June 6, 2024 - Thirsty Thursday

• Brush: Yaqi Dandelion Green 24mm Cashmere
• Razor: Game Changer .68P
• Blade: Gillette Nacet
• Lather: Wholly Kaw - Iced Tea
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Nordost Splash
• Fragrance: Summer Break Soaps - Remote Learning EdT

FOF

Thirsty Thursday:

I was kind of kicking myself for already using the Remote Learning splash this month. Drink and other gourmand scents make up a decent portion of my software. Really the choice was which one to go with today. I chose Wholly Kaw - Iced Tea. I could have also used this for freeze your face day too. Staying on theme, I went with Nordost which is a fantastic orange scent. I followed it up with Summer Break Soaps ode to Mtn Dew (and Doritos) - Remote Learning. All three fit for the theme today.

WetTubing Appreciation Day:

I make my WetTubing debut today via Imgur. Last year my video kept failing to upload. This year I kept it shorter by time lapsing from my lathering in my blue bowl through 2 passes. It didn’t quite work the way I wanted it to, but it’s my first try of something like this. I was trying to time my movements so it could look almost like the shaving cream was disappearing. I had read that the iPhone time lapse was once every 6 seconds, so I was using that to set a pace. Obviously I think what I read was wrong. Still the video came in at 21 seconds for what was about 5-10 minutes. If I try it again I’ll get a time lapse app that maybe has a better signal and adjustments for when each frame is done. Or just string individual shots together.

I don’t watch much WetTubing, but I definitely am going to watch some of the honing videos of u/gcgallant. My first effort at setting a bevel and honing a razor was ok, and sharpest blade I’ve ever achieved, but could have been much better.

Feet of Fragrance:

As mentioned I had many ways to go. After some juggling of my soaps for this month, I decided on WK - Iced Tea. It is a fairly sweet scent and more a sweet tea than the unsweetened that I drink. The resemblance is of something like a bottled Lipton flavored tea. The lemon isn’t strong and my brain goes to peach tea, but I know that it doesn’t have peach, but Yuzu, Lemon, Cucumber, Peppermint, Basil , and Black Tea. I like the scent, and while I don’t drink sweet teas. It smells familiar to when I have tried them. Nordost has its scent described as Smoky Orange. I’ve never gotten the smokiness, but the orange comes across my nose as orange soda. Probably not Fanta, but something more like Sunkist Orange. Adding more citrus will almost always harmonize with tea. Building something good here, time to derail this scent train. Many years ago, I worked in a gas station/convenience store/deli/pizza place. I used to have to go in the walking cooler and spend time restocking iced tea and Mtn Dew that all the work crews would come in and buy us out on a hot summer day. I wasn’t really a Mtn Dew drinker when I was young. We were a Coca-Cola house growing up. My mom would never buy Pepsi. A Come was always a treat for mom and my uncle when they would go into town from the family farm in Missouri. Mtn Dew though I started drinking in college, usually together a caffeine and sugar rush while cramming for exams, or finishing a paper the night before a deadline. Of course if you are drinking a Mtn Dew, it often was washing down some Doritos. This is my fourth time wearing Remote Learning. I must be going nose blind to the nacho cheese note now. I’m am getting the Dew and corn scent out of it. Maybe the cheese wears off faster and allows the more pleasant scents to express. This combo brings me back to my early 20s. College and low paid jobs with one of the few benefits - free soda. Tea wasn’t free, but I only had to pay cost for most stuff there.

Sponsor Time:

I really need to get more Chicago Grooming soaps and scents. I have the Montrose Beach and Sandy Cheeks that were a PIF a couple years ago. The Darkwing base is really good. I waited about an hour too long to check out on the exclusive drop a few months ago. I think at some point I will get Armonia and a couple others. I do have a smoosh of the AG 1889 to try after the games.

[**June 6, 2024 - Thirsty Thursday**](https://imgur.com/a/jI2qf6s)

* **Brush:** Yaqi Dandelion Green 24mm Cashmere
* **Razor:** Game Changer .68P
* **Blade:** Gillette Nacet
* **Lather:** Wholly Kaw - Iced Tea
* **Post Shave:** Barrister and Mann - Nordost Splash
* **Fragrance:** Summer Break Soaps - Remote Learning EdT

#FOF

Thirsty Thursday:

I was kind of kicking myself for already using the Remote Learning splash this month. Drink and other gourmand scents make up a decent portion of my software. Really the choice was which one to go with today. I chose Wholly Kaw - Iced Tea. I could have also used this for freeze your face day too. Staying on theme, I went with Nordost which is a fantastic orange scent. I followed it up with Summer Break Soaps ode to Mtn Dew (and Doritos) - Remote Learning. All three fit for the theme today.

WetTubing Appreciation Day:

I make my [WetTubing ](https://imgur.com/a/q4S8Vfl)debut today via Imgur. Last year my video kept failing to upload. This year I kept it shorter by time lapsing from my lathering in my blue bowl through 2 passes. It didn’t quite work the way I wanted it to, but it’s my first try of something like this. I was trying to time my movements so it could look almost like the shaving cream was disappearing. I had read that the iPhone time lapse was once every 6 seconds, so I was using that to set a pace. Obviously I think what I read was wrong. Still the video came in at 21 seconds for what was about 5-10 minutes. If I try it again I’ll get a time lapse app that maybe has a better signal and adjustments for when each frame is done. Or just string individual shots together.

I don’t watch much WetTubing, but I definitely am going to watch some of the honing videos of u/gcgallant. My first effort at setting a bevel and honing a razor was ok, and sharpest blade I’ve ever achieved, but could have been much better.

Feet of Fragrance:

As mentioned I had many ways to go. After some juggling of my soaps for this month, I decided on WK - Iced Tea. It is a fairly sweet scent and more a sweet tea than the unsweetened that I drink. The resemblance is of something like a bottled Lipton flavored tea. The lemon isn’t strong and my brain goes to peach tea, but I know that it doesn’t have peach, but Yuzu, Lemon, Cucumber, Peppermint, Basil , and Black Tea. I like the scent, and while I don’t drink sweet teas. It smells familiar to when I have tried them. Nordost has its scent described as Smoky Orange. I’ve never gotten the smokiness, but the orange comes across my nose as orange soda. Probably not Fanta, but something more like Sunkist Orange. Adding more citrus will almost always harmonize with tea. Building something good here, time to derail this scent train. Many years ago, I worked in a gas station/convenience store/deli/pizza place. I used to have to go in the walking cooler and spend time restocking iced tea and Mtn Dew that all the work crews would come in and buy us out on a hot summer day. I wasn’t really a Mtn Dew drinker when I was young. We were a Coca-Cola house growing up. My mom would never buy Pepsi. A Come was always a treat for mom and my uncle when they would go into town from the family farm in Missouri. Mtn Dew though I started drinking in college, usually together a caffeine and sugar rush while cramming for exams, or finishing a paper the night before a deadline. Of course if you are drinking a Mtn Dew, it often was washing down some Doritos. This is my fourth time wearing Remote Learning. I must be going nose blind to the nacho cheese note now. I’m am getting the Dew and corn scent out of it. Maybe the cheese wears off faster and allows the more pleasant scents to express. This combo brings me back to my early 20s. College and low paid jobs with one of the few benefits - free soda. Tea wasn’t free, but I only had to pay cost for most stuff there.

Sponsor Time:

I really need to get more Chicago Grooming soaps and scents. I have the Montrose Beach and Sandy Cheeks that were a PIF a couple years ago. The Darkwing base is really good. I waited about an hour too long to check out on the exclusive drop a few months ago. I think at some point I will get Armonia and a couple others. I do have a smoosh of the AG 1889 to try after the games.