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The original one is that white one with red box, right?

Every razor is different. The design of the head of the razor is also very important because it determines the so called aggressiveness of the razor, therefore how deep the cut is. The distance between the head and the safety bar also determines the blade gap, the bigger the gap, the more attention the razor requires.

I like the Old Spice, but I realised that it's quite different from the Old Spice I was used to buy in Italy. (I just bought a bottle, probably was watered, don't if it's the standard flavour). Never heard about Imperial Leather, can you share a picture of it?

It's understandable. It's not an easy business in an area of the world where men don't have facial hair. Not to mention the absurd import duties that the Land of Cryptic Smiles applies on these products.

But the safety razor and the shaving soap in this picture you bought from Siam Wet Shave 😉

Are you sure? In my country (Italy) and in Europe in general I can shave in every barber shop with good products and I find an infinite selection of commercial and artisan products. This is not the same for Asian countries.

I can't afford a scrub for that price.

I usually shave every other day, not because I care too much about what Thais think of my face (I’m quite sure that when someone wants to hate you, they'll always find a reason anyway). It's more of a necessity for me to let my skin breathe. With the heat and humidity here, my super-oily skin tends to get hyper-oily, and having a beard only adds to that greasy feeling on my face. It's a bad sensation for me.

These are the steps I've been following lately when I shave: - I heat up some water and soak a small towel in it, which I then apply to my face for a couple of minutes. - I remove the towel and wash my face with the remaining warm water. - I soak the synthetic brush in the water. - I apply an oil (usually coconut or jojoba). - I take the brush, squeeze it, and start swirling it on the soap (lately I've been using Whitebeard's Peppermint, made in Thailand by a farang), then I lather it in a bowl. - I apply the lather to my face and begin shaving with one of my Japanese-made safety razors. (I use different blades, I have a set of about twenty, to find the one that suits me best.) - At the end of the shave, I rinse with cold water and apply a pass of alum. - I wait a minute, rinse again, and put a drop of oil on my face (as I haven 't yet found a good aftershave).

Shaving foam is almost devoid of water. For a comfortable shave, it's always better to hydrate the skin, so lathered soap with the right amount of water is ideal.

I just use local produced Whitebeard's soaps, but of course cannot be compared to the shaving soaps produced in the West. Unfortunately I don't have opportunities to go back home so many times.

From what I understand, Mr.DIY is a superstore of cheap Chinese products that they can't even manage to sell in China. They just repack in an acceptable way and push these products all over the world to rake in money from people who think they're buying useful, affordable items.

Great guy, I recently bought two made in Japan safety razors from him. They've also a website, just tap Siam Wet Shave on search bar.

I've tried Mr. DIY's blades myself and found that they pull the hair. I believe those blades are not of good quality, not sharp enough.

One may drive the same road in a Suzuki Swift or in a Caterham Super Seven. While it is indeed driving in both cases, the experience is entirely different.

Where do you guys buy your wet shaving products? Here in Thailand, there doesn’t seem to be a wide variety available locally, and imported products tend to be crazy expensive due to absurd import taxes. How do you approach this hobby while living in Thailand?

This is the main reason why WE made China great again. Yes, can be rapaired. Yes, It's worth repairing.

Actually most of the electronic devices can be perfectly repairable, and in most of the cases are just small problems for those who have electronics skills.

I have this good portable Bluetooth speaker that I've been using for years. Now, it seems to recharge properly. I bought a new battery from China, have it installed by a lazy repairguy but it still doesn't work. Do anybody knows a good electronic repair guy or anybody has this hobby?

In The Decline of the West, written in 1920, Oswald Spengler perfectly described the use of the media as a tool of the rich. It's a very brilliant book. Now it's the same, never changed since then.

I often live on 20k, the main reason is that I'm alone and not living a consumeristic life

This is the perfect example of Thailand middle class, make their public image clean, speak about morality and Thainess, then when the cameras are turned off their licentiousness emerges.

Never trust a lizard that has a Chinese around him.

Shut up, it's Dawson's Creek here

The problem is that those who speak about morality generally are the most immorals.