What soap/cream did you use today?

Baseball is a most awesome game.  It’s physical and cerebral.  My son is coaching a 12 year old team that has never won a game.  He asked if I’d help and as much as I state “I’m done” the darn kids keep dragging me in. That team that has never won a game before this season played for the championship tonight.  I’m proud of many of their improvement.  I’m sadly disappointed with parental involvement and lament a society that seems not to want to have a catch with their kid.  I get it.  We were handed the bad news bears but each of those kids with their quirks are still worthwhile.  Most of the have a long way to go before they are stable ball players and practice time with Coach Darrington is nowhere near enough time to develop skills to,succeed.  So with that, After the game a mom of the weakest player on the team chose that time to take my son to task about not “pitching” her son.  “That’s all he wanted to do” she said.  Well, I knew his desire and I also knew his dedication (near zero) and I know he is still worthwhile so I stepped in to the butt chewing and asked his mom “have you come to any practices? (No). Are you aware I told him he needed to practice a lot? (Yes) “ have you or your husband gone out and caught for him?  (Well no, but he has some brothers who could work with him). “So what you are asking me is to pitch your son regardless of his ability to get out of an inning”?  (What does that even mean?). “Look, I’ve been coaching for a lot of years.  I’ve played at a respectable level.  I understand player development wouldn’t you think”? (I suppose so.) “if I pitch kids before they are ready they learn that the glory of the mound is only found in accuracy and strength both mental and physical and that the mound will crush the. If they are not ready.  Your son is not ready and he may never be.  I didn’t pitch him because right now he can’t.  By giving players what THEY want before they are ready we ruin their brain.”.  (Ok).  Frickin parents!  It’s why I have tried to hang up my cleats.  Baseball is so hard in a good way!  I don’t know how mom is processing what I said but I hope it’s as enlightening as my championship day shave!  Oh, and we got our butts handed to us, but 2nd place after two seasons of gooseggs?  I’ll count that as success.

Baseball is a reflection in many ways of how our society is rotting. Raised 3 boys, all played baseball. One a D1 pitcher who signed with the Phillies. Other boys sucked-and I was clearly able to use that as life lessons for them, rather than have unrealistic expectations. The experiences left me exhausted with a dour view on how young parents raise the kids. Enough from me on entitled kids and there weak #*%^~ parent(S)......

Btw - great those kids have men like you to show them hard work ALWAYS has benefits.

Great shave today

Sir Henry seems to be my special day /holiday choice lately.




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Sir Henry's Sandalwood.

So good.

Original (Martin de Candre) herb garden
Shave 7 ・ 192 g left

From what I gather, there are at least two ways to hydrate your skin. You can smear on an occlusive, something like Shea butter for instance, which slows down the speed with which your skin looses its natural moisture into the environment. Think of the thick waxy skin on a cactus holding in all the plant's water in spite of the desert heat and burning sun. That’s what a good occlusive does for your skin too. It keeps you feeling smooth and plump by keeping all your natural moisture in. But on a warm day it can also make you feel a bit greasy. Your hot skin is pumping out sweat and oil, and the occlusive isn’t letting them evaporate.

The second way to keep your skin moist is to use a humectant. This is something like glycerin. It attracts moisture from the air around you. While occlusives work great in a dry setting, sealing in your juices and keep your hide from withering, humectants work wonders in a humid environment. They sort of turn your skin into a sponge that sops up the water in the air. For them to work well, though, you need a damp setting. You’ll know you’ve got a highly humectant soap if it weighs a lot more after you’ve left the lid off for a day or two. It’s literally soaking up the water in the air around it.

Apart from the coconut oil (which gets saponified) Martin de Candre’s soap doesn’t offer much occlusive moisturizing. So if you live in an arid spot or if you spend a lot of time in the air-conditioned indoors, you may feel tight and dry after shaving. On the other hand, Martin de Candre’s soaps do contain quite a bit of glycerin. After a shave it may take a little while for this ingredient to attract the ambient moisture. It all depends on how humid your surroundings are. But once it kicks in, it will leave your skin feeling fat and full without feeling especially greasy. That’s why I often reach for a high humectant–low occlusive soap in the summer when everything around here gets hot and soggy.

(Frank, please straighten me out if I’ve got this all wrong.)
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Razor Henson AL13 Mild Green (15) ・ Blade Feather ・ Brush Slightly Cloudy (21) ・ Hoard 16,181 g

      

Ethos Fresco….to celebrate my return to the States from an extended trip to Europe…and my first non-Ethos Colonia shave after 73 straight days of using it as my one and only travel soap. The lime scent with a tiny hint of mint made for a superb shave experience on this hot and humid morning.

Original (Martin de Candre) herb garden
Shave 7 ・ 192 g left

From what I gather, there are at least two ways to hydrate your skin. You can smear on an occlusive, something like Shea butter for instance, which slows down the speed with which your skin looses its natural moisture into the environment. Think of the thick waxy skin on a cactus holding in all the plant's water in spite of the desert heat and burning sun. That’s what a good occlusive does for your skin too. It keeps you feeling smooth and plump by keeping all your natural moisture in. But on a warm day it can also make you feel a bit greasy. Your hot skin is pumping out sweat and oil, and the occlusive isn’t letting them evaporate.

The second way to keep your skin moist is to use a humectant. This is something like glycerin. It attracts moisture from the air around you. While occlusives work great in a dry setting, sealing in your juices and keep your hide from withering, humectants work wonders in a humid environment. They sort of turn your skin into a sponge that sops up the water in the air. For them to work well, though, you need a damp setting. You’ll know you’ve got a highly humectant soap if it weighs a lot more after you’ve left the lid off for a day or two. It’s literally soaking up the water in the air around it.

Apart from the coconut oil (which gets saponified) Martin de Candre’s soap doesn’t offer much occlusive moisturizing. So if you live in an arid spot or if you spend a lot of time in the air-conditioned indoors, you may feel tight and dry after shaving. On the other hand, Martin de Candre’s soaps do contain quite a bit of glycerin. After a shave it may take a little while for this ingredient to attract the ambient moisture. It all depends on how humid your surroundings are. But once it kicks in, it will leave your skin feeling fat and full without feeling especially greasy. That’s why I often reach for a high humectant–low occlusive soap in the summer when everything around here gets hot and soggy.

(Frank, please straighten me out if I’ve got this all wrong.)
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Razor Henson AL13 Mild Green (15) ・ Blade Feather ・ Brush Slightly Cloudy (21) ・ Hoard 16,181 g

     

Very interesting and informative!  I'll be out in the hot/humid weather for a good portion of the afternoon today and may need use an MdC soap...not Fougere though

Last night's shave - Laugar Rimfrost; a very nice choice for mid-80's and high humidity

Stirling Sandalwood

8/19 /42

PAA, Gondolier