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[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

September 19, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
  • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
  • Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Egypt) (4)
  • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Diamond - Soap
  • Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
  • Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm

Was scooping a smush out of this tub for someone on Discord, so being within reach made it the obvious choice to use today. Soft Heart is probably my least favorite B&M base, but I still love it. It's just a little too poofy for my refined taste. Very slick, though.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 16 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Black Olives (or green, either way).

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 20 hours ago

Oh of course! I thought it went without saying.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

September 18, 2024 - Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
  • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
  • Blade: Lord Platinum (4)
  • Lather: MacDuff's Soap Company - Old Strathcona - Soap
  • Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm
  • Fragrance: Barrister & Mann - Lavender, Interrupted - EdP

I've only ever heard good things about the MacDuff's soap base, and it indeed has a lot of great qualities. I half expected to see Xanthan Gum in the ingredients, but it's just your typical butters, oils, and yogurts, and milks.

IngredientsStearic Acid, Tallow, Glycerine, Castor Oil, Kokum Butter, Shea Butter*, Cocoa Butter, Camellia Seed Oil*, Mango Butter, Aloe, Goat Milk, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Sodium Lactate, Argan Oil*, Jojoba Oil*, Pumpkin Seed Oil*, Tremella Seed Extract, Silk Peptides, Green Tea Extract, Tetrasodium EDTA, Yogurt, Parfum

This shave felt a little rough, but I can't blame the soap. The slickness was excellent, so I'll blame the blade. I don't have much experience with Lord Platinum, but 4 shaves might be past the limit. Closeness and comfort were not on par with the past few days.

Luckily I have a lot of the sample left thanks to the generous portion from @sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social , so I'll be able to try again with a better blade.

The scent is a good one. Like @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social I get an initial hit of anise, despite there being no anise in the marketing materials. I really enjoy the smell of anise, so bring it on.

I never really got into the barbershop genre, but the description talks about how it's based on a fougere, just without the lavender. I can definitely get behind a lavender-free fougere. Similar to how Shawn Maher replaced oakmoss with sage in Seaforth! Heather, MacDuff(is that the guys real name?) replaced lavender with rosewood. I'm sure there are other "variations" of a fougere out there, but these are the only ones I've noticed. I can't say I'm good enough to pick out rosewood, but I at this point in my shaving journey, lavender has been a bit overused and I appreciate the absence.

I also like the fact he uses real tree moss (oakmoss) according to the ad copy. I have no idea if I've used anything with real oakmoss before. I used to get frag burn a lot, so if anyone is going to be sensitive to oakmoss it's probably me, but I had no problem at all.

I haven't shaved with it yet, but I had the same exact though regarding Anise.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

September 17, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
  • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
  • Blade: Lord Platinum (3)
  • Lather: Maurer & Wirtz - Tabac - Soap
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave

Luxury shave for work reasons.

I copied DJ because Tabac and Varen sounded good.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Should I start calling yellow jackets wasps, or are they just a type of wasp?

Could be the same thing we're smelling. I'm even less refined!

September 17, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
  • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
  • Blade: Lord Platinum (2)
  • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Caoba - Soap
  • Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Nefertiti - Aftershave

Excellent lather. What a great scent, too. Just sorta woody and nice.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I might need a luxury shave tonight for work reasons... maybe I'll replicate the Tabaren combo.

That snuck up!

 

I have multiple things running through a reverse proxy and I've never had trouble accessing them until now. The two hospitals are part of the same company, so their network setup is probably identical.

Curiously, it's not that the sites can't be found, but instead my browser complains that it's not secure.

So I don't think it's a DNS problem, but I wonder what the hospital is doing to the data.

All I could come up with in my research is this article about various methods of intercepting traffic. https://blog.cloudflare.com/performing-preventing-ssl-stripping-a-plain-english-primer/

Since my domain name is one that requires https (.app), the browser doesn't allow me to bypass the warning.

Is this just some sort of super strict security rules at the hospital? I doubt they're doing anything malicious, but it makes me wonder.

Thanks!

Also, if you know of any good networking Lemmy communities, feel free to share them.

 

I still get updates for things I have installed, but I haven't seen any new integrations or themes added in some time.

 

After wanting a modern mountain bike for the past 5 years, I finally went and got one. It's a lot of fun.

This is replacing a ~2006 Schwinn Mesa that I never ride anymore, because the trails are too rough for it where I live.

The dropper post is compressed if you're wondering why it looks like the seat is too low 😊

 

'Sup?

Anything fun or exciting going on in your life?

 

From the artisan:

Apple of Aetherwood

This is our first 100% original scent in way too long. It starts with an opening of apples and bergamot, with hints of sage, ginger, juniper berries, and geranium, with a base of amber, tonka beans, cedar, vetiver, and frankincense.

While this may sound rather heavy, it's a rich, but still summery scent that is well grounded, but no so heavy and sweet that it would be overwhelming on a hot day.

Coming later this month!

Anyone planning on giving it a try?

 

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The Lather Games theme (from the other website) is:

Information Overload

"Product marketing must list at least 10 scent notes.
Note: remember that notes are scent descriptors used for marketing - not actual ingredient lists.
Caveat: fragrance dupes will count the number of notes listed in the dupe's marketing description - not the original product's description."
 

Roam Two is a great scent that is not OG Roam, but still great. It wasn't on sale.

Promises - marketed for winter, an interesting scent that's absolutely worth the $5 I paid for it.

Cootie Killer 2.0 hand soaps - I got 6 of them for $2.50 each. I've never smelled Le Grand Chypre before so buying 3 bottles was a small risk, but it was worth it. It smells like a lemon-lime type of soft drink. Fougere Classique is so stanky and awesome, but I might be the only one in the house to use it.

 

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Wildcard Wednesday

"Product can be any singular product you want to use - it doesn't even have to be soap.  But here's the catch: any subsequent shave by other LG participants on the same day with the same product will be disqualified; only the earliest submitted shave will earn points for being on-theme.
Note: For the purposes of counting brands for the Soap Brands bonus point, whatever you use here will be counted as whatever brand it is.  Palmolive dish soap?  Palmolive.  Skippy peanut butter?  Skippy.  Barrister and Mann Cootie Killer?  Barrister and Mann.  Home-made soap?  Assume it's branded however you would usually brand it if you made something.  Two soaps superlathered together?  Whoops, that's a disqualification."
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If you're playing asking with the lather games on the other website, today's theme is:

Christmas in July, but in June

"Product must be:
     - Explicitly marketed as a Winter scent OR
     - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Winter Solstice and Vernal Equinox OR
     - Strictly feature pine, fir, or spruce.  (Evergreens with dirt or lichen?  Nope.  No dirt allowed in the living room - only the tree!)
Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""a summer breeze through pine trees"")."
 

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