u/jwoods23's SOTDs for challenge 'Lather Games 2024'

Jun. 1, 2024 - Bonjour Strange

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: AP Shave Co. Blue & Clear Gelousy A3 Badger #SHD

• Razor: Rolls Imperial #ForeverSafety

• Blade: Rolls

• Lather: AA Shaving - Moonlight

• Post Shave: Micky Lee Soapworks - Luau

• Fragrance: Rouge Perfumery - Tabac Vert

IT’S DAY ONE OF THE LATHER GAMES!!!! My fourth year competing and I’m super excited for it! I have been super busy lately and haven’t been able to really plan for a lot of the month and will be flying by the seat of my pants for a bit.

I had a late shave today, partially because I had Dad responsibilities today with my wife working night shift today. Also partially because I was putting off using this razor after hearing how terrible some people had said it was. It really is an awesome concept for a razor with a pretty cool history. While it wasn’t named after Rolls Royce the creators had hoped that people wouldn’t notice that it was a different company and just assume that it was the same company. After furiously studying the instructions that came with it I decided to use both the hone and strop side to see how sharp it was. Honestly, it wasn’t the worst, it pulled like shit but I didn’t cut myself and it removed hair from my face. It’s a coin flip on if this will end back up on eBay or not.

It’s a damn good thing that my wife is working tonight because none of these scents go together but for the Games, I’m using all new brands for software and this is what I’m stuck with. None are bad on their own, but together they just straight up clash!

Finally, as the resident preachers kid around here, I figure it’s my place to give the invocation for this month:

Our Lather who art in brushes,
Slickness be thy name,
Thy razor come,
Thy stubble gone,
From face down to the ankles.
Give us this day our daily trifecta,
And forgive us for our sniping,
as we forgive those who snipe deals before us.
And lead us not into shave_bazaar; but deliver us from Razor Emporium. For thine is the slickness, the cushion and unobtanium, for passes and passes. Amen.

Daily Theme Justification: I’ve never used AA soap before! Thanks to u/thebunnynator1001 for sending this sample!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All software are from brands that I’ve never used before!

User provides us all with a nice convocation for the start of the games.

Jun. 2, 2024 - The Spice Must Flow

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Omega 10049 Boar #HOLLOW

• Razor: Schick Type M Adjustable #ADJUSTABLE

• Blade: Schick (15)

• Lather: Ginger’s Garden - Old Spice Type

• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Roman Spice

• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Roman Spice

I’ve had this sample baggie of Old Spice Type hanging around for a really long time but haven’t brought myself to use it because 1: I don’t like Old Spice scents (sorry u/cowzilla3) and 2: Gingers Garden doesn’t exactly provide a great lather in my experience. But in true wetshaving hoarder fashion I haven’t brought myself to get rid of it. It becoming useful today just reinforces my bad habit of keeping everything.

To honor u/priusaurus today I follow in his footsteps of interviewing people for the entertainment of this sub. However, as I only had 24 hour notice, and with today being Sunday I had limited options on who I could interview. So let me introduce you to my oldest son who we lovingly refer to as “Woodchip!” He is 4 years old and has something to say every second of the day so this is less of an interview and more just my trying to get a word in between his breaths.

1: Why do you think I shave the way I do?

Woodchip: Because you have hair ALL OVER your face!

2: How many soaps do you think I have?

Woodchip: Umm…I think…maybe a million!

3: Which one is your favorite scent out of all of them?

Woodchip: The blue one! Or the Lemon one (he thinks they’re all lemon scented)

4: One day, when you have hair on your face, do you want to shave like me?

Woodchip: No.

Daily Theme Justification: This is an Old Spice dupe, see TGSO post about it for verification.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: I used all scents that had the word “Spice” as the second word in the scent name.

Jun. 3, 2024 - Something smells like Onions

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: AP Shave Co Maggard Mixed #MISTURA

• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM

• Blade: GEM PTFE (5)

• Lather: Chicago Grooming Co - Gold Coast

• Post Shave: House Of Mammoth - Z (uncool) Balm

• Post Shave: Osma - Osma

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Uitwaaien

Well I’m beat from an exhausting day dodging thunderstorms and keeping students from killing me so sorry u/OnionMiasma that I’m not going to sing a song about you or do a dance for you. You get a meme and I used the brush that you gave me today.

Daily Challenge: Yep, I used Osma the only LuXuRy alum today. I’m typically not a huge fan of alum as I find it super drying. I keep this block around just for the occasional weeper that pops up.

Daily Theme Justification: Ducks were harmed for the creation of this soap. .bef gang 4ever

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: I used all products (first post shave) that were manufactured and shipped by the one and only Vida!

Jun. 4, 2024 - Simply cold

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Muninn Woodworks Weru Burl w/ 24mm B16 Badger #SHD #FRAKENBRUSH

• Razor: Blackland Blackbird (SS) #CNC

• Blade: Astra Green (3)

• Lather: Stirling Soap Co - Glacial, Lemon Chill

• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Lemon Chill Witch Hazel & Aloe

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sonder

Daily Challenge: For todays "Base Wars" challenge I am eulogizing one of the most recently departed soap bases. I don't think that this was a base that came out during the peak of the base wars but is reminiscent of that time in its naming. I'm sure that almost everyone here has at least tried this base and more than likely has at least one tub of it in their den. Allas, it is no more and we are stuck marching forward in life with just the memories (and backup tubs) left for us to relish.

Ok, enough beating around the bush. I am talking about >!Spearhead Shaving 20.1!< base. For a long time it was the unsung hero of bases, it was nothing fancy but it was just fucking incredible! Yes I know that >!Highland!< is an incredible base but its just a standard soft almost croap base that is insanely easy to lather, with just a half swirl in the tub you’ve already overloaded your brush. >!20.1!< however actually would stand up to you loading like you meant it and then transformed into a beautiful, slick lather on your face. I love it so much that not only have i killed 2 (!) tubs of it but as soon as i heard that it was being discontinued I bought 2 more tubs! I own (or have owned) at least 26oz of >!20.1!< base soap in just my short 3.5 years of wetshaving.

Edit: I actually read the challenge and neglected my current favorite base: Tusk. Tusk is life, tusk is family, just check my flair.

Daily Theme Justification: Lemon, that’s the only scent note!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Keeping with the Lemon theme, soap & splash both are only lemon scented while Sonder opens with a strong beautiful lemon scent.

Jun. 5, 2024 - Bowling it up

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Lather Bowl: Lather Bowl

• Brush: Aurora Grooming Mauricio 26mm Synthetic #FRANKENBRUSH

• Razor: Schick “66” G4 #RAINBOW

• Blade: Schick (9)

• Lather: Gillette - Pure Cream

• Post Shave: T.N. Dickinson’s - Witch Hazel

• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Telegrama

This tube of cream has been my go to when I need a quick shave. I started my wetshaving career using this cream when I bought my 34c and used it exclusively for about 7 months. I then won a noob samplepalooza PIF from u/MrLamper1 and it’s all been downhill since then! I distinctly remember posting to the DQT asking about other things with the same scent. I was directed to TTS (RIP) and just opened the floodgates.

I still keep a tube of this one in my drawer for the stupid early shaves that I sometimes have to deal with. Ironically, today is the perfect day for it as I shaved at 0515 since I had to be at work at 0600 this morning!

Daily Challenge: So I did something a little crazy today. I typically face lather so I had to bowl lather today to complete the challenge. Yesterday u/Cowzilla3 mentioned someone should “Spray some out tonight, freeze it, lather it into a soap again in the morning in a bowl.” And I thought, what if instead, I froze my lather INTO a bowl and used that bowl to lather today?! Yes it’s a crazy thought, you can blame u/Cowzilla3 for his inspiration.

How to make a Lather Bowl in 4 easy steps:

1: Gather your supplies

2: Lather up a shit ton of soap

3: Load up your bowl mould

4: Freeze

And voila! You have a Lather Bowl!

Daily Theme Justification: I purchased this cream at the commissary on base.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: I went all products that have a blue theme to their packaging! Rounded out with a blue brush and blue razor!

Disclosure: I did not pay money for this brush handle. I sent u/thebunnynator1001 some soaps and he sent me this brush handle.

Edit: brush tag added, this has a Paragon synthetic knot in it that I set myself.

Cowzilla giving everyone bad ideas

I froze my lather INTO a bowl and used that bowl to lather today?!

Jun. 6, 2024 - Magical Bean Juice

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Chisel & Hound Mighty Duck v19 Fanchurian Badger #SHD #COMPOSITE

• Razor: Merkur 34c #ZAMAC

• Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless (1)

• Lather: Summer Break Soaps/London Razors - But First Coffee

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Cedar & Spice

• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - 1904

The best way to wake up in the morning is to quietly enjoy a cup of coffee on the couch or maybe on the back porch watching the early birds get the worm! I however have no idea what that is like since I have two young ~~spawn~~ kids it’s never quiet in my house! lol Growing up neither of my parents drank coffee and even through college I only rarely enjoyed a cup on a Saturday morning. These days you better not ask too much of me before I get my hands on my cup!

Daily Challenge:: well like last year I am not making a video because I shave immedietly after showering and always shave in the nude. While NSFW material is not actually banned, the rules say I have to get Mod approval before posting and I'm afraid if I get that video prescreened then the judges will be overcome by my rustic sexiness that they will automatically declare me the winner and everyone else will lose out on competing this month.

So to get the point here I have to discribe my favorite wettuber that is not VW. To be honest I havent ever been that into watching youtube in general and thus don't have many wettubers that I follow. I have to confess something though, my favorite wettuber is >!Rex Emporium!< just for the comical value that his videos have added to my life! I mean we got multiple Discord emojis added just from his Osprey review video! >!(For legal purposes, this is a joke!<)

Daily Theme Justification: Coffee=Drink=Life

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All names have 4 syllables in them

But👏 First👏 Cof👏fee👏
Ce👏dar👏and👏 Spice👏
Nine👏teen👏 oh👏 four👏

Dont blame me here for the weird connection, the scoring rules say "The judges welcome all kinds of creativity here" so here you go judges!

Edit: speeling is hard

Jun. 7, 2024 - Vetiver? I barely know her!

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving Exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar) #SUBBROOSH #OLDWORLD

• Razor: Blackland Era SB LVL5

• Blade: Astra Green (1)

• Lather: Martin de Candre - Vetyver

• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Vetiver Witch Hazel & Aloe

• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - La Petite Prairie

Vetiver, one of those nebulus scents that for a long time i couldnt tell you at all what it smelled like. I would look atscent notes and go "vetiver, sure whatever that means." Then I got a sample of MdC Vetyver and Stirling Vetiver Witch Hazel and was even more confused! MdC smelled like a great green earthy grass and Stirling smelled like straight smoke. Then i found out it really depends on what type of vetiver it is, so now when I see vetiver on the scent notes i say "Vetiver, sure whatever that means."

Daily Challenge: ATG first, thanks guys for that one. I actually didnt really have much issue with going ATG first, I pulled out one of my most efficient razors and it went suprisingly well! what DID NOT GO WELL was the one and only one pass required for this challenge. I thought I did a good job but sitting at work realized i missed a giant spot in the corner of my mouth/lip area and its bugging the shit out of me! Thats the area that my XTG pass always gets and i totally missed it today. All in the name of 0.2 points i guess...

Daily Theme Justification: MdC Vetyver, 204 days of Vetiver packed into one brain bowl of soap

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All prominently vetiver, MdC Vetyver is a green Vetiver scent, Stirling a smoky Vetiver scent, and Chatillon Lux LPP a grassy Vetiver scent.

Jun. 8, 2024 - All hail Maggard!

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Maggard Green Handle 2 Band Badger

• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley - SB-E #RustyButtRusty

• Blade: Astra Green (9)

• Lather: Maggard Razors - Limes & Bergamot

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Sylva

Today is the ever incredible day where we give Brad the ol gluck gluck 3000 for being one of the best vendors out there! One of these days I’ll get up to their meet up and get to meet some of the rest of you weirdos and get to thank Brad in person for being awesome, but today I’ll settle for this.

Limes & Bergamot is exactly as you imagine, super bright, unapologetically citrus and I should probably upgrade to a full tub since i finished this sample off today. Sylva is a super violet forward scent with an oakmoss base that’s great for the spring. I really haven’t used this a ton since the fall and it’s on the chopping block for my pre-move pair-down. As much as I want to keep everything, I can’t.

This razor has a beautiful dark patina that I’ve worked to keep even. I sent this razor for a passaround last fall and was surprised when it showed back up polished! But it didn’t take long for the patina to show back up.

Daily Challenge: to quote u/tsrblke “I snack (as a comparison) over a lot of orders rather than gorge.” I tend to make random orders that are just large enough for free shipping. I am a sucker for a good deal so tend to make my purchases when there is a sale going on. My craziest order from Maggard happened last Black Friday and the great Admiral race of 2023! They had advertised the last few bottles of CL fragrance in the flier but didn’t state how many of each there were. So there I was, furiously refreshing the BF page to see them pop up and snag one of each. I was ecstatic when I managed to get both a bottle of Admiral and Sylva, that is until Brad emailed me saying “actually, you didn’t get them both.” There had been two checkouts at the same time and I was the loser of the race. But when my order showed up, this is what I found. Brad had gone out of his way to add an extra frag from his clearance stock just because. This is why I will always support their business and recommend them to anyone!

Daily Theme Justification: Maggard brand soap, just look at that leaf!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All items today came from Maggard Razors! Brush and razor base plate included!

Jun. 9, 2024 - At the Barbers

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Omega 10049 Boar

• Razor: CJB GR100B Kamisori #KAMISORI

• Blade: KAI Protouch MG (7)

• Lather: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Fleur de France

• Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Passione

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Hygge

Daily Challenge: I struggled with this for a couple reasons, first the website didn’t load well on my phone, the scaling and scrolling showed up really weirdly for some reason. Also, with no instructions, I assumed you had to do them in order and got stuck at 17/32 despite knowing 6 more down the list. After realizing that, my score really should be 23/32 which is pretty darn good if I say so myself.

Daily Theme Justification: FdF is a French Barbershop scent and quite a good one too! I’m very sad that it was discontinued but apparently was a pain in the ass to create the scent oil.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All three have names in language other than English. Fleur is French for Flower, Passione is Italian for Passion and Hygge is a Danish word for the cozy, contented mood evoked by comfort and conviviality. I also picked out a Kami with replaceable blade typical of a barbershop and a Barber style handle brush.

Jun. 10, 2024 - The good good stronk

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Stirling x Zenith 510SE

• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #OLDWORLD

• Blade: GEM PTFE (6)

• Lather: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming/Noble Otter - Cerberus

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming/Noble Otter - Cerberus

Daily Challenge: There are so many directions to go today with a song of the day! Like u/djundjila, the majority of my songs are dictated by the whim of my son. Thankfully we skated past Blippi quickly.

I cannot recommend listening to any of those songs unless you want to permanently go insane from listening to them on repeat. Whenever I need an escape into music I pull out a Dave Matthews Band playlist and just drift. My go to song is Satellite - Dave Matthews Band, there’s just something about his songs that I love!

Daily Theme Justification: Technically the only one that works since the theme says “Product was produced in collaboration with two artisans” thus three artesians needed to be involved! Technically correct, the best kind of correct! And yes, all three Brands are prominently featured on the label!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Todays theme features fruit forward scents that dry down to sandalwood. Cerberus is stone fruit over strong sandalwood base and Sonder is Lemon over a creamy sandalwood base. Both the same thought but opposite directions. Also extended my theme into my hardware with a Stirling x Zenith brush and u/EldrormR’s collaboration of two razors into one!

Jun. 11, 2024 - Grab your Towel!

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Aurora Grooming Mauricio 26mm Synthetic #FRANKENBRUSH

• Razor: Weck Hair Shaper (Translucent Blue Scales) #WECKONISTA #RAINBOW

• Blade: Fromm (1)

• Lather: Barrister and Mann - 42

• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - 42

• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - 42

Spring is sucha great time of the year when the temperatures are perfect, the grass and flowers start to grow and life outside is perfect! unless you live in Mississippi where we are almost guarenteed a triple digit temperature days before the end of it...Spring doen't end until next wednesday and both days this weekend are forecasted to be 100 deg (freedom units). It's already been pool weather for 2 months now!

Daily Theme Justification: 42, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. In case anyone needs more justification than that, its also a Petunia forward scent that is also marketed for a Spring holiday: Towel day (25 May)

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Dickhole 42. This is my only trifecta for the month but damn is it a good one!

Daily Challenge:
I'm blue

I'm blue

I'm blue, da ba dee da ba daa

Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa

Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa

Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa

Edit: forgot to add my disclaimer, this brush handle I did not pay monies for. I send Bunny some soaps and he send me this handle.

Jun. 12, 2024 - Luxurious Cream ^soap

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Burnt Butterscotch v11 Fanchurian Badger

• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley - SB-E

• Blade: Astra Green (2)

• Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Cape Cod Cranberry Luxury Cream Soap

• Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber

• Fragrance: Catie’s Bubbles - Cape Cod Cranberry

Daily Challenge: Todays the day to show off the goods! I am spoiled with an excess of storage options in my bathroom with split sinks in my bathroom so I don’t have to fight the Mrs over space, I just have to deal with her silent judging as I continue to spread into more and more drawers. The shelf in the first picture was built by me two years ago while I was on paternity leave with the Woodstock. I keep my favorites and seasonal rotation along with my brush rotation. I’m super proud of it that it works so perfectly for holding 10 tubs of soap. Now it just needs to be 5 times bigger to hold my den…

I forgot to snag a picture of my basket of samples, it’s a shamefully large basket stuffed to the gills with samples, most of which haven’t even been used 😬

Daily Theme Justification: Luxury CREAM Soap from Daddy Bubs. I asked the djudges to verify after he said it isn’t a true cream. Apparently there is a legit difference for the makeup but LG rulz says it works!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Did you know that Cucumber is botanically a berry? While we didn’t keep the ~~banana~~ berry day from last year it did give great knowledge! Today’s theme is berry scents, all that start with the letter C! Cranberry—>Cucumber—>Cranberry!

Jun. 13, 2024 - Do the Dupes

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Muninn Woodworks Weru Burl w/ 24mm B16 Badger #SHD #FRANKENBRUSH

• Razor: Schick Type M Adjustable #ADJUSTABLE

• Blade: Schick (16)

• Lather: Wholly Kaw - Cedrati

• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Cedar & Spice

• Fragrance: Noble Otter - Firefighter

Dupes are so prevalent around here and it’s an interesting topic among members here. Some artisans get a ton of hate for it and others like Stirling drive the majority of their business with dupes. To me, the difference is in marketing and how they talk about it. For example, WK makes no mention of it being a dupe on their product page. On the other hand, places like Chicago Grooming and Stirling mention the inspiration scent for things.

Other places like Fragrance Revival (they don’t deserve a link) are “duping” scents to try to flood the market and make money however they can. Including by selling Catie’s Bubbles scents for a higher price than the original! They boast a gigantic “discontinued fragrance) list and is nothing but a cheap money grab.

Daily Challenge: Today I get to show off my genius with my incredible replica of todays soap label! Now I know what you’re saying, how could I have bested last year’s label but somehow I’ve done it!

Daily Theme Justification: Cedrati is a dupe of Mancera Cedrat Boise of which I’ve never smelled the original so can’t really comment on how similar they are. It smells good and i think it the only full tub of dupe soap that I own. I have owned 2 different Aventus dupes at one point but sold/PIFd both.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Todays theme scent note is Cedar. All three of these boast a woody note of cedar/cedarwood

Jun. 14, 2024 - Brrrrrrrrrr

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Zenith 506U XSE unbleached boar

• Razor: Stirling Soap Co, Stainless

• Blade: Astra Green (1)

• Lather: Chiseled Face - Cryogen

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder Balm

• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Every Storm a Serenade

Another year, another frozen face! After freezing my lather earlier this month I thought about making an ice bowl and now that Im looking at this thread and see u/Priusaurus failed I'm glad i didnt. I thought I had a diabolical and unique thought but it seems that u/bmac92 has beaten me to the punch. Thankfully today is not wildcard wednesday and i wont buy a DQ for it. I just wish there was a consolation prize, like maybe the ability to feel my face at some point today...that would be great!

But anyway, onto my (apparent) copycat shave:

Cryogen, probably only second to Terror in the amount of menthol in the soap out of all the frozen soaps out there. Stirlings Glacial line is just a cool breeze in comparison to this, but even that is not enough for Frigid Friday! As I pulled my stuff out for today I realized that I havent used nearly enough of my Stirling Frost drops, despite using it as my splash last year. So for today I figured, "it's liquid, why do I need any water for my lather?"

And so, I loaded up my brush, then started adding liquid, then of course added more and since I like a drippy lather, added more!

Global warming? never heard of it! I'm pretty sure this shave has brought a new ice age upon my face! Im worried that Im going to have to watch out for a Mammoth! I feel like i might have a deadly encounter with one of those soon so better get ready!

Daily Challenge: My stack its not the best work, but I also was dodging two boys who wanted to "help" this morning.

Daily theme justification: yep, its all cold

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Winter-->Spring-->summer. Cryogen is the depths of winter cold-->Sonder is the hope of warmer weather in spring with the random chilly day from the WS-23 -->Every Storm a Serenade is the summer afternoon thunderstorm that frequents Mississippi

Player used Stirling Frost drops in lieu of water to lather cryogen.

Jun. 15, 2024 - Hunting a Mammoth!

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Maggard Green Handle 2 Band Badger

• Razor: Merkur 34c

• Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless (2)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Dammusi

• Post Shave: T.N. Dickinson’s - Witch Hazel

• Post Shave: House Of Mammoth Z (uncool) Balm

• Fragrance: House Of Mammoth - Tobacconist

Today, we’re hunting a Mammoth!

A mysterious ring has appeared, an elusive Ring of Death, right here in this jungle. Some have said it will take you back in time. I’ve always dreamt of meeting prehistoric giants, so I can't resist giving it a go.

With a deep breath, I slip into the ring, and in a bright flash, the jungle vanishes, replaced by snow and ice. Everything is freezing, and I can’t feel my face anymore.)

“Would ya at this place!” Steve exclaims in his typical Australian accent! “We’ve landed smack in the middle of the Ice Age.” “Steve?!?” I exclaimed! “How did you get here?” “Well you see…” he started, “It all started with that damn ray, but we don’t have time for that now, look!”

Following his gaze, I see many signs of the prized animal we hunt after! As we treked through the snow we had one false sighting, but it is not what we seek. We followed the trail to their den just imagining the size it must be to hold these massive beasts.

Our long journey has been worth it as I finally spot them: a herd of Mammoths, grazing among the rocks. “Would you look at that!” Steve whispers to me. “Just like modern elephants but with shaggy coats.”

As we watch, a sad blast comes up from the group. “Blimey! This just got interesting!” Steve says. He explains that one among them must be close to the end. I scramble up a tree for a better view.

As the sun sets, we watch as the Mammoth in the middle comes to the end of its life. With one final sad toot, they place his husk with the others who have passed.

Steve is the first to break the silence. “Wow! What a unique adventure, and while sad ending, it was so awesome to experience this part of nature today.” With a final look at the mammoths, I say goodby to Steve and with another flash, and I’m back in the present, in the same jungle. I cant shake the feeling that I traveled back with the spirit of that Mammoth.

And with that, I set off on my next journey, always ready to explore and protect the natural world.

Daily Challenge: If my lather ain’t drippin, I’m trippin! But for the good of the games, I knocked back the water I used today to just what was in my brush after soaking. If this isn’t pasty enough for you, idk what is!

Daily Theme Justification: She dead! This was my 55th use of Dammusi, when added to the 10+ samples I have sent out makes 65-70 shaves from a full tub!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All are dead or close to it! Dammussi & Witch Hazel kill! I’m very close on the balm and Tobacconist has a significant dent in it!

Jun. 16, 2024 - Father Moos

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving Exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar) #OLDWORLD #SUBBROOSH

• Razor: Gillette Ranger Tech

• Blade: Personna P74 (1)

• Lather: ~~Mäurer & Wirtz~~ SIR - Irisch Moos

• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen

• Fragrance: Paco Rabanne - Pour Homme

Happy Father’s Day to all those out there today!

Daily Challenge: Nope! Viva La Revolution! As I said yesterday, I’m single parent ops this morning so it was hard enough to get just a face shave in much less trying to hack down the forest on my legs!

Daily Theme Justification: Well I was basing this off of the Maurer & Wirtz brand until u/djundjila dropped a knowledge bomb the other day! Since I can’t actually read his link, there is an argument that since M&W advertises it as one of their brands, it should count for either brand! But it doesn’t really matter since they aren’t a sponsor and I don’t plan on using Tabac this month. M&W was founded in 1845, SIR in 1969, both older than me!

Oh and I’m still waiting on my Sponsor points from the Gillette that I used on goop day. That obviously was a typo on the points page since they sponsored the whole month this year!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All are very green Fougère scents, Varen being the dankest, of the three but so beautiful! I also pulled out my oldest razor, a 1940’s Ranger Tech and my #OLDWORLD Brush!

Jun. 17, 2024 -It’s a party!

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: AP Shave Co Black & Clear w/G5C 26mm

• Razor: GEM G-bar

• Blade: GEM PTFE

• Lather: Talent Soap Factory - Cakehole

• Post Shave: Mickey Lee Soapworks - Lū’au

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth/Barrister and Mann - Smash

Today has been an insanely long day and after a weekend full of shit, sorry I don’t have it in me tonight. I had the brilliant thought yesterday to lather my knee with my other knee (brush tied to the other knee) but after over 11 hours at work today it’s not happening. Boo work

Daily Challenge: sigh I guess this isn’t the worst thing that y’all have asked us to do this week and since I noped out of shaving my legs I guess I have to lather on them today. Here you go judges feast this eyes on my sexy kneecaps

Daily Theme Justification: TSF prides themselves on all vegan soaps. At least I think they do, it says it right on their site so I assume they take pride in that fact!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Today is a birthday party scent! Cakehole = cake, Lū’au = fruit punch and for the adults Smash = How you wish you felt to survive the third 5 year old birthday party of the month

Edit: thanks for the smoosh u/Priusaurus! It smells just like cake! lol

Jun. 18, 2024 - RIP the good stuff

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: That Darn Rob Green & Ivory w/Paragon Boar

• Razor: Blackland Era SB LVL5

• Blade: Personna P74 (2)

• Lather: Storybook Soapworks/Australian Private Reserve - Fresca Intensa

• Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Passione

• Fragrance: Dr Jon’s - Savannah Sunrise

I am so glad that we have brought this day back because these brands deserve to be remembered. All have had their place with things and some still outshine even modern prouducts!

Daily Challenge: I may come back to this, but right now not feeling like making fun of W_E. We all can’t be as great as Wetshaving!

Daily Theme Justification: Storetbook Soapworks shut down several years ago and while it was before my time, I got this incredible soap thankfully.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: I tripled down on the RIP scents today, Storeybook soapworks/APR soap, APR splash, Dr Jons Fragrance. I also brought out my discontinued razor (ERA) and a That Darn Rob handle (now Chisel & Hound) which while they dont qualify for RIP day they both are UnObTaNiUm so I get all of the 0 points available for matching hardware to the theme. Relevant: all items are from brands that are RIP making them all on theme for the day

Jun. 19, 2024 - Juneteenth

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Burnt Butterscotch v11 Fanchurian Badger

• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24

• Blade: GEM PTFE (7)

• Lather: Zingari Man/Rouge Perfumery - Mousse Illuminee

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Shire 2

Daily Challenge: Let there be MEMES!!! I love this day and have a collection of them throughout the years. I added a few new ones to the album but am blessing the crowd with all of the ones that I have made!

Daily Theme Justification: Zingari Man is based in Evansville Indiana which not only was a Union state, but had the largest population percentage to serve in the army

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All are on theme today, Soap in Indiana, Balm & Frag from New Jersey (“made” in Illinois thanks to Vida)

I made some more memes. One in particular for someone special to all of us.

Jun. 20, 2024 - Sunny Shave

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving Exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)

• Razor: GEM MMOC

• Blade: GEM PTFE

• Lather: Eleven Shaving - Lime & Basil

• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime

• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Sea Spice Lime

Eleven Lime and Basil is so citrus forward I think if you went diving into the pile of limes in the grocery store you woudnt get as much limes as opening this soap! Its a fantasticly bright lime scent that they rounded out with basil to make it not just one note. I got this soap in their clearance deal and really wish that I had gotem more of them because this Julien base is really pretty darn good!

Daily Challenge: To honor u/Old_Hiker and shave outside I gathered my stuff on a towel, rolled up a doob of shave gear and went to work. Out on base there’s this nice little shady shelter with a great view of the flightline. I even managed to catch a couple of witnesses taking off! It was a little hard to shave without a mirror so I had to do it by feel. I guess this is how u/mayana8828 lives normal life so I really can’t complain.

Daily Theme Justification: Limes, they are citrus, I smell like a sunny summer day today!

Jun. 21, 2024 - Let’s get wild?

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Chisel & Hound Mighty Duck v19 Fanchurian Badger

• Razor: Everyday Razors - Stinger

• Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless (2)

• Lather: Stone Cottage Shaving - Fougère

• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming - Cerberus Fougère

I just got this Stinger razor in the mail on a passaround and was excited to try it out! I’ve heard reports on it so had to give it a go this morning. This has a dual comb head held on by magnets! One side is mild, the other is wild! I can absolutely say that is false advertising! The wild side is mild and the mild side is unusable. The magnets are pretty damn cool though! It hold on a lot more secure than I expected thankfully!

Daily Challenge:

There was a man yearning for more,

Who found himself needing a MM24,

His skills were lacking,

But friends were packing,

For u/eldromr built him a scrubty-4

Daily Theme Justification: Stone Cottage FOUGÈRE! It’s there in the name! This is one of my favorite fougère scents of soaps that I have but unfortunately the worst performing soap base. It’s drying and not very slick but i just can’t quit it like the addict that I am!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All perfect for a Friday: all Fougeres!

Jun. 22, 2024 - Boooooo

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Burnt Butterscotch v11 Fanchurian Badger

• Razor: Everyday Razors Stinger

• Blade: Feather Hi-Stainless (2)

• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Boonana

• Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber

• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Boonana

Daily Challenge: Check out that pic that I carved my soap name into the banana! Yes that is a bread lame, I used it to carve my banana!

Daily Theme Justification: Boonana is the epitome of the fall season, it’s a dark take on banana that we know and love from Southern Witchcrafts.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: As we learned last year, banana is a berry! But did you know that Cucumber is botanically a berry? While we didn’t keep the ~~banana~~ berry day from last year it did give great knowledge! Today’s theme is berry scents, all are botanically berries!

Jun. 23, 2024 - Crazy kitchen shave

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Ninja Professional 1200 / no brand basting brush

• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley SB-C

• Blade: Astra Green (2)

• Lather: Mickey Lee Soapworks - Lū’au

• Post Shave: Mickey Lee Soapworks - Lū’au

• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Agua Fresca

Daily Challenge: Yes, I called it for today’s challenge! Djudges are predictable, just like u/Priusaurus with his repeat of his KitchenAid mixer shave. Yeah he 3d printed a ~~dildo~~ rocket brush handle attachment but yawn it’s still the same old thing. Still using something to spin a brush around to make lather.

What we need is something new here, we need a different kitchen tool, but since I’m lazy, I need something that will do the work for me still!

Enter the Ninja blender aka my youngest son’s favorite kitchen tool! Whenever it comes out he knows that he’s getting a good smoothie! So for today’s shave I knew I had to wait until after he went to bed to bust it out. I’m not going to share the look my wife gave me when I told her I was shaving in the kitchen tonight. lol

Alright, so down to the ~~blending~~ lathering! I brought everything out to my kitchen totally forgetting a mirror again! Sorry u/mayana8828, i really can’t do this blind shaving thing!

I scooped out a bunch of soap knowing that I was going to have to have a lot of water, I went big on the scoop!

Now say it with me: “WILL IT BLEND!?”

It produced quite the drippy lather but it worked! I did have to pull out a basting brush to spread it on my face but thankfully I was in the kitchen and had one handy!

Daily Theme Justification: Lū’au is like grown up fruit punch and IDK about you but fruit punch is one of the sweetest gourmand drinks I can think of!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All scents small like sticky sweet beverages! Lū’au is sweet fruit punch, Agua Fresca is the adult version with alcohol!

Put soap in a Ninja and made lather

Put soap in a Ninja and made lather

Jun. 24, 2024 - Thankful!

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Omega 10049 Boar

• Razor: Blackland Era SB LVL 3

• Blade: Derby Premium (1)

• Lather: Areffa Soap - Yuzu Melody

• Post Shave: Lucky Tiger - After Shave & Face Tonic

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào)

Today’s shave is sponsored by u/worbx as almost everything used today came from him. The razor, blade, brush, aftershave and fragrance all came from his Adventus calendar PIF in 2022! While he has taken a step back from the sub lately I will never take for granted the generosity that has been shown me by people on this sub!

My journey down this rabbit hole all started one fateful day when I opened a package of crack that I u/MrLamper1 snuck past the DEA. I have tried to pay that generosity forward in kind but know I’ll never match what I’ve been given!

Daily Challenge: What if I were to tell you I’ve seen the future and it’s exciting! 🐮 I am very grateful for the soap makers out there who have taken the time to make a special release just for us weirdos here on this sub! If I were to make another wish I would love to have a Spearhead exclusive soap! But if I was really dreaming it would be in his 20.1 base since it’s so good RIP

Daily Theme Justification: This soap sample came from u/bmac92! As can be seen in the Djudge portal he has posted every day so far this month! Thanks again for the sample! It got lost in my basket of samples and only saw the light of day thanks to today!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Everything from my shave today was gifted to me by another r/wetshaving member! The soap came from u/bmac92, everything else came from u/worbx

Jun. 25, 2024 - It’s beginning to ~~look~~ smell a lot like Christmas!

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Burnt Butterscotch v11 Fanchurian Badger

• Razor: J.A. Henckels #50 5/8 Hollow

• Lather: Noble Otter - ‘Tis the Season

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Yesterday Haze

Christmas is a special time for me, growing up as the son of a Methodist Pastor it was always a busy time for my Dad. There were way more events than normal at the church starting with Advent and going through Christmas. It was especially busy on those random years when Christmas Day was on a Sunday because we would have a candle light Christmas Eve service and also one on the day of. But no matter how busy my Dad was, he always made time for us as a family, and the way he did that was by reading an Advent book out loud to us every night. It was one of those books set up to read one chapter a day throughout the season and finish up on Christmas Day. Each year we would rotate to the next one in the series (I think 4 books in total) and be totally engrossed in the story for 20-30 minutes each day. It was an incredible way to bring our family together for intentional time spent together.

When I found out that my wife was expecting I knew that this was a tradition that I wanted to continue with my family. My parents knew this as well and gifted us a set of the books when Woodchip (my oldest) was born. Unfortunately, military life rears its ugly head and after my son was born in August 2019 I was deployed from November through January that year. I missed my sons first Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. So what did I do? I packed up that book, brought it 6,000 miles with me to read. Every day I would record a video to send to my wife to play for my son. While I know it wasnt the same thing, and I know that he wasnt old enough to really understand, it was an intentional move to make sure to spend time for my family and one that really helped me get through that deployment.

Daily Challenge: This challenge is a strangely difficult one because other than uniform hats (covers) I do not own a single hat myself! I have a slender head and large ears and wearing a hat just magnifies that fact. So I have really never worn hats in my life. BUT, my wife absolutely loves to wear ball caps so I am in luck today! So standing in my bathroom getting ready to shave all i had to do was look over and check out my wife's rack for today’s challenge. Here you get a cropped pic of me in the hat to mitigate the NSFW potential for today’s challenge.

Daily Theme Justification: Just look at that little Santa Otter on the label of ‘Tis the Season and tell me this isnt a perfect soap for today!

To be real, this is one my favorite Christmas scents and actually the only one that I have in a full tub! Stirling Christmas Eve is incredible as well but I like ‘Tis the Season more, the Cranberry and Apple in it does a great job of making this a fresh scent.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All the items that I used today are Christmas colors! Red or Green including my brush and razor!

Really heartwarming Christmas story here.

Jun. 26, 2024 - Wild Comparison Shave 1

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: My Hands

• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley SB-C

• Blade: Astra Green (3)

• Lather: Kroger - Avocado

• Post Shave: Thayers - Cucumber

• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - The Soft Lawn

So this is part 1 of my comparison shave today, the second luxury shave will be posted in the other shave thread. Link to part 2

Background:

When u/mammothben dropped the bomb that he had finally given in and made an avocado cream i was beyond excited! Until I realized that he was giving them out at the Maggard Meetup that I was not attending. Thanks to u/OnionMiasma for snagging me a sample of it so I didn’t go without. I have purposely not used it for today’s comparison shave! Yes I know Avocado isn’t a new thing to shave with for Wildcard Wednesday but has anyone ever compared the inspiration to the soap in separate shaves? I think not!

So who is Avocado for?

Me

The Unboxing Experience

As you may already know, avocados are quite difficult to get into, hard leather skin with soft flesh and then the hard pit again. It’s a miracle that I don’t cut myself every time I open one of these!

The Scent

Optionally the truest green scent I’ll ever shave with! 3/10, needs more salt

The Release

Avocados have been very hyped up in younger generations, mine included. While I admit there’s something still satisfying about cutting into a ripe green avocado, it really shouldn’t gather as much excitement as it does. I’d just an avocado, every grocery store has them.

Can you even score a soap if you payed full price for it??

I can and I will.

The Shave:

Onto the brass tax: Avocado shave

Really what can I say about this lather. It’s green, it’s chunky, it’s tasty!

FOMO Factor: 0 missed Ausflug EdP bottles out of 7

Drama Pyjamas: 0, I shave naked remember.

Safety of Intended Use: All proper food safety protocols were taken in the manufacturing and use of this product

Final Score: 4.20 / 69, I will buy when this is released

Disclosure: I purchased this avocado at Kroger with no discount. All other items were purchased with my own monies.

Daily Challenge: For the longest time I really was grossed out by used wetshaving items and then I realized, it’s soap. For any new brushes to my den (new new or just new to me) I clean them out by lathering up with Dawn dish soap

Daily Theme Justification: It’s Wednesday, it’s wild, it’s the first!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Green! Avocados are green, Cucumbers are green, lawns (grass) are green

Disclaimer for the Djudges: these are two separate shaves. I completely shaved with an Avocado first, went through my post shave routine and then started over with my pre shave face wash for my second shave with HoM - Avocado. I made sure to get in a good second application of The Soft Lawn. Which was great because Imaginary Authors isn’t known for its longevity and I was already going nose blind to this application.

Edit to add link to my second review shave

Jun. 27, 2024 - Overloaded

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Muninn Woodworks Weru Burl w/ 24mm B16 Badger

• Razor: Blackland Blackbird (SS)

• Blade: Astra Green (4)

• Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Passione

• Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Passione

• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts/Australian Private Reserve - Gravefruit

Today’s shave is a homage to Dan of APR and the incredible nose for scents that he had! Dan is one of the people who I really wish I had met or talked to before he had passed. I have stumbled upon a couple forums of his stuff (I’ll link in a reply comment since Reddit keeps removing my posts). One in particular that I found that dives into information overload was Dan creating his aftershave splashes. It’s absolutely eye opening how much went into him creating and experimenting with things and the community of minds that he worked with to do that. That is the kind of thing that is so cool to get an insight into that we “consumers” don’t normally get.

Daily Challenge: Another repeat challenge and again I have the same experience with this. I really don’t have an issue using the razor with my left hand, my Weck AA helped out big time on gaining that flexibility. What absolutely sucked was loading and lathering with my left hand! It just feels so wrong to use that hand to do that and took way longer than it should have to figure it out again.

Daily Theme Justification: Australian Private Reserve Passione - Notes: Passion Fruit, Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Elemi, Apricot, Peach, Raspberry, Lime, Apple, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Musk, Lavender, Geranium. Thats 13 notes by my count!

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All have at more than 10 notes! Passione has 13 notes as shown above and Gravefruit has 15 as shown below! Dan scented these products and he certainly wasn’t shy with the notes!

Australian Private Reserve Gravefruit - Notes: Yuzu, Grapefruit, Bergamot, Cedar, Green Mango, Vetiver, Freesia, Aldehydes, Ho Wood, Sandalwood, Elemi, Frankincense, Pear, Costus Root, Sambac

Jun. 28, 2024 - Cheep Cheep

• Brush: Dreadnought Avenger #SMOLL #RUNT

• Razor: Schick “66” G4

• Blade: Schick (10)

• Lather: Free Soap Collective - The Slickest Resistance

• Post Shave: T.N. Dickinson’s - Witch Hazel

• Fragrance: ~~Mäurer & Wirtz~~ SIR - Irish Moos

Daily Challenge: All are my cheapest products!

Cost breakdown:

Dreadnought Avenger: Purchased from Smallflower for $3.75/32g = $0.117/g

Schick “66” G4: OG MSRP was $0.66 in 1949 which equals $8.71/30g = $0.29/g

Schick Blade: Too light for my scale, included in the razor weight.

The Slickest Resistance: Free/169g = $0.00/g

TN Dickinson’s: Bought from Walmart for $3.98/501g = $0.008/g

Moos fragrance: Bought from Smallflower for $28.50/143g = $0.199/g

It is so nice to get a really good shave from cheap items! The most expensive item is the Moos fragrance and that was worth every penny! The worst part of my shave was the brush. It just might be the worst brush ever and cretainly is the worst one that I own! At $3.75 I totally overpaid for it but despite its avertisement of being “The Ultimate Shaving Brush for ReAl MeN!” it has no use other than qualifying for the RUNT and SMOLL tags. I lovingly refer to it as my "tiny shit brush" and for the other 11 months of the year let Woodstock play with it. I did manage to get a good lather, it just is the most stiff, pokey brush ever.

Daily Theme Justification: So this soap is quite the interesting item, I received it from u/mammothben in a PIF but the history of it is pretty cool. As can be seen in this comment from u/pppork, Free Soap Collective never charged any money for any of their soaps. It was created by Max Schaefer who raffled off (free entries) tubs of soap in a facebook group. So not only did I receive it for free but it has always been free therefore making it by default my cheapest soap product.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All on theme as my cheapest item per gram! Grand total of $0.61/g for all of these items! If you want the total cost of procuring them, it cost me $41.06 to buy all of the items, most of that coming from the full bottle of fragrance but can you really put a limit on the value per sniff of SIR Irisch Moos?

Jun. 29, 2024 - The Best of the Games

• Prep: CeraVe - Hydrating Facial Cleanser

• Brush: Chisel & Hound Mighty Duck v19 Fanchurian Badger

• Razor: Blackland Era OC LVL4

• Blade: Astra Green (2)

• Lather: Red House Farm - Sandalwood & Bourbon

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Sonder Balm

• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Sandalorian

Daily Challenge: Well it’s been a fun month and TBH I’m not sure why will win. I’m going with u/MrTangerinesky as the overall winner this year! His posts have shown real dedication to competing no matter how crazy it is.

For ROTY: I’m pulling for u/bmac92 to join the elite ranks of ROTYs. I just hope you come up with something better than green tea soap!

For the Photo contest: I haven’t been tracking the points but I think that u/Chronnoisseur42O will win the overall best shot with his purple Lego Lavender shot! There’s a reason it won the sidebar contest.

For FOF: I have enjoyed u/hugbckt’s entries this year. I especially resonate with how a scent makes you feel. I am terrible at picking out individual notes but love when a scent brings out a memory of a place or feeling.

I also picked out one post from every day that I enjoyed! Some ended up being Legendary, some were not, they all stuck out in my mind. This in no way is an all encompassing list. For that check out r/wetshaving102

1: u/Priusaurus Shaved with his bling

2: u/TheBunnynator1001 Made his country proud

3: u/Environmental-Gap380 Hones his alum skills

4: u/jeffm54321 Kept it simple like he has all month long, using only one item

5: u/jwoods23 Bowled his lather

6: u/cowzilla3 Was thirsty for an Old Spice drink

7: u/Priusaurus Mows down his stubble

8: u/bmac92 Spent a lot of money to not spend a lot of money

9: u/whosgotthepudding Is the king of the barbershop

10: u/alg82 Collaborates with his own formatting

11: u/iamhonestlylying Keeps raining the top 5 of the day

12: u/TheBunnynator1001 Invited us inside his crib

13: u/rocketk455 Was reminded why he doesn't make his own soap labels

14: u/enndeegee STACKED

ALL

THE

THINGS

15: u/jwoods23 Successfully hunted a Mammoth

16: u/Newtothethis Honors her late father by being the honorary scrub judge

17: u/MrTangerinesky Really jacked things to a new level

18: u/chronnoisseur42O Found APR at Tjmaxx

19: u/tsrblke Makes sure no meme is left behind

20: u/throwa-waaaay Shaved inside while also outside

21: u/tsrblke Gives his kids more things to talk to a therapist about

22: u/enndeegee Shows how lame this challenge was

23: u/hugbkct Cleaved his hair off

24: u/cowzilla3 Burns himself twice

25: u/hugbkct Ghosted the judges

26: Everyone who didn’t use a soap!

27: u/enndeegee Overloaded his shaves

28: u/InfernalInternal Bends the rules for his cheapest razor

Daily Theme Justification: Sandalwood & Bourbon! 2 notes but Sandalwood is definitely the star here. The bourbon just darkens the scent a bit.

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All three scent names start with the letter “S”

Jun. 30, 2024 - The End of the Games as we Know it!

• Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving Exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)

• Razor: Karve Christopher Bradley SB-C

• Blade: Astra Green (5)

• Lather: Kepkinh - Artemis

• Post Shave: Nivea - Sensitive Post Shave Balm

• Fragrance: Azzaro - Wanted

Welp, that’s a wrap! It’s been a great month full of all kinds of posts. Hilarious write ups, spite shaves, crazy lathers, and a few posts that I pulled out the popcorn out for.

Thank you to the djudges for your time, effort and passion for putting on these games! Yall are appreciated ❤️

Thank you to all of the other competitors who made this month what it was! This was my 4th year playing and it’s so much fun every time!

Daily Challenge: Everything was made in different countries, myself included! My typical face wash is made in the US so I skipped it today to be all on theme.

My Brush was made in Italy

My Razor was made in Canada

My Blade was made in Russia

My Lather was made in Greece

My Balm was made in Mexico

My Fragrance was made in France

Daily Theme Justification: I was made in the US and still live there

Relevant Post Shave & Frag: All on theme by being from countries that I do not live in.