End of the month shave
As this month comes to an end my focus on derby shave creams also ends. Happy to report I finished one tube of menthol cream and put a dent in the rest. Trying to use one item and focusing on it sure made me more familiar with that particular item, it also improved my technique. I learned that, for derby creams, to get enough lather I need more cream compared to other creams, say proraso.
However, I also would like to anounce I won't be joining next months 30 day focus. For me most enjoyable part of this hobby is the options we have. I love opening the cupboard and deciding on what to use. I even mounted my razors, brushes and blades on a wall openly so that I could stare and chose a set. Thanks to your encourgements I started sharing my pictures too instead of just lurking. I'm not going back to lurking, you can still find me in SOTD.
The begining of the 30 day focus was exciting and new. The idea of improving my technique and wondering if I could or not intiruged me but now that I participated in it for a couple of months I yern for the endless option I had before.
I thought a lot about this. I noticed limiting myself made me reluctant to shave, whereas I couln't wait to shave before. But I also noticed that before this I had some soaps, after shaves, razors or blades that I rarely if ever used. Even if my eye fell on it on the deciding stage I would say "another time" and chose someting I liked more. For me having the options is the best part of the hobby, but left to my own devices it also causes me to skip some items I have.
To combat this, in lieu of 30 day focus, I will be keeping all my options but removing myself and my cohices from the equation. Recently as part of spring cleaning I filed everything I have for "wet shaving" in an excel file (this also helps me with the expenses)
I decided to enter this database into a random picker site. Other than some incompability issues, i.e se blades/razors, I will be using this site to pick my shaves.
Once again thank you all for your encorugements and nice comments, especially
@Trigger who encouraged me in the first place.
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