Looks like the initial momentum has died down and people here are back to using Reddit? I’ll probably find another instance to join and see how that goes.

June 22, 2023

• Brush: SBS handle with 28mm Boti Knight synthetic
• Razor: Yates 921-EH
• Blade: Wizamet
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Voices
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Voices

The Yates EH plate is smoother than I remembered, perhaps the Wizamet is a particularly good match for the razor or my lather was just on point. Tusk remains a top tier soap base for me, and Voices is just wonderful every time I use it.

21 June, 2023

• Brush: 28mm Motherlode Synthetic
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SR Kamisori
• Blade: Kai Captain Titan Mild PInk
• Lather: Saponificio Varesino - Opuntia (spiked with Permafrost)
• Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Colbeck

Summer time in Taiwan means highs of 35C+ almost daily so every day is a good day for some menthol. I find that I enjoy both synthetic and normal menthol and I’ve even started adding menthol drops to my shampoo which feels fantastic.

June 19, 2023

• Razor: Yates 921-H
• Blade: Wizamet
• Brush: Boti 31mm Motherlode Fan
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Passiflora (Omnibus)
• Aftershave: Barrister and Mann - Passiflora

I seem to be making a dent in this tub of Omnibus fairly quickly. Probably need to use it more to figure out the optimal loading time.

I’ve uploaded images directly to Lemmy and it works fine, though I don’t know if there is resizing going on and I don’t know about space limitations on the instance. One nice thing about using Lemmy on a desktop browser is you can copy and image to the clipboard and paste it in directly into the comment box and it inserts it effortlessly.

Good question because I was wondering this myself.

Cool. The part about sweat stinging is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I googled and I couldn’t find anything that relevant. I just don’t think it’s fair to say people are spreading misinformation when what you said isn’t backed by scientific data either. It’s not good enough for me to hear, “Oh, a doctor told me this so it must be true”. I’ve never heard of alum blocks being used in a medical setting and Google isn’t turning up any results either. To me this is the same as the videos going around at the beginning of COVID where a doctor put out YouTube videos telling people how to disinfect all their groceries and he was called out by a actual food microbiologist for spreading misinformation.

I’m in the camp of alum doesn’t do much for me (and yes, I have Osma), but I’m happy to be proven otherwise. So far everything I’ve seen has been anecdotal. It might have some effect at stopping minor bleeding, but in my experience it doesn’t work as well as styptic. To me, alum is just one of those things that you try and you use if you like the way it feels, don’t use it if you don’t like it or if it irritates your skin. Definitely don’t use it just because someone tells you it’s great.

I’d be interested in seeing some kind of scientific paper on this. Do you have a link?

Proraso Red++

How does Diablo IV run for you?