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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

What kind of problems did you experience? Do you remember what kind of razor you tried?

In the enthusiast community, Leaf is commonly used by head shavers, but Double Edge, Single Edge, Straight Edge, etc. are all much much more common for face shavers. There's far more variety which makes it "fun".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I agree. Some people even get so caught up in Wetshaving that they run a Lemmy instance dedicated to it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

November 12, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm 2 Band Badger
  • Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
  • Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Germany) (2)
  • Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Velours Noir - Soap
  • Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. - Frankie & Myrna - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

I finished off my allMan balm (although I probably have a backup somewhere) which freed up the old Mammoth bottle with a pump. Goodfellow Face Lotion (a Target exclusive) has been treating me really well lately, so I transferred some into the pump bottle.

The lotion is very thick (similar to Declaration Grooming Liniment (but not as greasy)). I had trouble priming the pump, but now that it's primed I don't think I'll have any problems.

The APR soap base has always treated me well. I just load the dickens out of it and work it until it's not too puffy. I bet if I loaded a little drier it would be easier to work with.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

November 11, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm 2 Band Badger
  • Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
  • Blade: Bolzano Superinox (Germany) (1)
  • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Caoba - Soap
  • Post Shave: Chatillon Lux - Weinstrasse - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Nivea - Creme

I'm back home now so I could have picked a different soap to use, but this one was nearby and I've been enjoying it for the past 5 days so decided to give it another go.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I just checked and we have that turned on, too.

We don't get a lot of applications. A couple per week, maybe.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (18 children)

It's called Lemmy-Safety of Fedi-Safety depending on where you look.

One thing to note, I wasn't able to get it running on a VPS because it requires some sort of GPU.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah, it's just something like "Tell us why you want to join this instance". If the answer is "to promote my content" or "qq", for example, they don't get approved.

It's done by the Lemmy software.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (45 children)

We require applications, and most applications we get are extremely low effort and we don't approve them. If you have open registrations you'll be doing a lot of moderation for spam.

Run the software that scans images for CSAM. It's not perfect but it's something. If your instance freely hosts whatever without any oversight, word will spread and all of a sudden you're hosting all sorts of bad stuff. It's not technically illegal if you don't know about it, but I personally don't want anything to do with that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Long time no see.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm impressed that the splash/frag levels are already approaching 50% considering Roam Two hasn't been out for very long.

Bolzano++

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

November 10, 2024

  • Brush: Stirling 24mm Synthetic
  • Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
  • Blade: Wilkinson Sword Classic (4)
  • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Caoba - Soap
  • Post Shave: Pinaud - Clubman - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Nice shave with an excellent soap base. This is the older base called Canard.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not a lawyer, but since Lemmy instances aren't "professional or commercial activity", I doubt a GPDR request would be applicable.

Some people who run instances might have the ability to do some sort of database export for a specific user, but the vast majority of us are just barely technical enough to keep Lemmy running and updated.

The last time I touched our database I accidentally wiped out all data older than 1 month and had to restore a backup.

I think we do have the option to remove a user by purging them through the UI, but an export isn't an option at this point.

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Roam Two is a great scent that is not OG Roam, but still great. It wasn't on sale.

Promises - marketed for winter, an interesting scent that's absolutely worth the $5 I paid for it.

Cootie Killer 2.0 hand soaps - I got 6 of them for $2.50 each. I've never smelled Le Grand Chypre before so buying 3 bottles was a small risk, but it was worth it. It smells like a lemon-lime type of soft drink. Fougere Classique is so stanky and awesome, but I might be the only one in the house to use it.

 

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Wildcard Wednesday

"Product can be any singular product you want to use - it doesn't even have to be soap.  But here's the catch: any subsequent shave by other LG participants on the same day with the same product will be disqualified; only the earliest submitted shave will earn points for being on-theme.
Note: For the purposes of counting brands for the Soap Brands bonus point, whatever you use here will be counted as whatever brand it is.  Palmolive dish soap?  Palmolive.  Skippy peanut butter?  Skippy.  Barrister and Mann Cootie Killer?  Barrister and Mann.  Home-made soap?  Assume it's branded however you would usually brand it if you made something.  Two soaps superlathered together?  Whoops, that's a disqualification."
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If you're playing asking with the lather games on the other website, today's theme is:

Christmas in July, but in June

"Product must be:
     - Explicitly marketed as a Winter scent OR
     - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Winter Solstice and Vernal Equinox OR
     - Strictly feature pine, fir, or spruce.  (Evergreens with dirt or lichen?  Nope.  No dirt allowed in the living room - only the tree!)
Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""a summer breeze through pine trees"")."
 

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For those playing along with the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Sweet Sunday

Product must be a sugary sweet gourmand.  Products inspired by sweet, desserts, etc. are good candidates for this theme.
 

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The Lather Games theme for today (from the other website) is:

Spooky Season

Product must be:

    Explicitly marketed as an Autumn scent OR
    Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice OR
    Products that prominently feature spicy accords may be accepted.
 

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If you're following along with the Lather Games at the other website, today's theme is:

Fougère Friday

"Product scent must demonstrably be a fougère (one of the most prevalent fragrance families in men's fashion).  It should be marketed as a fougère or classified as one on a reputable site.
Note: The mere presence of lavender, coumarin, and oakmoss in a product does not make it a fougère (nor does their absence necessarily rule the category out)!  Ask an expert ahead of time if in doubt.
Caveat: WK Fern Concerto is not eligible for this theme because of reasons.  Just ignore that one."
 

Share your shave of the day! For those of you following along with the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Sunny Days

"Product must be:
     - Explicitly marketed as a Summer scent OR
     - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox OR
     - Prominently feature aquatic or citrus accords.
Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""Christmas oranges"")."
 

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The Lather Games theme (from the other website) is:

Don't have a Cow, Man!

"Product may not contain animal-derived ingredients of any kind (e.g. tallow, egg, yogurt, silk products, lanolin, animal milk, etc.).
Note: ""stearic acid"" is usually vegetable-derived unless explicitly labeled otherwise."
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Sunday SOTD Post - June 16th, 2024 (sub.wetshaving.social)
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If you're playing the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Father's Day

Product must be from a company that is older than you. Caveat: Spearhead is not older than you, even if their Seaforth! trademark is.

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