Share your Shave of the Day for Wednesday!
June 11th, 2025
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps “Elyria” - TurnNShave v9 Tip 28mm Badger
- Razor: Yates Precision Manufacturing - 921-M
- Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1)
- Lather: Elysian - Green Fig - Soap
- Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - DFTR - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
- Fragrance: Chanel - Égoïste - EdT
$discord
Theme justification: First in with Elysian. Thanks to u/socialkittielynx for the smush! I enjoy this base, and the scent is a smooth, comforting, and not-too-sweet fig.
Daily challenge: Our apartment building was built in ~1915, and our actual apartment is quite small. In the bathroom, we have one of those old school standalone medicine cabinets with a mirror. It’s kind of a bummer for shaving, since the sink is against another wall on the other side of that door.
On top of this is where I store my brushes (1 2). My DE/SE razor collection fits inside the cabinet (for now!). Most of my soaps and aftershaves are stored in one of those hanging shoe racks on the back of our bathroom door. Usually, there’s a towel hanging there. I’ve also taken over the bottom shelf of another bathroom cabinet with fragrances and a bit of overflow.
Blade bank and hanging strop both live in the bathroom as well.
I have one box of samples, one with cheap soap and blades, and a stack of overflow samples/smushes on my desk – which I should have tidied but didn’t. Here’s one of my assistants criticizing the desk situation.
Last but not least, we have extra storage for razor/brush boxes and my Moarteen (only straight razor so far). The boxes are here because I don’t have space elsewhere, and the razor I want to keep as dry as possible.
$FOF - Green Fig and DFTR both lean into the sweet green fig with hints of tobacco, musk, and woods. Egoiste then carries this sweetness into a warm, rich, and spicy glow. Mandarin, hints of rose, cinnamon, sandalwood, and just a touch of vanilla. Easily one of my favorite fragrances, and it played wonderfully with the soap and splash.
$SELFCARE - I had been considering shaving today with: bacon grease, Pepto Bismol, fertility lubricant, and egg whites. While I was trying to decide what to do yesterday, I realized that I didn’t want to rub any of that shit on my face. Instead, I choose to use something that I enjoy, because I would rather take care of myself.
$ROTY
gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 6 days ago
June 11, 2025
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
I used to really dislike the weight of this razor. Today it did not bother me at all. Today I’m using a soap brand that I’ve not seen anyone else use here, but I bet @PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social knows of it.
djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 6 days ago
@DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social, you use e&s rasage quite a bit, no?
DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social 5 days ago
Yup, I have one full tub in the form of Shaman and got several samples a few years ago. The samples weren’t that impressive in terms of lather, but Shaman seems to be a new/improved recipe for the base and once you get a good lather going (you really need to load heavy, it’s oily) it’s great stuff. Barber and Solstice are IMHO also really great scents, also available as bar soaps.
PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social 6 days ago
I know that it exists, never tried it 🤷