Germany and that’s why many church officials are strongly opposed to Halloween. Baffling, since Christianity took over celtic pagan traditions with their own holidays. This video explains it very well in short (Buzzfeed Unsolved is way better than their parent company). My only gripe with the holiday? It became too commercial and too soft. Regardless, I hope everyone of you has a fine time today!