ETHOS Grooming Essentials A New Line

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Smart man!
The first 2 or 3 chapters are the base knowledge you'll need to know so you know what you're doing...
The rest of the chapters are broken up by general area of body (back or lower leg or chest/shoulder), so that's where you'll find the resolution to the issues.

Thank you Matt and I’m ordering the book. I know you’ve been through a lot so I appreciate your help.

I need to change some of my lifestyle habits also.

Kind regards!

Glad to hear it. One of the beauties about the book is that for each muscle, it tells you about all the misdiagnoses. "The experts say you have a hernia when it could just be a trigger point in your abdominal obliques." It's been the latter 100.00% of the time for me.

12 years ago I had knee pain and saw the best orthopedic knee surgeon in the area (Seahawks team doctor). He said my meniscus was torn (x-ray & MRI) and I needed arthroscopy surgery. I did not heed the advice, due to work schedules and life. 2 years later, I was in severe pain, unable to walk and needed a wheelchair or a motorized scooter to get around. Due to pain swelling and near total disability...I returned to the surgeon who scheduled an immediate arthroscopic surgery. After the surgery, he said my knee meniscus was in the top 3 worst condition he had ever seen...and I should not have waited 2 years. He removed 70% of the outer lateral meniscus, and said my meniscus looked like it had been run through a shredder. After recovery, all pain was gone and I resumed normal life. I asked the doctor if I would eventually need a knee replacement, and he said yes...sometime before I die. I eliminated all sport activities (golf, table tennis, long walks, hiking, etc)...to preserve the knee. I saw him last month after x-rays and mri. He was astounded that there had been little wear on the meniscus in 10 years, and said I was really taking care of it (except for some arthritis due to age). If you have a minor tear in a no blood zone, and continue strenuous activities, there is a chance it will get worse. I would see a good orthopedic knee specialist who can give you advice on tear location (in blood zone or not), severity, and potential limitations (if any) of activity. If it is minor, and in a safe location, you most likely are not a surgery candidate and can let it heal over time. I hope you have a quick recovery and can manage or get rid of the pain over time. I am purchasing the recommended Trigger Point Therapy book since it has fantastic reviews.

I’d like to thank everyone for their advice it’s very much appreciated. . I’m going to the Dr on Friday and I’ll take some of the information I’ve gotten on here to discuss this situation with him. I think he will send me to see a knee specialist as I’d like to see what’s going on in there.

Here's my thoughts on the Violeta release. Bought a set of the soap and AS splash to split with a friend. Upon opening the jar of soap, it came across very much like cucumber to my nose. After face lathering, it does become a bit more "floral" but still very soft on the strength scale. It is a nice clean smell but to be honest, I probably would prefer the rose release more. I guess I was hoping the violet scent would pack more punch, be a more synthetic facet, like a candy like sweetness. I totally get that people don't want a synthetic smell and that is why I enjoy many of the Ethos releases. I will say, the aftershave splash skin food does have a bit more floral scent strength, maybe it's the jasmine coming across.

Anyways, Frank, the lather and face feel of the soap is wonderful. I decided to hold onto some of the soap and decided to pass on the aftershave. I have a few floral after shave scents that I will use to follow up after using the Violet soap. I get that the real scent is probably on the lighter side but is it possible to increase the scent strength or add any sweetness to it? Just curious. By the way, I hope you get to feeling better. Take care of ourself and nice recommendation on that book Nero . Thanks and cheers everyone

Frank thanks for my recent order. As usual your Ethos products shine above all and are truly top shelf products. However your transparency, integrity and customer service are exceptional and much appreciated. Good luck with the doc later.

Here's my thoughts on the Violeta release. Bought a set of the soap and AS splash to split with a friend. Upon opening the jar of soap, it came across very much like cucumber to my nose. After face lathering, it does become a bit more "floral" but still very soft on the strength scale. It is a nice clean smell but to be honest, I probably would prefer the rose release more. I guess I was hoping the violet scent would pack more punch, be a more synthetic facet, like a candy like sweetness. I totally get that people don't want a synthetic smell and that is why I enjoy many of the Ethos releases. I will say, the aftershave splash skin food does have a bit more floral scent strength, maybe it's the jasmine coming across.

Anyways, Frank, the lather and face feel of the soap is wonderful. I decided to hold onto some of the soap and decided to pass on the aftershave. I have a few floral after shave scents that I will use to follow up after using the Violet soap. I get that the real scent is probably on the lighter side but is it possible to increase the scent strength or add any sweetness to it? Just curious. By the way, I hope you get to feeling better. Take care of ourself and nice recommendation on that book Nero . Thanks and cheers everyone

Hi Zac

I know scent is a personal thing and if you feel there could be more strength in the soap I understand. If you were able to smell the homemade Violet infusion I made it was super strong and I was honestly afraid to put much of that in and used more of the Violet Absolute. I probably could have got a little more strength out of it if I had added an Aroma Chemical (synthetic) in the blend but I’ve had a couple of samples of that and to me they just don’t have the depth or quality of the real thing and although you would know it’s a violet scent it’s pretty far from what the real thing smells like. As far as sweetness goes the real Violet absolute hardly has any and the Green grassy note in it definitely the star of the show. There was more of a stronger Floral note in the homemade infusion and maybe I could have used a little more of that. The sweet powdery Violet products on the commercial market like the body washes are much more sweet , more floral and more feminine smelling whereas the real Violet to me is much more masculine.
The request I got from the initial members who wanted real a Violet Shave soap with no other notes added natural or synthetic is what I went with.

I could send you a small vial of the Violet blend that you can add to your lather or the Skin Food Splash if you’d like . This way you could also smell what the straight Violet smells like when it’s not in any kind of soap or alcohol base. Just email me using the email address on the website and I’ll get one out to you. You are the first that has requested more Floral and sweetness. One customer asked if I could get more powdery in it. Since this is the first time I made it if I get enough requests for any of the 3 I can easily add other essential oils to bring out all of those things in the next batch which would be next year if there’s a call for it.

I thank you for your feedback. I like to hear from people about their take on a product.


An also thank you on the knee situation and I’ve ordered the book that Nero suggested and I can’t wait to get into it.

Best regards

Frank

Frank thanks for my recent order. As usual your Ethos products shine above all and are truly top shelf products. However your transparency, integrity and customer service are exceptional and much appreciated. Good luck with the doc later.

Thank you AJ for the kind words and I already saw the Doc and yes he responded a specialist but I also have a niece who’s a surgeon at Strong memorial hospital who as you know has a pretty good reputation and I thought she may know a Dr who she thinks I should see there.

Kind regards my friend

Hey Frank,

Any chance you're planning to make an unscented tallow cream in the base you use for Bergamotto?

Hey Frank,

Any chance you're planning to make an unscented tallow cream in the base you use for Bergamotto?

mrdoug

I didn’t plan on a Unscented Tallow Shave Creme but I just ordered labels for ta Unscented F Base Shave Soap. An it will be in the “ Pure Collection “ and it will be called simply “ Unscented “ I could easily make a custom Unscented Tallow Shave Creme for a customer as long as they don’t mind waiting till I make the next batch of a Tallow Shave Creme. I’ve been out of any Unscented shave soap for a while now so I thought I I better get one back in the line up.

Good question !

Hello everyone. 

I wanted to share a couple of photos and also to ask a question. So below you’ll see photos of the lather I got from an Almond sized scoop of  Ravello Tallow Shave Creme but my question is not about the Creme or the Lather.  It’s about the Shaving Bowl. Lately I’ve been finding that I can get a better  and more Lather out of this inexpensive Shave Bowl from Timeless Razors than my Copper Captains Choice bowl. Don’t get me wrong the Coopers been a good bowl for me but I’ve noticed lately using not only my shave soaps and Cremes but other brands as well that when I’m using a Badger Brush the Copper bowl compared to the Timeless one. With a synthetic brush there’s not as much difference. 

My question , is anyone else having a similar experience with the Copper bowl?  The only thingIm not crazy about with the Timeless is the height is to high and I have to be a bit careful to not bang the sides especially when using some of my better brushes. In fact Im going to give Timeless a call as I’ve talked to the owners and met them at the Maggards show ( good people ) about why they made it so high. The pattern on the bottom of the bowl just seems to build up lather faster when compared to any other bowl in my den. 

So just just curious and wondering if anyone else has experienced this or a similar situation with their different shaving bowls?