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, Discord, and IRC.
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June 11th, 2025
$discord
Theme justification: First in with Elysian. Thanks to u/socialkittielynx for the smush! I enjoy this base, and the scent is a smooth, comforting, and not-too-sweet fig.
Daily challenge: Our apartment building was built in ~1915, and our actual apartment is quite small. In the bathroom, we have one of those old school standalone medicine cabinets with a mirror. It's kind of a bummer for shaving, since the sink is against another wall on the other side of that door.
On top of this is where I store my brushes (1 2). My DE/SE razor collection fits inside the cabinet (for now!). Most of my soaps and aftershaves are stored in one of those hanging shoe racks on the back of our bathroom door. Usually, there's a towel hanging there. I've also taken over the bottom shelf of another bathroom cabinet with fragrances and a bit of overflow.
Blade bank and hanging strop both live in the bathroom as well.
I have one box of samples, one with cheap soap and blades, and a stack of overflow samples/smushes on my desk -- which I should have tidied but didn't. Here's one of my assistants criticizing the desk situation.
Last but not least, we have extra storage for razor/brush boxes and my Moarteen (only straight razor so far). The boxes are here because I don't have space elsewhere, and the razor I want to keep as dry as possible.
$FOF - Green Fig and DFTR both lean into the sweet green fig with hints of tobacco, musk, and woods. Egoiste then carries this sweetness into a warm, rich, and spicy glow. Mandarin, hints of rose, cinnamon, sandalwood, and just a touch of vanilla. Easily one of my favorite fragrances, and it played wonderfully with the soap and splash.
$SELFCARE - I had been considering shaving today with: bacon grease, Pepto Bismol, fertility lubricant, and egg whites. While I was trying to decide what to do yesterday, I realized that I didn't want to rub any of that shit on my face. Instead, I choose to use something that I enjoy, because I would rather take care of myself.
$ROTY
You have several of those? My cat obviously is assisted by me, and not the other way round.
We have three!
And yes, they are all assisted by us, but you'd think it was the other way round based on their behavior.
Too true…
At first I thought you have the greatest view ever from your desk before I realised it was a Dell monitor in full screen view 😂
Ngl, I like seeing other folks' creative solutions to the space problem a collectionist hobby inevitably brings with it 👍🏻
I do have a rather nice view from my desk when it's clear outside and that window shade is drawn. I get a nice view of the Berkeley hills. :)
We do what we can. I'd love to have more storage space...