LGSOTD 20-Jun-24

• Brush: Cadman - Tuxedo 30mm #PREMIUMPLASTIC #OLDWORLD
• Razor: Blackland Razors - Blackbird #CNC
• Blade: Wizamet - Super Iridium
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth Sea Spice Lime
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth Sea Spice Lime Toner

Daily theme opted for Sea Spice Lime, lovely scent and cracking lather, along with that I decided to have a shave by the sea. Well ok, it's the menai straights, but it leads into the Irish Sea so it's close enough. Just on the edge of Caernarfon opposite the castle.

Lovely spot for it to be fair, despite the cyclists and odd car or two that kept rolling by, I got some rather odd looks. FYI I might look pissed, but I was just trying not to laugh. My wife is a hell of a sport though indulging me in this insanity, she was sat on the bench whilst I was doing my thing. Perhaps she was chapperoning this time around, as last year's visit to the lake resulted in me losing my wedding ring. I didn't report it on that SOTD as I was hopeful it would turn up, it did not, oops.

So despite the odd looks, that was a very pleasant shave and I still walked away with my replacement ring!

Photocontest

Aiming this one at 'The Elements: Earth', picture taken sat on the hill opposite the castle.

I was going to head off into the mountains to do this one, but me and the Mrs had the day off and we planned to head out for Dutch pancakes afterwards, fantastic morning!

Hope everyone has a grand day.

Cheers

Marc

June 20, 2024 – Soak up the sun

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Bangalore V20
• Razor: Wolfman WR1
• Blade: Feather (DE) (3)
• Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. – Montrose Beach
• Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. – Montrose Beach
• Fragrance: Chicago Grooming Co. – Montrose Beach

“Summertime is finally hear, that old ballpark man is back in gear…” –Kenny Chesney

Ah summer. A good/bad time of year. Pools, fun, vacation. But also, 100F weather with humidity so high you can’t sweat. As with last year I’m breaking out the Montrose Beach. I love this scent, it’s got a bit of sea air (ironic since Montrose beach is a freshwater lakeshore) and some drinks mixed in. Summer in a tub. For #fof, trickholing again because it’s just too fun. Of note: Last year I needed this set for the photo color challenge, but Vida was sold out. I emailed and she said she had 1 left that wasn’t listed, posted it, I bought it. As a gift she threw in the 5ml EdT. I of course had to use it that day, which may have blown my challenge. We’ll never know. But not this year. Since I’m all in, there’s no points to be lost for sentimentality.

To celebrate summer, and the coconut drink in this scent I reached out to u/adworried2804 when we swapped LG packages. See, the Philippines has a lot of coconuts and this scent screams coconut in the best way. So, I said “send me anything and I’ll work it into the shave.” Y’all (and my neighbors) can be thankful he did not send a coconut bikini. He did, however, send this wonderful, glazed coconut bowl which matches my set. I used it today to lather up. Later, maybe I’ll make a nice piña colada and drink it on my patio out of this bowl to celebrate being 2/3 through the games. (I do have to limit the workday drinking just a bit if I want to keep my job.)

For #photocontest, of course, baseball!

Today’s challenge is not surprisingly to shave outside. Fine, it’s summer. What a better place to shave outside than on my BBQ patio. Pit already has the cover off. We’re ready to go.

But wait! I realized the shape of my house is such that, there are 2 walls (my garage and the bump where my house meets the garage) next to my BBQ pit. I need a new plan. Well, I paid $14k for this patio; I’m gonna shave on it!

Now as mentioned, I have a corner lot, no fence, and my backyard neighbor sits above me. So, there will probably be a lot of questions later from our, not 1, but 2 new neighbors (lots of selling on our street lately) as to what the hell I was doing. And yet, considering my kids were doing a radio fox hunt in the yard last weekend with what amounts to a cut up tape measure on a PVC pipe, this isn’t even the weirdest looking thing this week.

So let’s lather up! (Meh, lather because I’m outside.) And now shave. Oh, here comes my backyard neighbor to water his roses. Oh, and one half of the young couple with the newborn that moved last fall is also coming out. Neither decides to talk with me, so I press on.

Finished up. Well, crap I made a mess. It’s OK, I have a solution. Shave complete! Table clean.

Day 20

• Brush: SmilezforMilez 22mm Synthetic
• Razor: Gem 1912
• Blade: Gem PTFE
• Lather: Summer Break Soaps – Cannonball Soap
• Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps – Cannonball Splash
• Fragrance: Nautica – Blue EdT

Today’s shave was absolute summertime grooming excellence. I dove right in with Summer Break Soaps' Cannonball soap and splash, topped off with a couple spritzes of Nautica Blue EdT. Because if you can't spend your summers at the beach, you might as well smell like you jumped into a pool.

First up: Cannonball!! The scent is a delightful mix of chlorine and citrus. Reminds me of that one time my drunken uncle spilled his pina colada all over the Lido Deck, while doing the Cupid Shuffle, right before he was put into a Carnival Cruise’s drunk tank. Ah, memories… But I digress, Cannonball has that "I’ve been at the pool all day, and yes, I like to party too" aroma. Perfect for convincing yourself you’re on vacation while you’re actually just trying to get through another Thursday and shaving in your backyard. The splash is like being slapped in the face by Wendy Pefffercorn from The Sandlot. It packs a nice mentholated punch, but after the initial shock, I was left left with a cooling sensation that’s like jumping into a pool that isn’t heated. It’s a refreshing splash of reality to wake me up from the realization that it’s not summer break by the pool and I need to go back to work after shaving outside.

Finally, Nautica Blue EdT. This cologne is basically the olfactory equivalent of those flip-flops you bought last minute at the beach gift shop. It screams “I’m ready for summer,” even if the closest you’re getting to the ocean is the kiddie pool in your backyard. I guess that’s my way of saying, it’s functional, but lacks some sort of soul and depth. Certainly not a bad scent, but not something I’m necessarily ever excited to wear. I honestly can’t quite put my figure on what's missing, but it's something. It’s got a breezy aquatic feel to it, and is balanced out with some florals, citrus, and sandalwood/cedar, but it's not something I reach for often. I will say it does do a nice job capturing the essence of the freshness of the ocean. It fit in with Cannonball very nicely and perfectly works with theme of the day. This entire shave routine reminded me of a Summer that you just don’t want to end. #FOF

photocontest: Elements: Water. Everything but the soap sank.

Challenge: Shave outside! Done and done. I remember last year a storm came through and I had to wait until like 10PM to shave. Luckily, it’s nice and sunny today. When the challenge was posted yesterday, I went into my work Outlook and blocked off 9AM-10AM to give me time to shave outside before it got to be too hot. Working from home is the best.

iamhonestlylying’s Daily Top 5:

In honor of “Sunny Days”… My Top 5 Best Treats to get from an Ice Cream Truck

5.) Drumstick – Classic, ready-made ice cream cone with a dusting of nuts (for your health). The best part is the bottom of the cone had chocolate on the inside which (1) prevented ice cream from dripping on your hand and (2) made for an absolutely heavenly last bite. So good!

4.) Strawberry Shortcake bar on a stick – Sometimes you want something substantial, but aren’t in the mood for chocolate. The Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake bar is exactly what you need!

3.) Ninja Turtle with gumball eyes – Okay. Admittedly, these weren’t the tastiest of treats, but god damn they were the most fun.

2.) Chipwich – Pound for pound, probably the best value in the ice cream treat game. If you had one of these bad boys you can go right ahead and skip dinner.

1.) Choco Taco – The absolute GOAT.

(Editors note: If you even think to say Screwball, you are uncultured swine and you can go ahead and fuck right off. The sherbert in Screwballs suck and the gumball at the bottom is even worse and it’s not even in the shape of a fun character. I hope the Screwball company went out of business.)

Great shot

LG SOTD Jun 20 2024 - Summer Solstice Sun Seeking Hike

#photocontest

Theme: Grass

• Brush: Muhle Travel Brush - Synthetic #HOLLOW
• Razor: Bic single blade disposable
• Blade:  Bic single blade disposable [1]
• Lather: Eleven - Sicilian Lemon (smush by u/OnionMiasma)
• Post Shave: Murphy & McNeil and Black Mountain Shaving - Nantahala aftershave (sample)
• Fragrance: Maher Olfactive - Sun Soaked (sample)

Today's weather forecast was for an overcast sky, high humidity, and max temperature of 37°C/98,6°F.

Not a Sunny Day, not the ideal day for a hike.

But I'm no quitter blah blah: woke up an hour earlier for an AM hike to one of the hills that surround my city.

Today's SPECIAL CHALLENGE forced me to revolutionize my plans.
The Eleven - Sicilian Lemon kindly provided by u/OnionMiasma fit the Citrus-forward Theme Requirement, and was also easy to take outside for a hike.

Everything else I had planned to use today was not as minimal as I now needed.

The special challenge made me decide that the rest of the hardware and software had to be something that I could carry in my pants' pockets, without forcing me to carry a bag during the hot humid morning hike.
I wanted the hike to be enjoyable and meditative.
No luggage. Literally and metaphorically.

The prospect of a hike into nature immediately inspired me to grab the Nantahala AS sample, because of all the outdoor references in the official description for the scent.
My previously selected pairing, T+S Sicily, would have been more connected to the "Sunny Days" theme as well as to the "Sicilian Lemon" lather, but my full AS bottle refused to go out for a hike, also claiming that all this Summer / Citrus association is vastly unnatural. Google up when the majority of Sicilian lemons and oranges are harvested, and start questioning the criteria behind the arbitrary decision to associate Italian citrus and Summer. Just to double check, after the hike I went to my greengrocer and asked what citrus they had: lemons from Argentina, oranges from Spain.

There was also no way to bring with me the envisioned large bottle of my favorite Citrus-forward chypre. So I quickly browsed my samples collection and picked Sun Soaked, hoping that through powers of synesthesia it would have provided the Sunny-ness that was absent from my actual view.

FRAGRANCE WRITEUP

Sicilian Lemon is a rigorous and straightforward "restitution" of a green lemon scent. I particularly appreciated the vaguely herbaceous (almost, but not really, smoky) note, that made it more vegetal than gourmand. It reminded of Limone Verdello, the Sicilian variety that actually does mature during the Summer.
Hats off to Eleven for actually picking a citrus scent that has an actual connection with Summer.

The transition to Nantahala was perfect: after the citrus top notes, the AS opened up to the rest of the accord, providing no contrast to the actual experience of being outside for a hike.

This was my first experience with Sun Soaked, and I must confess that it took me completely by surprise.
The accord is not just citrus/neroli forward, as the amber and chamomile notes are making their "rounding" presence felt from the very beginning. This is not a background citrus cologne, it's a main player who requires your full attention, a properly "mature" scent, also in the sweet / "ripe" sense of the word (in Italian we use just one adjective, "maturo", for both meanings). I would've sworn I could smell a mossy chypre drydown, but I see no mention of such notes in the official writeup, nor on the Fragrantica page.

A fitting Baudelerian correspondance to the serendipitous, off-the-beaten-path nature of my experiences today.

Baudelaire, which rhymes with Fougère.

See you tomorrow.

#FOF

#ROTY

2024-06-20 - High and Low

• Lather: Talent Soap Factory - Abyss
• Post Shave: Moon Shaving - Astoria
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Every Storm a Serenade
• Razor: Gillette - Travel Tech
• Brush: Maggard Razors - Synthetic Tuxedo

Sunny Days

Unifying Theme: Aquatics

#photocontest Bucket
You can't say that photo doesn't feature a bucket.

Old_Hiker Day: This whole thing is relevant, I promise.

The first part is about work and about taking control of one's direction in life. I concede, in advance, that the course of action that I'm taking is a luxury that isn't available to everyone.

At this juncture, I want to just reference a couple things, but only by vaguely pointing at them, otherwise it'll become a whole drawn-out thing, and no one wants that:

1. Albert Camus' famous "One must imagine Sisyphus happy," which I also mentioned a bit the other day.

2. Friederich Nietzsche's Will to Power. Despite his reputation, Nietzsche was hugely optimistic, as was his philosophy. He advocated taking control of one's own life: casting aside one's burdenful existence, baring your claws, defeating what prevents you from being you, finally becoming free to play! That's what Zarathustra said, anyway.

Anyone? No? Alright, I digress.

Those are lofty ideas, certainly easier said than done—not the least because pursuing such things is frankly a luxury that not everyone has.

Later today, I'm going to be on the phone with my past employer, reinstating remote access for me because I'm going to continue doing a small amount of work for them on a contractual basis, just to fill some of my off-hours. It was an enjoyable job. I liked it—for the most part. It was nonetheless constraining such that it limited my options for growth.

Earlier this year, I became aware of an online graduate program at my alma mater, one that unites my past graduate career in Linguistics with the programmy path that I later found myself on. I got it into my head that I would apply/enroll in the program, quit my job so that I can unilaterally focus on school, and get the fuck out of this bullshit hellscape of a climate I live in.

I wasn't happy with the direction—or lack thereof—that my life had, so I chose to take control and change it.

As for the goal of freeing myself from barren wasteland that exists in an impossible location inches from the surface of the sun: I postponed that part. I decided that relocating right now would require a lot of mental energy that I need to reserve.

Anyway, I resolved even before the Games even started that I would not shave under the impossible sun of this climate.

So I didn't.
I headed upwards by some thousands of feet: Saguaros to pines.

#FOF
Check out this horribly unflattering—but not altogether long—clip of my ramblings. I did that because I knew I wasn't going to remember anything that I had been muttering to myself. Talking to a camera for the sake of a recording feels wildly unnatural, by the way.

Some of us are a little bit more bold than to censor our own faces, u/Priusaurus. I don't blame you; I'd be embarrassed if I were you, too. 😜

What I didn't mention is that Abyss is easily my favorite scent now. It starts cucumber-heavy, which is beautiful and which yields to rich watery notes once the cucumber mellows out. What's Aaron's u/? That dude needs to keep making this scent forever. On top of that, it lathers like a dream. Why is there no Abyss aftershave?!

I almost want to empty my den and keep nothing but Abyss and Every Storm a Serenade.

Almost.

Edit: He said it's pretty much retired now, so I straight up panic-bought some more. Grab it while you can! If there's none left, tell him you want more!

Sunny Days

• Brush: Yaqi Ferrari
• Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable
• Blade: Bic
• Lather: Martin de Candre - Agrumes

photocontest

Grass

Today’s Challenge:

u/Old_Hiker Appreciation Day

June 20, 2024 – LG 20: Sunny Days

• Brush: Maggard Purple Swirl Synthetic
• Razor: Gillette Tech
• Blade: Voskhod (4)
• Lather: Ariana and Evans – L’Orange Verte
• Post Shave: Mickey Lee Soapworks – Cape Verde
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap – Boat Drinks

For our #FOF AE orange verte is a citrus packed yet subtle scent. It includes orange, tangerine, bergamot, and lemon peel. It gets a little spice from pepper and a touch of earthiness from lavender. MLS Cape is another citrus and lavender blend, also with both orange and tangerine. Its lavender is more prominent as is the earthiness from oak moss (also in AE, but not really to my nose). Lastly, boat drinks is like sun screen and tropical booze beverages combined, what is more summer than that? Coconuts and rum, tangerine, banana – tropical cocktail.

Sadly, I did not manage shaving outside today, which I’m not averse too. Travel, trains, tubes, and busses and it just didn’t work out. I did snap a picture of a pirate though, so for #PHOTOCONTEST pirate, we layered some photos together. The pirate was at Albert Docks in Liverpool.

Jun. 20, 2024

• Brush: Rubberset 400 Un-numbered 26mm Zenith Boar

• Razor: Blackland Sabre

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE [20]

• Lather: Declaration Grooming - Contemplation

• Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Contemplation

• Fragrance: Declaration Grooming - Contemplation

Sunny Days!

I grew up in Jersey City but every summer I spent the entire time on at the Shore. My parents were divorced, my dad lived down the shore so I always spent my summers with him. Going to the beach, walking the boards, or just hanging out with friends. It was a glorious time. When I was old enough and financially able to, I moved out of my mom’s house and moved to the Shore. I pretty much lived within 10 minutes of a beach for the next 17 years. When I moved to Florida I did not want to live by a beach but did move to a home with a lake view. I really like living by water. I drive over the Tampa Bay everyday to get to and from work, and just seeing all that water just relaxes me.

Anyway enough rambling, I dick holed it again. Contemplation is too good not to just go start to finish with it.
Just to make sure lather justification.

From DG site: There is a stark difference between spring and summer, and Contemplation falls squarely in summer

Today’s challenge. To honor u/Old_Hiker My wife thinks I’m nuts but here it is. I shaved in front of my house. It was the perfect day for it. The sun was out, not a cloud in the sky and we got to see some ducks at the end. .bef

Photo contest Hobbies

I love to cook. Does not matter stovetop, oven, gas grill, charcoal, pellet grill, barrel smoker or flattop grill. I love it.

#ROTY #FOF #Photocontest

nice shot

June 20, 2024 - Sunny Days

• Brush: Century 752 Maggard Badger 22 mm
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird
• Blade: Wizamet (34)
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime
• Post Shave: Fine Accoutrements - Italian Citrus
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Falling Into The Sea

Challenge: I didn’t go for a hike. But, I spent some time in the sun trimming trees, and pulling/digging up saplings. After that, I shaved on my deck(Yeah, it’s a mess and it’s falling apart). It was overcast until the moment I started lathering. I was using the reflection off my phone until I got an overheating warning and put it inside to cool off (first time I’ve seen one, it was fine in my pocket doing yard work). I made a quick slurry lather to move things along and did my shave.

I had planned on using Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime. I switched to Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime because of the heat. They smell the same, anyways. The Ice version has WS-23. Sea Spice Lime is so good. It has a bit of every summer-time fragrance element. It’s citrus heavy with sweet bergamot and tart lime. It’s a bit aquatic with hints of salty sea water. It’s green and fresh spicy in the base. This is my summer go-to. I wear the edt a lot this time of year. Coincidentally, my current bath bar is Sea Spice Lime. I’ve been smelling good the last few weeks. Sea Sp/Ice Lime is goated.

I was hoping to use Ausflug today. I’m not certain it would’ve worked. But, the scent notes sound about right. Plus, I really want to smell it. But, it’s still not here. So, I’m using what I planned originally, Fine Accoutrements Italian Citrus, which is inspired by Acqua di Parma Colonia. A Colonia style fragrance is something that is sorely missing from my den. I saw someone break out their full Acqua di Parma setup for Flex Day a couple of years ago. It looked fancy. And, it made me curious about the fragrance. I figured a sample of a dupe was a cheap way to try it out. I smell lemon, soapy floral, herbaceous, grassy, and woody notes. It’s classic, elegant, light, and aromatic. It feels stylish, and very appropriate for summer. I think it’s about time I picked something in this genre to add to the den.

Today’s fragrance is Falling Into The Sea from Imaginary Authors. I smell citrus and aquatic notes. The citrus is muted. It’s more bitter than tart. It smells like a mix of grapefruit flesh and bitter lemon. I don’t know how else to describe the aquatic note other than to say it smells like the beach; beach sand in particular. The citrus evokes the feeling of spending a few hours in the sun. It makes me feel nostalgic. It brings to mind summer vacations at the beach. The only thing that’s missing is the smell of sunscreen.

#photocontest - Earth. Terra.

#FOF

June 20, 2024

• Brush: Omega Penelli White HI-BRUSH Synthetic
• Razor: Schick Injector
• Blade: Schick Injector
• Lather: A A Shaving – Wapiti

Today’s soap features predominantly aquatic notes. AA Shaving is a brand I never heard of and was fortunate that u/onionmiasma sent me a smush. Thank you! Wapiti opens with strong aquatic notes and dries down to woody notes. The aquatics stay throughout, changing from a brighter note to a muskier one. A little too strong in my opinion, although I can see how others would appreciate this. It falls into a more cologne territory scent than a realistic forestry scent which is what I generally prefer. Perhaps this is the calone, which I could be recognizing in the same vein as more popular colognes I have sniffed.

fof

Steampunk for my photo today. I really liked this watch because I could see all the gears, and today it comes in handy. #photocontest

Edit: I forgot to include my memory. I have no clue why, but I remember Old Spice Pure Sport deodorant being reminiscent. We used to have summer football practices, and I would just load up on it. I hated smelling myself sweating and being gross, so I replaced it with moar deodorant. I was also one of the few who actually washed my practice uniform more than once a month. If you know the football locker room smell, you know what I mean. I’m sure hockey, etc probably all had their special stink too.

June 20, 2024 - am i doing this right

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Lather Games Synthetic
• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley (brass, SB-C)
• Blade: Wizamet
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime

This stuff is as citrus-y and summer-y as citrus and summer get. You want lime? This has lime for days. Relevance by trickhole.

Day two of trying out this brass CB, and I'm already convinced I need to upgrade to one of these heavier metals. The difference in thought required to not use pressure is night and day, and it's way easier with the heavier razor. Tomorrow I'm going to start trying out the larger gaps.

Today I shaved outside. I spent this entire shave wandering around my yard because if I stop moving for one second I get attacked by mosquitos. But moving around means having to dodge dog poop. So this shave was performed while hiking around my yard, staring down at the ground instead of my face, and while having the life force sucked out of me by parasites. Why do we go outside again?

Through all of that nonsense, the Highland base performed amazing as always. Super slick, great post shave face feel, great cushion. There's nothing left to say about the scent in Sea Sp/Ice Lime that hasn't already been said. It's fucking phenomenal. If I had to dump my entire shave den except one soap this is probably the scent I would keep (but I would buy a tub of SSL in highland first).

Today's photo contest theme is Bokeh Balls. Please judge the photo in the title. I don't know if I did this right. The youtube tutorial I watched was about getting the camera to focus on something close to it while the lights are far away (or vice versa), and that's pretty hard with a fixed focus iPhone camera. But this is my best attempt. It looks like it worked to me. There's going to be somebody with a real camera who does this theme the justice it deserves and then some. I'm just here to learn new things. #photocontest

June 20, 2024 - Sunny Days

• Prep: Warm Shower
• Brush: Yaqi Cavern Lake 24mm Two Band
• Razor: MM24 #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (6)
• Lather: AA Shaving - Wapiti
• Post Shave: Catie's Bubbles - Summer Solstice
• Fragrance: 345 Soap Co. - Hometown

Today was my first go with AA shaving, and I really enjoyed it. The scent on this one is great, and the performance was fantastic. All software is related by all being on theme as summer scents today.

Today was actually the perfect day for an outside shave, as it has been either cold or rainy almost all year so far. The kids were already ready to play with the water balloons we had set out last night, so I gathered my gear and hiked out to the small field we have next to our house, where they could play while I shaved. I lathered up, feeling the smooth, rich texture glide across my skin like a warm breeze on a summer day. As I shaved, the sun cast its golden light upon my face, making the experience feel like a spa treatment. The warm breeze carried the scent of blooming flowers and fresh-cut grass, adding to the sensory delight. The world seemed to slow down, and for a moment, all was right with the world.

Then suddenly, I remembered where I was, and seemingly out of nowhere, I was bombarded with balloons and screams from the children. They thought it would be funny to watch carefully and wait until the moment I finished to ambush me. Little did they know, I had expected this and quickly wiped the last little bit of lather from my face before reaching down and grabbing a couple of balloons I had strategically hidden in anticipation of this exact moment. I rained down my wrath, claimed myself victorious, and after playing with them for a bit, returned to apply aftershave and fragrance to finish off my shave for the day. It is not often I shave outside, but I could not have asked for a better experience than today's!

PHOTOCONTEST - Soccer

Sunny Days

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Yates Precision Polished Winning Razor #CNC
• Blade: Gillette - 7 O'clock SharpEdge
• Lather: AA Shaving - Wapiti
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime
• Fragrance: Hendley Perfumes - Blond

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to Onion for the soap smoosh? Thanks to my mom for recording and the mirror. Thanks to engineeredshave for doing the winning passaround. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
The lather sucked but it's not really my fault because I didn't have running water lol.

Daily Writeup
Long time since I've done a video but I thought today was a good day to do so. Pretty bad shave today but meh because the scenery kind of made up for it. Not going to say too much because that's what the video is for.

Daily Theme Points Wapiti is a summer smell.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
I went with a citrus aftershave and a "blond" aftershave because blond is bright and the sun is bright and sun is in summer.

Daily Challenge I was on a balcony with only one wall, I sent a video earlier and judges said it was a pass, so it's good.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
Earth is an element, don't worry, I made sure to get the passaround razor on top of the plastic bag for smoosh so I didn't get dirt on it, also the brush bristles.

TL;DR
Video, gratitude, lack of water, scenery, summer, citrus, outside, earth, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

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ROTY

SOTD - June 20th - Summer

Feb 09, 2024

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: Wild West Brushworks
• Razor: Feather - Artist club
• Blade: Feather
• Lather: Spearhead - Sea Spiced Lime
• Post Shave: Spearhead - Sea Spiced Lime
• Fragrance: Spearhead - Sea Spiced Lime

What a day for this shave. Hit 27C in Vancouver today. Had to use the sea spiced lime, my favorite scent of all time. The scent I wore on my first date with my partner.

My hike today was a round of pitch and putt and a walk around the rose gardens at Queen Elizabeth park. photo evidence 4th photo I just found out is called dogwood and it is our provincial flower in British Columbia. Brought my shave stuff in my golfbag thinking I would try to shave on the course but it was insanely busy and I was not brave enough. If I may enact airbud rules: I did take my shave on a walk. It does not specify to shave outdoors and one could "enjoy some fresh air with your shave" by simply shaving, then taking the trash out.

photocontest

Theme today was money. Chose money as it features queen Elizabeth which ties it into the hike I went on today. Check out our wacky Canadian money. Simpsons reference