Two little ideas to try for alum and/or witch hazel users

Nothing revolutionary here, but I haven't seen these suggested elsewhere.

First, I have taken to keeping my witch hazel in the refrigerator. While I am a cold water shaver, and as such, this works quite well within this system, I think it might be equally delightful for hot water folk as well.

Second, my alum block came to me with harsh corners, pitted faces, and other imperfections that resulted in an overall unpleasant scraping when used. To solve this, I took the block to my DMT and lapped the faces/chamfered the edges. The resulting block is much smoother and more comfortable to use.

Ive never though of keeping the witch hazel in the fridge , Im a cold water aswell so I will give it a try , thanks

thanks.. i like the idea of cold witch hazel.. i'll do that.

Hmm this sounds like an interesting experment, I shall try this, thanks for the recommendation :)

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First, I have taken to keeping my witch hazel in the refrigerator. QUOTE]

Cold as a witch's what, you say?

I have only ever tried w/h from cold from the fridge, though i should reverse this, and take it out for a try:)

I started refrigerating my Witch Hazel and love it! Thanks

GAWD! of course!

Sounds like the perfect post shave, and it gives me more storage space.

I'm going to Amazon right now for a den fridge.

Here's a link for razorock RazoRock

If you've never seen it, they're cool. It's an alum block with a holder in a tube form...

I'll give the cold witch hazel a try. I've never used it before, but living in Phoenix, we have no "cold" water during the summer months to splash with post shave, so this witch hazel idea might be a brilliant discovery for me. Currently, when I have time, I've been keeping ice cubes with some water in my second sink which is really a labor intensive way of getting cold water.