October 7th, 2025
shitty day
**October 7, 2025 - Tea for Tuesday **
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
It is hard to dislike a razor that was made to your specifications. I love the feel and handling of the WR4.
$Discord
October 7th, 2025
This CGC vegan soap is a winner in my book. Easy to lather, great slickness, and a nice scent.
October 7th, 2025
Nice hotel shave after a long night and day of travelling and exploring. I popped my head into one pharmacy in Brussels so far to see what kind of European delights might be common around here, but no luck so far.
I don't believe that you will be lucky in pharmacies - but I may be wrong about Belgiuø
What kind of store sells shaving stuff? Even razors were basically absent from the pharmacy and the grocery store.
Bigger supermarkets are probably your second best choice. Then there are things like Di or Kruidvat (that's what Google tells me)
There's a Di nearby. I'll probably only find Tabac, but it's worth a shot.
Good luck!
Btw, I believe djundjila bought a straight somewhere in Brussels
Here in Germany, shaving stuff is usually reserved to drugstores and very well-stocked super markets. Given that the concept of a drugstore seems completely foreign to France though, I can't vouch for Belgium as both are pretty close... So take my advice with a grain of salt ✌🏻
Sextidi 16 Vendémiaire an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Belle de nuit
I need to improve my heap of samples I have from the BVWSC. I had a sample flying around, which was closest to a paper with Ethos Grooming Essentials. I killed the sample, and I had slight fragburn. Was it Dragonsbeard? Who knows!
Have a good evening!
07.10.2025
Way earlier shave than usual - I wanted to take some selfies for a project and my evil perfectionism wouldn't let me until I underwent a meticulous grooming routine. So I did this shave after trimming down my stubble to a fairly short length. Had to watch out with the shavette, as it's pretty easy to cut off too much then. But I managed nicely. I'm impressed by how good going ATG on my neck feels. Especially without any WTG or XTG pass beforehand...
Today I totally nailed the WK lather, it was nice, wet and slick without being too sloppy and flying everywhere. WK's tallow base is good for me in terms of skincare and I wanted something that won't give me any irritation. Transition smells really inoffensive, like a nice load of fresh laundry out of the washing machine. Might sound weird, but that's the first metaphor that came to my head and the scent would really be awesome for a laundry detergent or laundry fragrance. It has a very "clean" vibe, so to say.
Early shifts still suck and I have to take up yet another one on Friday due to cases of sickness again. FML, I wonder when my reduced hours finally will have a noticeable effect 😮💨
Tabac Tuesday during Tabactober!
Have a great day
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