A few simple ASs

Discussion in 'Preshave and Aftershave' started by battle.munky, Jul 30, 2016.

  1. battle.munky

    battle.munky Has the menthol.munky on his back!

    I bought some soap commander Japanese grapefruit scented SC a month or so back. I've only used it about 4 times so I'm not an expert at it but so far it lathers like a dream and there seems to be a lot of longevity with it. It smells pretty awesome so I decided I'd try to make an AS to match it. Off to Whole Foods I go. Ended up buying a bottle of lime EO along with the grapefruit EO.

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    I stopped by the liquor store on the way home and grabbed a bottle of Smirnoff 100 proof ( and a few Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Stouts :eatdrink047:) to use as the base astringent.

    I added 40 drops of glycerin into some empty glass AS bottles I'd been hanging onto and then tossed in the EOs. My plan was a straight lime, straight grapefruit, and lime/grapefruit/wintergreen blend; SWMBO had the wintergreen on hand already. And I threw in several menthol crystals into each bottle as well. I used 40 drops of the lime and grapefruit each in their respective ASs and 20 each and 5 drops of the wintergreen in the blend.

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    From left to right:

    Lime; Grapefruit; Lime/Grapefruit/Wintergreen

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    They are going to require shaking prior to each use but until I figure out how to make a clear and fully miscible solution, it'll do.

    I'm going to let them sit overnight and try them out tomorrow.
     
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  2. battle.munky

    battle.munky Has the menthol.munky on his back!

    Here are a few shots of my den. I hope y'all like looking at my stuff as much as I like checking out all of yours :D

    Blades:
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    Blurry shot of my ASs I rarely use:
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    My everyday rotation of ASs:
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    Annnnd my soaps/creams/current rotation razor:
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    I keep my other razors (for the most part) in that little black tool box.
     
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