LGSOTD 10-July

• Brush: Chisel and Hound - 'Eyespot' V18 #SHD #COMPOSITE
• Razor: Gillette - Slim J2 #DIAL 
• Blade: Wizamet Super Iridium   
• Lather: Barrister and Mann – Electric Mayhem   
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Electric Mayhem AS   
• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann – Electric Mayhem EDT

I am in no way musical, don't get me wrong I tried in my youth and I could just about get away with classical guitar, not particularly competent. Then, misguided, decided in my uni days to try out electric, that lasted all of two weeks. But my hoarding ways pay off, a couple of decades later the thing has finally seen the light of day and today it has been more useful than it has ever been before to hit the scavenger hunt for music…now it's back into the depths again probably never to see the light of day again. 

I like Electric Mayhem for a warm day, and we're halfway there despite being overcast, it's still bloomin warm. It's strange but I really do think Neon when I use this, I've never considered electricswing my thing but this is lovely. Does this also hit the Shawn Mayer vendor points? Not sure with respect to the rules but fingers crossed. 

Daily Challenge was to draw a pic of the soap, chose pencil and pen, can't for the life of me draw faces so we've got a creepy featureless creature, there was no way I was drawing the little people on the LP and I made the clefs too big but gave it a go. My daughter pinched it afterwards to colour in but she takes weeks so sadly no colour, she's only young. 

Hope everyone has a grand one. 

Cheers

Marc

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• Brush: Van Der Hagen Boar Brush

• Razor: Van Der Hagen 85mm Safety Razor

• Blade: Gillette 7 O'clock Sharpedge

• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Electric Mayhem

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Mon Jul 10 2023

• Prep: Coffee, Face wash soap/warm water
• Razor: Merker 34C HD
• Blade: BiC Chrome Platinum
• Brush: Semogue 620
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin Soap (Omnibus)
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin AS

Quick shave this morning, got to get out the door. One of the few matching splashes I have. Not much for the scent but the splash is certainly cooling.

Nice cup of Black Rifle Coffee.

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July. 10, 2023 - SOTD 

• Prep: Splash of warm water
• Brush: Oumo O4 Venus SHD Badger Brush 26MM
• Razor: West Coast Shaving Multi Titanium Collection Razor
• Blade: Treet Platinum
• Lather: Declaration Grooming - Tribute
• Post Shave: Chiesled Face - Natural Aftershave Balm

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• Brush: Chisel & Hound Kuai Taper w/ V18 Fanchurian 26mm

• Razor: Clix E-Z-Flo Razor #UNICORN

• Blade: Bic Chrome Platinum

• Lather: Wholly Kaw - Rebelle

• Post Shave: Wholly Kaw - Rebelle

• Fragrance: Maher Olfactive - Treachery

Today's Theme: Musical Monday - WK's Rebelle is tangentially related to David Bowie's song Rebel Rebel, though I can't elaborate further because WK never did either.

Today's Challenge: Draw a soap label - I drew Rebelle, but better

My theme for today's shave: Fight the powah

I'll do my writeup in a little bit, gotta finish my morning coffee #photocontest #FOF #ROTY

Edit: OK I'm at work now so let's do this. So for today's musical challenge, I went through my rolodex of soap scents and realized one could probably do 30 days of Barrister and Mann soaps for all of the lather games themes, but I settled on Wholly Kaw's Rebelle which features David Bowie's starman getup on the label and is ostensibly inspired by his song Rebel Rebel which is a banger of a tune.

So when thinking about what fragrance to pair with it, I thought hey rebels, treachery, thematically it's about fighting the current established order. Fragrance-wise the two couldn't be farther apart. Rebelle is easy on the nose, enough so that I kept wondering if it was a dupe of a mainstream fragrance. Treachery on the other hand is challenging. The pipe tobacco scent comes on thick. It doesn't smell like a cigar shop, it smells like you stuck your nose directly into the pouch of some fresh stanky pipe tobacco.

Music-wise, I picked Stratovarius' self-titled album. This album came out after a particularly tumultuous and drama-filled era for the band, and each song is basically the band doing their self-healing in public. It's about feeling crazy because of external pressures, fighting to stay true to oneself, the feeling of alienation, and the power of group unity.

July 10, 2023 – CH-ch-Ch-eery Bomb

• Brush: AP Shave Co. 22mm Faux Horse w/ Ruby Ripple Handle
• Razor: Gillette Superspeed
• Blade: 7 O’Clock – Sharpedge (Yellow) (2)
• Lather: Dr. Jon’s – Runaway
• Post Shave: Dr. Jon’s – Runaway
• Fragrance: Maher Olfactive – Tempo Rubato

Today I went with Dr. Jon’s (RIP) Runaway. A tribute to Joan Jett, this song lives up to the bands well known hit and is a cherry bomb. For #fof, well I was a bit confused actually because when putting my calendar together I noticed Chatillon Lux has no musical themed scents. For being a place several musicians have called home (Chuck Berry most noteably played the Duck Room regularly until just before his death) I was sorta stunned Shawn hadn’t taken this idea and gone with it on that line. But the Maher Olfactive line does have Tempo Rubato. Theme here shifts from rock to jazz. Based on the notes of apricot, plum and orange essence I had expected more fruit forward scant than what this is. I’m kinda glad it’s not. I wouldn’t want to smell like a fruit stand all day after the cherry bomb. So the end result works. Just like how a good playlist will seamlessly move between genres, so so my scent does. (of note, wife was a fan of Runaway, not of Tempo. Say a prayer for her, this is a hard month a guy going from a spray of adventus cologne every 4 or 5 days to 30 days of niche frags.)

For the #photocontest, I’m entering the picture linked in the date line under what else? Music! This is separate from my picture for today’s challenge. Regarding the challenge, I suck at drawing. But I tried to use the beta photoshop AI to produce a rock star and the output was the stuff of nightmares. Distorted faces, extra arms. For some odd reason I thought adding “Rockstar shaving” would be better but it was even more cursed. The faces we’re lathered from top to bottom and the dipping lather was rendered as dripping face. “fine,” I said, “we’ll do a Rockstar from behind looking at the crowd.” and it produced views from behind of several people with inverted knees (curiously no crowd.) I considered rolling with this, but they were so horrifying I wish I could unsee them (especially dripping face dudes who looked like they peeled their faces off with a straight.) It want from shit post into “negative points” so I deleted them and tried hard to forget. So instead here’s my interpretation of runaway. Since Jett was not my crush like it was the soap Maker’s I opted for a object only label. And added a cherry bomb to tie in the scent notes.

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July 10, 2023

• Prep: Shower
• Brush: EverReady C40 Boar
• Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable
• Blade: Gillette Platinum
• Lather: Dr. Jon's - Runaway
• Post Shave: Historic & Oak - Italian Soda
• Fragrance: None

2nd day in a row with a shout out to /u/tsrblke for hooking me up this time with Dr. Jon's Runaway; a Joan Jett inspired soap with strong notes of cherry (after The Runaways' Cherry Bomb). Finished up with a splash of Italian Soda, it complements the Runaway very well.

As for today's challenge, I can't draw to save my life, and I don't know how to use Photoshop. I do however know how to request AI to generate me an image, which I understand is a very contentious topic. However, whatever I would've drawn would be such an eyesore that I didn't want to ruin your day. I did actually have to do a surprising amount of back and forth with the AI, at first it was spitting out spray bottles, and even then it still didn't seem to understand the prompt. Anyway, here is what it spat out. Until tomorrow!

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7/10/23

• Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/ 24mm Manchuria Fan
• Razor: Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple 8/8, Extra Hollow Square Point
• Lather: Macduffs Soap Company - Birth of the Cool
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co - Haverford Aftershave Splash

Birth of Cool is an homage to Miles Davis. Made up of several pre blends, mostly tobacco related. This smush comes courtesy of u/J33pGuy13. This is my first time using a Macduffs soap. The performance was pretty solid. It was easy enough to whip up a slick and thick lather. Primary slickness was certainly there, and notably, so was the residual. A little bit of this went a long way. The scent was pretty unique, and I enjoyed it. Pre lathering, it reminded me of a baked good. Once lathered, it almost smelt like something new each time I whiffed it. The tobacco was pretty consistently there throughout. Being as how there is a dupe of Tom Fords TV, I couldn't think of a better post shave on hand to go with it. Haverford paired really well with it. I think I'd like to get TV at some point.

I never claimed to be an artist

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* **Lather:** Barrister and Mann - Seville Shaving Soap (Omnibus Base)
* **Brush:** AP Shave Co. AP400B XL Brass 28 mm (G5C Fan Synthetic)
* **Razor:** Karve CBSS (D Plate SB)
* **Blade:** Gillete Silver Blue
* **Post Shave:** Barrister and Mann - Seville AS Spalsh
* **Post Shave:** Barrister and Mann - Seville AS Balm
* **Post Shave:** Barrister and Mann - Seville EdT

I know it's not dickhole day again...but we are on theme because the name Seville "comes from the famous opera The Barber of Seville". Granted I'm not in the running for bonus points here. This is my first year participating in LG, and I'm getting inspired to be more prepared next year...

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Lather Games 2023 Day 10

• Prep: Warm water
• Brush: APSaveCo - 28MM G5A SHD
• Razor: Wacker - Cheavalier #ALLNATURAL
• Blade: 6/8"straight razor
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Adagio
• Post Shave: Osma - alum block
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Adagio

Amazing shave!!! Razor and soap perform outstanding!!! Barrister and Mann have great base for straight razor shaving!!! Scent is interesting. Most of people smell it at first thinks that is almond. But because I don't like almond fragrance ( you known that if you read my post from day 3 ) I was not be misled. Sour Cherry was first in my head with some mixture of grass and smashed peel of lime. All we know how great is theirs soaps. Strong scent in lather. Gives a little chilling effect that I find amazing in this hot summer. Aftershave is mentholated to. I know people that is deal breaker for them but I like it. The straight razor is beast! The guys from Wacker knows their job! And this black Buffalo horn o boy! Beautiful and performance is great! I don't have much experience, this is second razor that I use and maybe I'll fall deep in rabbit hole with razors and sharpening stones. About drawing .... Yes is crappie But I did my best and I'll explain what is in cases is not recognizable! Label is violin with staff instead strings and straight razor instead of bow. I know its look so simple but took me entire day and bunch drafts.

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Day 10 - Musical Monday

• Brush: 28mm Synthetic Badger Bulb Knot homemade handle
• Razor: Vikings Blade - The Chieftain JR
• Blade: Astra - Green
• Lather: Barrister And Mann - Paganini's Violin
• Post Shave: Barrister And Mann - Paganini's Violin
• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Beaudelaire EdT

For Musical Monday, I picked B&M Paganini's Violin. This was the only real option in my collection, but I am always happy with a B&M shave. I didn't draw anything for today's challenge, but I wanted to argue for cool bottles. I recently saw a vintage Avon bottle collection. It contained lots of funky bottles like a snowmobile, firetruck, and steamboat. The firetruck made me think of NO Firefighter Splash. Anyway, I found this cool violin bottle

For the fragrance, I went with Beaudelaire. I am always a fan of wearing something Fougere. The Mousse de Saxe paired nicely with the smell of Paganini's Violin.

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July 10, 2023

• Brush: AP Shave Co. 26mm G5C
• Razor: Blackland Razors Vector
• Blade: Kai Captain Titan Mild (AC) (7)
• Lather: Barrister and Mann – Adagio
• Post Shave: Summer Break Soaps – Bell Ringer

For the music theme, I originally just picked a soap with a musical name. I then spent a while wracking my brain trying to figure out what post shave to pair with it, when I remembered this recording a student of mine found on the internet and then shared with me last year. Here is the recording (for full clarity, this is not me or anyone I know, a student of mine found it last year and shared it with me). Yes, this is a recording of Adagio by Mozart (I’m not a huge music person, so I’m not sure which Adagio this is), played on the bells.

Overall this shave was nice. Did two passes of head shave and one pass on the face. I’m impressed with the Vector every time I use it. Full week’s growth on the head shave to BBS in two passes with no clogging. I love this thing.

I recreated a picture of the label for Adagio using LaTeX with tikz. I use this software to generate documents for work, things like assignments, assessments, notes, etc. My biggest pet peeve is when teachers make things using terrible screenshots, dump them into a word document, and then get mad when kids can’t read their blurry paper. I really like this program because it lets me be super specific about where everything goes on the page, what it looks like, and hand craft every figure to be exactly the right size. Here is a blurry screenshot of the soap label, and a blurry screenshot of the codebecause I can't figure out a good way to upload the pdfs. I am very bad at this. Please make fun of me.

Healthy activity of the day. I got 4 more miles in this morning’s ride, probably going to take a rest day tomorrow to give my wrists a break (you’d think biking would hurt your legs, but nope it’s all wrist pain for me). LG Mileage: 27 miles

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July 10, 2023

https://imgur.com/gallery/N7MPVL5

Prep: Shower + Proraso - Refrescante Preshave Cream

Brush: Antiga Barbearia de Bairro - Principe Real Green Boar Brush

Razor: Rockwell - 6s R6 plate

Blade: Treet - Platinum (1)

Lather: Declaration Grooming - Dayman shave soap

Post Shave: Alum Block + Bromleys - Bergamot Lavender Balm

I feel like a real master of karate and friendship for everyone after today's shave.

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Jul. 10, 2023
Brush: Art Of Shaving - Silver Tip Badger #ANCIENT * Razor: Merkur 37c
Blade: Astra SP Green
Lather: Stirling - Sharp Dressed Man - Soap
Post Shave: Stirling - Sharp Dressed Man - Aftershave
Post Shave:* Zingari Man - Unscented - Balm

Always liked this scent but my wife is on the fence and says it smells ‘too old’ for me whatever that means. I’m a beat down father of a 9mo who’s taken care of her for two days and is shaving for fun lol. Here’s my shitty drawing. https://i.imgur.com/eCreqXM.jpg

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• Brush: Simpson Classic #1 synthetic brush

• Razor: Karve Shaving Christopher Bradley

• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Adagio

• Post Shave: Noble Otter - Bare unscented splash

• Fragrance: Catie's Bubbles - Blugere

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My musical soap was Adagio by Barrister and Mann a sample I purchased for today from Maggards. I rather enjoyed the soap but couldn't really decide what I thought it smelled like. Which I don't mind. Performance was great. Adagio in a musical sense means to play at a slow tempo. Im about to play some saxophone at the brewery so I'm going to try and chill out and play slow and clean this evening in honor of Adagio!

Went with the Noble Otter bare splash as a representation of silence. Silence is the canvas for which music is written upon so if you love music you must also love silence!

Here's a drawing by yours truly of the Adagio label. It looks like my 2 year old kid drew it. Challenge did not state it had to be good.

https://imgur.com/gallery/Fz9ZJAD

July 10, 2023

• Brush: Oumo Pandora 28mm
• Razor: High Proof
• Blade: Wizamet (2)
• Lather: Wholly Kaw - Rebelle
• Post Shave: Wholly Kaw - Rebelle
• Fragrance: Wholly Kaw - Rebelle EdP

Rebelle -- Wholly Kaw's tribute to David Bowie, with notes of Oud, Leather, Tobacco, Sandalwood, Vetiver. I can't say that I can pick up most of the individual notes, but a very pleasant, earthy scent.

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July 10, 2023 – Musical Monday * Brush: Paladin Chief 26mm Satin Juma Smoke
Razor: Blackland Blackbird Ti
Blade: Astra SP (2)
Lather: Van Yulay - Woodstock * Post Shave:* HAGS – Hellfire Club

Monday’s are always a little rough, but music makes it a little better. Music themed soaps, however, are not always as pleasant.

The Soap/Lather: In my search for a musical soap I stumbled upon Van Yulay’s Woodstock. Unfortunately it did not work out as well as the actual festival. The scent was a moderate level and thankfully didn’t smell like the namesake. That said, it still wasn’t an enjoyable scent. The lather was likewise lackluster in performance.

The Shave: The shave was similarly poor, but what else would you expect with unenjoyable lather. The post shave was substantially helpful in dealing with the after effects and shortcomings of the shave though.

Theme: Today’s theme was music and in that regard Woodstock nails it. As one of the most iconic musical festivals I am sure that goes without saying. My post shave may not be as clear though. Hellfire Club was inspired by the Stranger Things Season 4 and specifically in loving memory of Eddie Munson. For those that do not know Eddie, he was in a rock band on the show. So, yes, Hellfire club is made in memory of a musician.

Challenge: When I saw the challenge for today I immediately regreted my soap decision. I did, of course, grab one of my kids pencils and take a horrible stab at it.

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July 10, 2023 – Month of Lather Day 10

• Brush: DS Cosmetics Carrot handle w/ 26mm 2-band Badger + Synthetic mixed knot
• Razor: Rex Supply Co. Ambassador XL Adjustable
• Blade: Gillette Perma-Sharp (2)
• Preshave: Stirling Soap Co. – Unscented
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Baker Street
• Post Shave: Zingari Man – Unscented Balm
• Music: Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Daily Theme: I picked up Stirling's Baker Street to help with my SAD. While ~~googling~~ researching for today's theme I discover that a favorite song and the Stirling soap are both inspired by London's Baker Street. Flashback to 1978, I'm fourteen, and I just saved enough money from my part-time jobs to purchase a Sears stereo system (complete with turntable). What good is a player without records, so as soon as I could I went 45 shopping. I chose Gerry Rafferty' Baker Street because it had an awesome saxophone riff (I played sax our school band, so I was sax-biased). Back to today, the 45 and stereo system are long gone, but using Stirling's Baker Street brings nostalgic flashbacks of teenage me playing Gerry Rafferty' Baker Street over and over on my record player.

Daily Challenge: To get started I ~~stole~~ borrowed some of my daughter's art supplies. She has the artistic talent in the family. Me, not so much. There's a reason why my background is in engineering and not in graphic design, and here is the proof.

The Shave: The first pass was fantastic. Lather, razor & blade all working in harmony. Second pass not so much. Why? Because while lathering my face for the second pass I stupidly dropped my loaded brush in the sink. I should have reloaded but stubbornness kicked in and I attempted to save what lather I had left. I ended up with a DFS but gave myself razor burn in the process. I'm an idiot. #ROTY

JULY 10, 2023

• Brush: Stirling Synthetic 24mm
• Razor: Gillette King C. Chrome
• Lather: Van Yulay - Woodstock
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Gent

So it doesn’t get any more musical than Woodstock historical concerts. I believe the most famous to be 1969. With performers like Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joan Baez, the list goes on. The soap well….hmmm…let’s just say if I was at the concert and it was raining and I was sitting in the muddy grass then maybe?? It does have the whole outdoor concert feel I guess but I am not sure if it would make into my daily rotation.

TODAY’s ARTISTIC CHALLENGE was just that! Challenging as hell. I can’t believe how hard coloring was!! I mean I thought I would have some descent skills since I work with my hands all day but goodness. Well I tried hard. This is what I was attempting to copy and here is my final masterpiece :-). Ya’ll have a good one!

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July 11, 2023 – Friendship for Everyone!

• Brush: Maggard Synthetic
• Razor: Gillette Guard
• Lather: Declaration Grooming – Dayman
• Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – Contemplation

Dayman (ah-ah-ah) Fighter of the Nightman (ah-ah-ah) Champion of the Sun! (ah-ah-ah) You’re a Master of Karate And Friendship For Everyone Dayman (ah-ah-ah) Fighter of the Nightman (ah-ah-ah) Champion of the Sun (ah-ah-ah) You’re a Master of Karate And Friendship For Everyone! Dayman!

Need I sing more? If you are not an IASIP fan, this is the perfect episode to start with; The Nightman Cometh, season 4 episode 13. My soap label was designed in the illiterate styling of Charlie Kelly.

Wishing I got this shave posted earlier as I was looking forward to this post for awhile.

Scent is fire, orangey yellow bright citrus with definite brininess to it, paired so so well with contemplation as a splash. Love DG!

Cheers!

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