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🌿 Fougère Friday - Fern🪻
Amazingly smooth shave with the Blutt. It's been a while since I've used it, but it was a joy to come back to.
Happy Friday!
Rating: 5/5
Getting to revisit blutts is always a treat.
Blutt++;
I'll be hauling mine out over the weekend.
Friday, January 26, 2024
I think this is my first time being the first one to post their SOTD here. What do I win??
You win the exclusive right to use the badger emoji 🦡 in your SOTDs, and I will downvote anybody trying to break your monopoly.
Sweet, I love badgers! The animal, not the brush, I actually only use synthetics.
Synthetic++
I have about 5 synths, 5 badgers, and 5 boars. My synthetics get used the most by far.
I used to have a couple horse hairs, but I could never get them to work well for me.
What do I win??
Nothing, but I'm so proud of you.
Can't we do badges or trophies on Lemmy?
🏆
Lemmy doesn't have user flair (yet?), unfortunately.
A badger badge?
Thanks man, I couldn’t have done it without you!
January 26, 2024 -- Vétiver Vendredi
Brush: Thäter Faux Ivory 29mm 2-band Silvertip
Lather: Saponificio Varesino - Desert Vetiver - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Cucumber - Toner
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino - Desert Vetiver - Aftershave
Fragrance: Hermès - Terre D'Hermès Eau Intense Vetiver - EdP
Talc: Yardley Classic
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
A great shave today and I'm posting very late. Again, I almost forgot.
Now that I know that Desert Vetiver has a grapefruit note, I can find it pretty readily, and with my penchant for renaming fragrances, I'm tempted to start calling this Dessert Vetiver. Awesome, well crafted, scent!
January 26, 2024
Weinstrasse aftershave has given me frag and/or menthol burn in the past. I used to have the soap and had no problem with it. In general I like to water down CL aftershaves/toners, so I did that today and it seemed to make the frag/menthol burn go away. For now I'll keep it, since I love the scent. I'm willing to alter my application technique if it means I get to keep using it.
I like the Central Texas soap base. It's a tad on the poofy side, but turns really nice when you add a bunch of water to it.
Jan. 26, 2024
Great shave. Warming up outside just in time for the weekend. I really enjoy this scent it is very pleasant.
Oops, super busy day and I almost missed my SOTD post. This tub of soap was on my 2021 kill list. It's mostly full. Ugh.
Fun little thing I saw now looking at the SOTD pic: The bevel is mirror polished (duh, but:) and in this picture it becomes very visible because the word RUM of the balm label is reflected on it. Neat!
the word RUM of the balm label is reflected on it. Neat!
Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection :)
GEM mirror games ++;
Hah! Well done!
Thanks! And likewise!
