I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with youWell I’m really bad at this. I’m out and can’t even claim GRUWE for a full week of August ha.
See you in September...
I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with youWell I’m really bad at this. I’m out and can’t even claim GRUWE for a full week of August ha.
Tabac is probably the best performing soap I have. I have about 6 ounce in a tub, and another in opened replacement puck. Then the kilo of cella. About 1/4 left of Sterling Glastonbury, almost brand new Sterling Glacial Electric Sheep, 2 and a half sticks of Arko, brand new Ghost Town Barber by Chiseled Face, PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum, 90% left, and a couple of samples Sterling sent me. I want to use it all until it's gone. It's probably best to only use one until it's gone, but not sure if I can commit to it. I respect what you are doing.There was a time when I would use one soap for a week and then switch to another. The problem for me was I had a lot of soap (and I still do) and felt like I wasn't making any progress with reducing the amount. That's when I switched to one soap a month... and now 3017.
If I could do it over, I would never own more than six soaps or creams at once. A lot of what I bought was based on scent rather than performance. I would stick with unscented soaps and rely on aftershave, balm, or cologne for fragrance. Yet another lesson learned...
No worries, you can still keep it up for the remainder of the month without going full throttle on purchasesWell I’m really bad at this. I’m out and can’t even claim GRUWE for a full week of August ha.
You have some great soaps there. Thank you, but I may switch things up when the Cella is gone; a year is a long time with one soap.Tabac is probably the best performing soap I have. I have about 6 ounce in a tub, and another in opened replacement puck. Then the kilo of cella. About 1/4 left of Sterling Glastonbury, almost brand new Sterling Glacial Electric Sheep, 2 and a half sticks of Arko, brand new Ghost Town Barber by Chiseled Face, PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum, 90% left, and a couple of samples Sterling sent me. I want to use it all until it's gone. It's probably best to only use one until it's gone, but not sure if I can commit to it. I respect what you are doing.
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Nice quality shave, but reinforces my previous conclusion that the GSB is not for me. Not that it’s a bad blade per se, it just doesn’t deliver a great experience for me.
- No Pre-Shave Oil
- ARKO (SOTM) (Arko August)
- Simpson's Special S1 - Best
- Mühle R89
- GSB (2)
- Kiehl's Blue Astringent
- Dr Jons Sakura Musk Splash
- Nivea Soothing Post-Shave Balm
If you gotta go, go without remorseGents, I’m sorry I’m out. I’ve had an itch to “upgrade” my brush collection and two opportunities arose that I just couldn’t pass: one a trade for a Zenith Manchurian Chubby, the other an absolute bargain purchase for a Rudy Vey badger.
I wish you all success in your continued restraint and will cheer you along.
No worries, we have all been there once or twice. You can still tag along and buy nothing for the remainder of the month. I was out of July on day 6. Out of June too. So I am not yet so sure about August either. Still I am here to learn to increase my restraint muscle and only buy the things I need.Well I’m really bad at this. I’m out and can’t even claim GRUWE for a full week of August ha.
Are those all glass bottles, Hannes? (as I have a preference for glass). Already liking the Varon purely based on the name. Scent wise similar to Floïd’s or something completely different?Went to my Mother in-law today and there was a package waiting for me from back in June when I washed out with my GTS handle.
2 new Turkish AS and a bottle of Varon Dandy AS. I already went through a bottle of Varon Dandy Cologne using it as a Body splash. So my reasoning was to get the AS and use it as Cologne AND AS - let’s see if this works as planned…
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Date | 08.08.2022 Mild Monday |
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Main Focus: | 8/31 Days in GRUME (25.8% competed and still in but struggling) 217/220 in 365 days of shaving (98%) |
Other: | High Efficiency Razors Summer Steep Angle Shaving Alliance All Aventus August |
Prep: | Cold splash Proraso Green preshave |
Cream: | Haslinger Sandelholz |
Aftershave: | Floïd’s The Genuine |
Balm: | Nivea Sensitive |
Bowl: | Proraso tub |
Brush: | Omega Super Badger |
Passes: | WTG (NE-SW) slanted ATG (S-N) slanted XTG (W-E) slanted Touch up ATG |
Razor: | King C. Gillette |
Blade: | Dorco ST300HQ (1) |
Rating: | 8/10 SAS/CCS/DFS/BBS |