Wetshaving
This is a community of enthusiasts, hobbyists and artisans who enjoy a traditional wet shave: brush, soap, and safety or straight razor. We are a part of the WetShaving community found on Reddit, Mastodon, Discord, Zulip, and IRC.
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Quintidi 5 Ventôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Bouc
A very rough shave. I start to doubt my commitment to the week of the stag.
Have a good night!
~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~
I'm one of the few who like the CFG base(s). It can certainly get poofy and thin though if you're not careful.
It's the tallow one, unfortunately.
What is your secret that gets you a good lather?
Silk Tallow? I haven't lathered that base in a while but I treat them the same.
The brush should be slightly damp. Squeezed out. Load load load. You should start off with thick, dry lather. That's my only secret.
If you load wet, it'll puff up and you'll think you have enough soap, but in the words of Cosmo Kramer - "I'm getting no protection!"