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[โ€“] snooting@wetshav.ing 5 points 6 hours ago

February 14th, 2026

  • Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations "Stardust" - TurnNShave 26mm Shoat
  • Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (8)
  • Lather: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin - Soap
  • Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
  • Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavender, Interrupted - EdT

Today's challenge soap is Barrister and Mann - Arctique. I don't have Arctique, but am happy to use Paganini's Violin instead. It's been too long since I've pulled this one out.

I'm pretty sure there's no way for me to match tomorrow's scent, so today my run ends. TBD whether I join TLC or just go back to killing some soaps. I'm leaning toward the latter.

This razor gave a comfortable two pass shave this morning, though the results were not as close as I'd prefer. I'm still learning how to best approach using this razor. The geometry feels quite different from my other, hollow ground razors. Almost like I need to come in at a steeper angle. More experimentation required!

Road to $ASS victory:

Category โˆ‘ ฮ”
Daily theme soap 6 0
Artisan 32 +4
Scenter 0 0
Half of the scent notes 8 0
Airbudding the day 1 0
Cross posting 14 +1
Snitching 6 0
Snitching incorrectly 0 0
Goody Two-Shoes 14 +1
Total 81 +6