ATTN: Squid

[Richter]

The stuff is GREAT.  Light enough to add body, but enough grip to hold the ends together!

Thank you!

[-Kel-]

holy shit!!!



YOU LOOK GREAT!!!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

ROWR 

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Sweet! It works!
It look good ownya!


I used beeswax, coconut oil, shea butter and a wee bit of canola oil and then a few drops of vanilla and bitter almond essential oils for smell.

It's all natural stuff so if any gets in your mouth you won't, you know, die.

[LMNO]

My wax showed up today!  Thanks!

I'll let you know how this goes.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

 

[Rev. St. Syn, KSC (Ret.)]

This thread is full of 'tache w1n!

Oh and on Facebook. I thought you meant waxed OFF! 

[LMNO]

Well, at the risk of posting a criticism of someone else's work, the smell of the wax was not pleasing to Mrs LMNO.  It may have been the combination of the aloe and the almonds.

At her prompting, I am going to order the wax that Nigel suggested (Oregon wax, I believe), and we'll see how that goes.

As far as the handlebar potential goes, that hasn't really started yet, but I can give Magnum PI a run for his money.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

That's fair.
It may have been the coconut+almond+too much vanilla.
Coconut oil doesn't smell much like coconut and the shea butter really stinks, so I tried to cover it with vanilla, but that may have been too much. Also the almond was really strong when I first added it.

Thanks for the input. I'll have to mess around with different smells too.
Maybe a light peppermint and rosemary or something.
There was a bergamot oil that I wanted to try too, but it's pretty strong.

[LMNO]

I should also mention that Mrs LMNO is currently not too psyched by the mustache, due to prickly kissing, so her opinion my be biased.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

 

I'm only a fan of them on other people's men myself. Prickly in the face makes me wanna peel my skin off.
But really, I do see how the smell could be off-putting to some.
I'm more surprised that the shit actually worked for it's intended purpose.

[LMNO]

heh.  awesome first try, for certain.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Cool

I'll keep workin on it.
Thanks for the input.

[Richter]

Further reflection:

I did need to warm this up a bit before applying, just keeping it in a pocket worked fine.  For the twists, I had to scrape a bit with a nail to get enough to work with.  A slightly more liquidy (loose?  fluid? not sure the right term here) batch might be a bit easier to apply.

Otherwise, the stuff was very enduring, and didn't dry or get flaky over time.  When the twists lost shape after a few hours of talking / laughing / scotch, they just needed a quick tweak back into shape. ( I still have residual handlebars tying to form after 2 days and many showers. )

[LMNO]

Also a plus:

I agree with Richter that the stuff stayed on and remained pliable.  But it was also easy to wash off.

The combination of the two seems like it would be tough to accomplish.  So, nice job.