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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • 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.





  • 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.





  • June 15, 2023

    • Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
    • Blade: Feather Professional
    • Brush: r/wetshaving 31mm Zenith Moar Boar
    • Lather: Declaration Grooming - Southern Paradise
    • Aftershave: Declaration Grooming - Southern Paradise

    I probably underloaded a bit but the lather was still pretty good. I have a tendency to overcompensate when I use a stiffer brush on a softer soap and it was my first time using the moar boar on milksteak so I didn’t want to load half the tub for one shave. Still not tired of this scent.