Fougère Friday SOTD Thread - April 5th, 2024

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• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  April 5, 2024

  • Brush: AP Shave Co Lemondrop 28mm SynBad

  • Razor: ]Red Imp 5/8" Near Wedge](imgur.com/a/vwHUmh6)

  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Vespers - Soap

  • Toner: Thayers - Lavender - Toner

  • Aftershave: Barrister and Mann - Vespers - Aftershave

  • Talc: Yardley Gold
     
    2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

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  This Red Imp is very pointy at the toe. I’ve muted it a little, but am still aware of the toe when I use it. No issues today, though, and this little wedge gave me a great shave.

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  • sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can’t go wrong with Vespers

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    • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agree. Probably the last time I will use it until the fall, though, except for Christmas in June day during the Lather Games (assuming there is one).

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• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  April 5, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
  • Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
  • Blade: Dorco Prime (4)
  • Lather: Oaken Lab - Far Afield - Soap
  • Post Shave: Noble Otter - Hamami - Aftershave

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• djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fougère Friday

  • Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
  • Razor: Mühle R41 GT Berlin edition
  • Blade: Personna Platinum
  • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. / House of Mammoth Armonía
  • Aftershave: Chicago Grooming Co. / House of Mammoth Armonía
  • Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company Seaforth! Heather

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  Still getting to know Armonía and still loving it. The combo with Heather is promising; Armonía dominates initially and I’m looking forward to picking up more and more heather as the splash diffuses.

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  • walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I see the auto post didn’t work again, even with my last “fix”. I’ve implemented a new “fix”, where the whole VM will reboot once every 3 days. I don’t like it, but I think it’s the only way right now.

    When the auto-bot stops working, a reboot results in the missed posts going through – so they get stuck somewhere.

    At least Lemmy itself runs well!

    I also noticed that our backups stopped working a couple of weeks ago, and it turns out it’s because of… ME! I changed a parameter for the db which limited the max number of concurrent connections, so pg_dump couldn’t connect to the db. I raised it from 30 to 150, and I’ll keep an eye on it. I think the default was 100.

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• DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  05.04.2024 - Return from the Grave…fruit

  • Prep: warm water
  • Razor: RazoRock Hawk V2
  • Blade: KAI Captain Pink
  • Brush: RazoRock 400 Noir SE 24 mm
  • Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Gravefruit II
  • Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Gravefruit II AS; Pacific Shaving Co. Caffeinated ASB
  • Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Gravefruit II EdP

  Well, finally some time and energy for a luxurious wetshave again! In the last few days, I was sick with the rota virus. If you thought the puking scene from The Exorcist was something, you haven’t been in my bathroom on that damned Monday night! But I digress;

  One pass WTG head shave plus cleanups and a bit of beard contours. GF 2 is a great scent for the warmer season IMHO and it’s great to come back with a quality SW soap. I only yesterday felt good enough to knock down the longer stubble on my head with a trimmer, but nothing beats wetshaving for the slick bald look.

  These KAI blades are still no good for my skin. I should finally seek out the Protouch MG again, expensive as they are but the shaves were so much smoother.

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  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    sick with the rota virus

    Oh shit, sorry to hear that! Good that you’re back in your feet!

    Gravefruit II ++;

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    • DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No worries, it was unfortunately spreading like a wildfire at my new workplace and I came in contact with infected residents very often. No wonder that it got to me someday 😅 but thanks for the friendly words 👍🏻

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• sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  🌿 Fougère Friday: Florentine Fern🪻

  • Brush: Stirling Soap Co. Green & Ivory 24mm Synthetic 2-Band Synthentic Knot
  • Razor: Karve Shaving Co. Overlander
  • Blade: Gillette Nacet [2]
  • Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Florentine Fern - Soap
  • Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Weinstrasse - Eau de Toilette

  Happy #fougerefriday!

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  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Weinstrasse++;

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