2023-07-26 Nondescript Slime Day
- Blush: Ikea - Tillagd Fork
- Raser: The Goodfellas' Smile - Kamisori Shavette #KAMISORI
- Leather: Viet Huong Three Crabs Fish Sauce + Red Drago Tapioca Starch
- Post-Share: Viet Huong Three Crabs Fish Sauce
- Flagrant: Viet Huong Three Crabs Fish Sauce
Wildcard Wednesday:
I'm a fan of cooking. One of my favorite things to cook is stir fry, and my
approach thereto has evolved quite a lot. In times past, I'd just throw some
meat and vegetables around in a wok, but now I like to make a sauce to throw
them around in. The sauce is a little different every time, but an invariant
ingredient is: Fish Sauce.
Also critical for the sauce is some kind of thickening agent, which helps it
stick to the noodles and solid components of the stir fry. Today, it will also
help the fish sauce stick to my face. Corns starch is commonly used for this,
but I like to use tapioca starch.
Nice, that'll stick real nice.
On second thought, you know what? Fuck that noise.
2023-07-26 No one has used this yet
#photocontest
Photo: Trenches/Holes. It's this photo, guys. Not the first one. That's a
trench that's sided by concrete, but it's a trench in the ground all the same.
- Brush: Yaqi Metal Timberwolf
- Razor: The Goodfellas' Smile - Kamisori Shavette #KAMISORI
- Lather: Gentleman's Nod - Musashi
- Post Shave: Gentleman's Nod - Musashi
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Tsuka
Relevant Post-Shave and Fragrance: Japanese-inspired.
Musashi (lather and post-shave) are obvious, but Tsuka is a dupe of the
original scent by Japanese designer Hanae Mori.
In the spirit of the theme, the kamisori shavette returns again. I quite
surprised myself with how I've come to command the thing, at least
on the WTG pass. Practice, I guess.
#FOF
I think this is the third time I've had some vaguely Japanese theme to my shave,
which was not planned. In fact, I just got Musashi yesterday. I saw that the
scent purports to be built around jasmine tea, and I said, "Oh, fuck yeah."
I even made a cup of jasmine tea for comparison to
accompany my shave.
The yuzu on top is exactly that: on top. It's backed by what the description
calls an "earthy and woodsy" mix, the earthy part of which directs one's
attention to the core: is it jasmine? Well, no; jasmine isn't earthy or woodsy.
In truth, I don't get much jasmine out of this, but what I do get is green tea.
Enter Tsuka, which kind of makes me question whether the jasmine is as absent
from Musashi as I thought; it transitions from the soap seamlessly. Tsuka is
nothing if not floral, and I'm quite certain is categorically a women's
fragrance, but one that I've never been bothered to don.
Challenge Accepted:
Here's my shaving space.
I love that cabinet and I will miss it when I leave where I live now for
cooler climates, so I bought another one; it actually just arrived yesterday,
and will just stay in the box for the foreseeable future.
The weather here is like living inside of an oven (you sadistic bastards just
had to wait until the end of the month for Outside Day),
but I've also been saying for the past year and a half that I'm going to move
for the PNW. Trouble is, the job I started last April is amazing.
So I'm hanging out until I can line up something new either in that area or
fully remote.
But I digress.