June 04, 2024
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Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts w/ DG B9A
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Razor: Razorock Gamechanger .84
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Blade: Gillette Silver BLue
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Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Grapefruit- Soap
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Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Grapefruit - Splash
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Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Nonaginta
Here's one the youths might not be aware of. Southern Witchcrafts used to have an entire line of single-note "basic witch" scents. The grapefruit and peach were by far my favorites. I think since then, a grapefruit centric soap scent has been my number one love, however I'm always doomed to love discontinued products such as this SW Grapefruit or MLS Paradise Frost.
The Base Wars are something only the veterans experienced. Any answer today that isn't Declaration Grooming bison base is just plain wrong. Arguably every soap brand's latest base has continued to evolve for the better, except the history of the DG bases. Bison was perfect. Bison was supreme. Bison was king. Then for some reason (not that mysterious of a reason actually, people said it was too soft) it was replaced by the rock hard, nigh unusable Icarus base. Milksteak overcorrected the base softness too far. Bison was the goldilocks, perfect, in the middle softness.
My favorite current base would have to be Catie's Bubbles Premium Shaving Soap. Chris managed to take the already perfect cream base and make it even better witht the premium base. My only gripe is that today's bases have become so soft that they're too easy to overload. You need to consciously hold yourself back from overloading or you won't have a good time.