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Jan 30, 2025 - Theme Thursday: National Croissant Day

  • Brush: Highlander Brushes Jade 26mm Cashmere Synthentic Knot
  • Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
  • Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [18]
  • Lather: Ariana & Evans - Pistachio - Soap
  • Post Shave: MacDuffs Soap Company - Cardamom Chai - Aftershave (Alcohol Free)

The soap reminds me of a buttery, pistachio cream-filled croissant, where the pistachio filling is nutty and rich. This wonderful pastry is paired with a cardamom infused chai latte. Now I'm hungry for breakfast!

Thu 30 Jan 2025

  • Brush: Boti Laminate brush with motherlode knot
  • Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (gen 2)
  • Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
  • Lather: MΓ€urer & Wirtz – Tabac Original (stick)
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Mountain Man
  • Fragrance: Atelier Rebul – Istanbul

An extracurricular travel stankening in the mountain den with Mountain Man and the Peerless. Noice

Thursday, January 30, 2025: Theme Thursday - National Croissant Day

  • Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations "Nebulagance" - TurnNShave Quartermoon 26mm synthetic
  • Razor: GEM - MMOC (first gen, 1930-1932)
  • Blade: Personna - GEM PTFE (3)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Leviathan
  • Post Shave: Stirling - Haverford Aftershave splash
  • Post Shave: Ginger's Garden - Unscented Aftershave balm (+ menthol)
  • Fragrance: Stirling - Haverford EdT

I'd call this on theme. I definitely count Leviathan as a gourmand.

MMOC gave a great shave as always.


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[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

January 31, 2025

  • Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
  • Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (1)
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Scots Pine Sheep - Soap
  • Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

No idea if tomorrow's SOTD thread will say the correct day since I just had to update it and I'm in a different time zone. It might say Thursday again 🫠

We're staying at a really charming Inn in Niwot, CO while visiting my brother. Very enjoyable trip, so far!

30.01.2025 - Ghosts and Barbers

  • Brush: RazoRock Beehive 28 mm
  • Razor: Leaf Thorn
  • Blade: Perma-Sharp half DE
  • Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber
  • Post-Shave: HAGS - Barberwood AS toner

-> single pass head shave. Need to give the face some well-deserved rest. Good shave overall.

Today was a really slow but nevertheless exhausting day for me. I feel like I am more fatigued by slow, dragging days than high energy ones. This shave was a nice comfortable affair to improve my mood and the two barbershop scents fit together splendidly.

Tomorrow is the last day of nursing school, thankfully. Everything is pretty annoying atm and all that sitting on my ass is getting to me. Neck pain, back pain, headaches from the constant listening and cramming huge topics into my head one day before a test. On Sunday I will start my first run of night shifts - even though the "graveyard shift" usually has a negative connotation, I look forward to it. I'm a night owl so I should feel right at home, but I'm still curious how it'll feel!