Bonjour, Lather Games!

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL

• Razor: Fromm Hair Shaper Razor #107 #WECKONISTA

• Blade: Fromm Hair Shaper Blade

• Lather: Summer Break Soaps - Daydream

• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Cologne Russe Aftershave Balm

• Fragrance: The Zoo - Rhubarb My Love

Warning: Video contains minor amounts of blood.

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to my mom for recording the whole shave and for being so excited for me! Thanks to u/ShavingInCT for the soap and fragrance. Thanks to my dad for buying the razor. Thanks to my grandma for buying the blades. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Video is in portrait mode, sorry. I touched down the razor without moving and got cut. I used too much talc and got it everywhere. I thought I wouldn't need the styptic pencil so I already applied talc but I ended up having to use it on top of the talc and it made the talc chunky in that area. I thought I used too much fragrance but it wasn't enough. Lather was hidden in the bottom of the brush so I wasted it.
EDIT: More mistakes, I don't know why the bottom hashtags keep on bolding and why the stuff that is supposed to be bolded up at the reddit markdown won't work

Daily Writeup
First day of my first Lather Games went pretty good! I made it through the hair shaper razor with minimal irritation. I thought this weird B&M finger balm would be pretty bad but it was a pleasant surprise when I tried it. The soap had a great scent and despite how dry it was at first it lathered pretty great and was very slick. The fragrance is pretty light but surprisingly nice, I might apply some more before I head to work. The new brush is pretty nice but I spent like 5 minutes loading with like no moisture so it was super dry and probably not a good representation of the knot.

Daily Theme Points
I have never used any soaps from SBS.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance
I have never used a B&M finger balm. I have never used any fragrance from The Zoo Fine Fragrance.

Special Challenge
I have never used a replicable blade straight razor or hair shaper razor.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
This brush handle is crafted from lignum vitae with a vertical acrylic inlay topped by a matte resin ferrule for #COMPOSITE. The knot is a, "Synthetic that LOOKS like Pure Badger" for #FAUXFUR. The handle is from C&H while the knot is from AP Shave Co making it eligible for #FRANKENBRUSH. This knot is synthetic and cost me $24 before tax and shipping making it #PREMIUMPLASTIC. This brush is advertised as #SHD. I made sure that C&H lofted the knot at 60mm making it #TOLL.

Photo Contest
Hugging a bucket for u/hugbckt.

TL;DR
I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests #photocontest
#ROTY

Ahoy, Lather Games!

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Wholly Kaw - Twice as Spice
• Post Shave: Old Spice - Classic After Shave
• Fragrance: The Zoo - Sailors

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to my mom for the aftershave, recording me, and being so awesome. Thanks to Cowzilla3 for the sample of soap. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I felt the video was running a bit short so I decided to do a second pass. Mistake? I'll see later this month if I have any irritation.
EDIT: another mistake, apparently MM24 isn't a REVENANT so I gotta remove that part.

Daily Writeup
I'm tired; no writeup today; watch the video if you miss the writeup so much. (I'm also hungry and grumpy lol)

Daily Theme Points
Wholly Kaw Twice as Spice is definitely an Old Spice dupe, a good one at that!

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
I used Old Spice Aftershave with the little boat on the box and I used a fragrance called "Sailors" so I get points!

Daily Challenge
Apparently Priusaurus' Discord like username username is Cupcakesuarus so that's my history/paleontology lesson that I just found, to celebrate him I will eat a cupcake now. I also appreciate when he sometimes chimes in for one comment in a conversation because I like seeing his username in Discord but not too much so it's just like a pleasant surprise.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
MM24 has a #FLIPTOP as demonstrated in my video. I also get #MODERNGEM, "For the purposes of this hashtag, MM24 manufacturing began in 2021." ~~And this razor went through some major shit but now it is a #REVENANT.~~ nevermind, information arose saying this was never ruined.

Photo Contest
Trash, comment if you can find which each piece of trash is!

TL;DR
I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Where's the Beef?

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: Blackland Vector #CNC
• Blade: Schick Proline P-30
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Scots Pine Sheep
• Post Shave: Parker - Alum Block
• Fragrance: Demeter - Mountain Laurel

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to my dad for the alum block. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and fragrance sample. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I decided for OnionMiOsma day I would use only an alum block as aftershave; I ended up having some irritation for a while. You could also consider bowl lathering a mistake, I'll talk more about it in the writeup.

Daily Writeup
No video today because my mom is back to work today and she was tired and when I finally got home from seeing the Garfield movie she was already sleeping; I think I will limit the SOTD videos to weekends because my mom doesn't work weekends and we both have a lot more free time and energy. I decided to fully bowl lather today (I usually use the bowl just to load the sample); I used to religiously bowl lather until I learned how to properly face lather, this was like WAAY TOO MUCH FOR ONE PASS so it wasn't the slickest shave because there was an inch of lather between the razor and my skin and I had to rinse the razor every 0.5 seconds. I watched the Garfield movie today with my grandma, definitely not nearly as good as the original Garfield movies lol, but fun nonetheless. Also when I got done shaving I walked out just to find the smell of burnt plastic because my brother turned on the wrong burner when cooking and there was plastic on that one.

Daily Theme Points
Stirling's Scots Pine Sheep is indeed not beef but rather sheep. Where is the beef? I'm unsure, you better ask Wendy.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
I didn't have any sheep tallow aftershaves or fragrances so I decided to just relate them all in the way that they are different than the other traditinal stuff I have in my collection. For the aftershave I used just my crappy Parker alum block that also coincides with the daily challenge. For my fragrance the thing making it different is the label is just a simple label instead of listing the brand and perfumer or having a fancy pants logo. The fragrance is also called Mountain Laurel and mountain laurels, like pine, grow in the mountains, so I thought it would connect. Also for people saying that my alum block isn't a stand alone aftershave, it is, according to Parker it's "A Natural Aftershave with Astringent Properties to Soothe Skin & Treat Shaving Nicks".

Daily Challenge
Man this Parker alum sucks, I wish I had Osma. First of all, it was waay overpriced, I bought it for like $13 at my local shave store because I didn't want to wait for any online shipping. When the guy at the shop took it out of the case he dropped it but none of us thought anything of it but it turns out the case cracked, but I didn't notice until I had already gotten home and opened it so I just keep on using it like this, so what some weird alum crystal water seeps through onto my counter. And that alum block must have been sitting in that shave shop for years because the weird outer plastic wrapping had gotten all cracked and even started to stick to the block so the first couple uses of it had random plastic pieces falling off. Hopefully I get some Osma soon because I'm sick of this. Also to honor Onion I decided to use the Onion photo contest theme today to coencide with the daily challenge.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt Forgot to mention this yesterday but if you want reasoning for the hashtags on the brush look at my day one post because I just copy and paste the brush in everyday I use it but I don't want to remove the hashtags. As for the razor hashtag of today, the Blackland Vector is indeed #CNC.

Photo Contest
Included a really old onion from my fridge that seems to be growing inside, good thing I found it for this so I could throw it out afterwards.

TL;DR
Long post, no video, alum is an aftershave, I win rookie of the year, thank you.

Side Contests #photocontest #ROTY

K.I.S.S.

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Jordan's - Black Licorice
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Presto Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: Hendley Perfumes - "Untitled"

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the ~~soap and~~ just the fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together. EDIT: I just realized that it was former president Donald Trump (cowzilla3) that gave me the shave soap for today, so thanks.

Daily Mistakes
I should have shaved earlier because now I am speedrunning writing this SOTD because my brother has a zoom meeting on this computer in 10 minutes and I work in a couple hours. EDIT: In my haste to finish this I didn't realize that it was infact Cowzilla that gave me the soap sample for today.

Daily Writeup
If you didn't see yesterday I will start only doing the SOTD videos on weekends. I'm back to work today so this has to be super quick. Jordan's base is alright, kind of reminds me of how Arko performs.

Daily Theme Points
Black licorice is the only scent note named in the marketing for this soap. It is actually a really nice scent if you like black licorice.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Presto has licorice root extract in its ingredients. For the fragrance I didn't have anything that had only one scent note so I decided to do something "untitled" instead.

Daily Challenge
I haven't tried any discontinued bases that I know of but my favorite soap base is the soap base found in Seaforth! Roman Spice, it says it is the highland base but it is definitely different because it loads incredibly fast and lathers even better.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags so if you want to know about these ones you can see my previous posts.

Photo Contest
This is my favorite teddy bear, "Teddy," for the animals not alive theme.

TL;DR
Short SOTD because I have work. I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Canned Shape Goop

• Brush: Myself - Hands
• Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable J1 #ADJUSTABLE #STAINLESSLESS
• Blade: Treet - Classic Double Edged Blade
• Lather: Barbasol - Original
• Post Shave: XtraCare - Fresh Scent After Shave
• Fragrance: Guy Laroche - Drakkar Noir

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to whoever sent me this blade with their smooshes, sorry I don't remember who. Also thanks to the random u/Enndeegee guy that was the only one that commented on yesterday's SOTD post.

Daily Mistakes
I stayed up until 2 AM then I had to wake up at 8 because my dad had to drop me off at my mom's house before he went to work, then I fell asleep meaning to take a 2 hour nap but it ended up being 4 hours.

Daily Writeup
Man Barbasol sucks, this crappy dollar store aftershave is more water than it is alchohol so it did absolutely nothing. The fragrance was alright though. I'm tired and hungry but I spent all my money on keyboard stuff so I can't afford any food.

Daily Theme Points
This Barbasol was acquired a couple months ago at my local dollar store.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
I found this aftershave at a dollar store and I got the good old Drakkar Noir at Walmart

Daily Challenge
Usually I would say I am a face latherer but I bowl lathered a couple days ago so I wouldn't say I never do that, instead I hand lathered because the opposite of using a brush is not using a brush.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
The Gillette Slim Adjustable is believe it or not, #ADJUSTABLE. I also used this Treet Classic blade that is in fact carbon steel.

Photo Contest
Because I used Drakkar Noir I decided to go for the noir iphone filter for the black and white picture prompt. Also you can't see from the picture but this aftershave is like a really scary blue color. The lather and aftershave don't deserve any color today.

TL;DR
Crappy SOTD other than the fragrance. I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Thirsty Thursday

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Zingari Man - The Brewer
• Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Sea Ice Lime Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: The Zoo - Smile & Shine

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Something was up with the lather, idk what went wrong but it didn't really look normal to me.

Daily Writeup
Writing this after work, I originally was going to do it right after I shaved before work but my brother needed to use the computer that we share. Shave was meh, as all one pass shaves are, not as bad as yesterday with the terrible aftershave and barbasol. I definitely don't use this Sea Ice Lime enough because it is absolutely fantastic but I've been so busy with the Lather Games that I have no time for other stuff. After work my sister, my mom, and I went to Trader Joe's but we are low on money so we had to put some stuff back, but my mom decided it would be a good time to just leave to the car without her phone so we couldn't call to see how much money was on the card and we had to decide what to put back, then my mom got mad that we put back the juice! And I was like, "well that's completely on you," but then she just got kind of mad and went to her room. But we got a lot of Mac & Cheese which is pretty good. What was I talking about again?

Daily Theme Points
The Brewer is like a tropical drink? Idk I'm 15.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Sea Ice Lime is also a tropical drink kind of scent. Smile & Shine mentions in it's description, "Imagine a citrus cocktail with plenty of natural lime, a splash of grapefruit and a lovely garnish of blood orange peel."

Daily Challenge
Check out this awesome wettubing video!! Also I thought I'd talk about my favorite WetTuber, Barber Dave's Shaves and Such. He is a very good shaver & barber that deserves more subscribers, and he does cool giveaways every couple hundred subscibers, so subscribe so I can be in that new giveaway! Also subscribe to me. I am famous now.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags because I'm too lazy to change razors and have to make new hashtags, I just copy paste. If you want to see my reasoning for these hashtags look at my previous SOTDs.

Photo Contest
Wooden bookshelf that I gotta get rid of, look at that beauty!

TL;DR
Alchohol or something I don't drink, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Vetiver You Want

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Shannon's Soaps - Vetyver
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Cologne Russe Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: The Zoo - Vetyver Rain Skin

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to u/iamhonestlylying for the soap smoosh. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to my dad for buying the donut for the photo contest. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
none? I am perfect? yes, probably.

Daily Writeup
Well today was my closest shave so far in the lather games because of the daily challenge so that was pretty cool but I don't have my alum block because I am at my dad's house for the weekend and I have a wee bit of irritation. I also decided that I wouldn't load the smoosh into the bowl but instead just lather off of the wax paper and it actually worked nicely, I don't have much time to write this because today is my family's D&D night and they are waiting on me lol.

Daily Theme Points
Vetiver, or vetyver, not much more to say.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
I thought it was finally time to break the streak of a new aftershave each day because I simply don't have enough aftershaves, today I used the cologne russe aftershave because it is a darker scent much like vetiver. The fragrance has vetyver in the name which is actually vetiver but just spelt different.

Daily Challenge
Finally a decently close shave, every other day I have been doing only one with the grain pass but today's against the grain pass cleared up some stubble that has been there for a while, meaning tomorrow will have nothing to shave. It did leave a bit of irritation but not that bad so I guess GeoFatBoy knows what he is doing.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags so if you want to know about these ones you can see my previous posts.

Photo Contest
Today is actually donut day so while my family was getting our free frazils for free frazil friday in Utah we picked up a gas station donut to honor impressivedonut.

TL;DR
Close shave? Irritation? I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Small Business Saturday... but in June

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Maggard Razors - Northern Moss
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Cologne Russe Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: Rogue - Chypre Siam

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to OnionMiasma for the soap smoosh. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to Chris in my local keyboard meetup for letting me take a picture of my shave stuff in front of his prius. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
none? I am perfect? yes, probably.

Daily Writeup
This morning I woke up but I didn't shave because I had to wait until later to take a picture with the Prius so I didn't want to use up my smoosh before the picture. Then the keyboard meet was longer than expected and my dad was late to pick me up so I didn't have time to shave before work, then after work ended at 9:30 my dad and I went to the store to go grocery shopping, so I just shaved at 10:30 and I'm not sure if this closes at 11mst or 12mst so I am rushing to pump this out before 11.

Daily Theme Points
Maggard's soap lathered super great!

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Today I used the cologne russe aftershave because it is a darker scent much like moss. The fragrance is in the same boat because according to google Chypre scents are also darker, and the smells actually match super nicely today!

Daily Challenge
I need to buy more stuff from Maggards but I am a poor 15 year old that spends too much on keyboards. My biggest order was actually when I just started going deep into the hobby back in February, it was actually a birthday present from my mom that I picked out. The order was Black Watch, Orbit, and Pinaud Clubman. Pretty simple but man those are some of my favorite items my mom loved the scents so much that I actually gave her the Orbit to get her into wetshaving and she almost bought the Black Watch EDP for my grandpa lol!

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags so if you want to know about these ones you can see my previous posts.

Photo Contest
One of my buddies from the local keyboard group was nice enough to let me take a picture with his Prius to honor our fabulous Priusaurus.

TL;DR
Late shave. I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Shave and a Haircut - Two Bits

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Talent Soap Factory - Daddy Longlegs
• Post Shave: Pinaud Clubman - Aftershave Lotion
• Fragrance: Maher Olfactive - Tempo Rubato

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to u/KerblimeySkal for the soap sample. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
None, I am perfect.

Daily Writeup
Just got done playing Hypixel Skyblock for like 15 hours so it's a late shave and writeup lol. Not much to say about the shave today. Soap is good, not anything special but definitely good. The fragrance smells terrible, I thought I would enjoy it based off of scent notes and because it's kind of jazz themed but yeah it's bad.

Daily Theme Points
Daddy Longlegs is advertised as a 1920s barbershop scent.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Everyone knows Pinaud Clubman aftershave as the absolute classic when it comes to barbershops, almost every barbershop in America has been using Pinaud Clubman for decades, including my barbershop. As for the fragrance I thought I would go for a matching 1920s themed Jazzy almost Barbershop quartet kind of thing, name and the description are pretty nice and relevent because I'm a total band kid but the scent is terrible! But it also has some citrus which is generally considered a barbershop scent.

Daily Challenge
uh... 3%. I got stuck on Barrister and Mann. But I got AA Wapiti right first try! It was the only one I could remember.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags because I'm too lazy to change razors and have to make new hashtags, I just copy paste. If you want to see my reasoning for these hashtags look at my previous SOTDs.

Photo Contest
Hobby, this is my first of 2 Bauer Lites, this one with Vertex V1 switches and Drop + biip MT3 Extended 2048 Dark keycaps.

TL;DR
I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize. Except I don't know soap names off the top of my head.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Thirsty Thursday

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Scholar V20
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - Armonia
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Cologne Russe Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Smash

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and fragrance sample. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
None, I am perfect.

Daily Writeup
Writing this after work, I originally was going to do it right after I shaved but then someone asked me to cover their shift and I couldn't refuse so I didn't have time to do a writeup. Ngl today's shave was very tobacco smelling and I smelt like a smoker at work lol. Pretty good base though! It's also been a while since I've used the good ole Scholar V20 and man badger is so much better than synthetic lol. There's a big gap in my collection for some badger brushes so I might start the hunt for a nice DG brush secondhand. Today was the first time I had bacon in years and it was terrible, not much more to say.

Daily Theme Points
The scent for Armonia was crafted for Chicago Grooming Co. by House of Mammoth.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For the fragrance I went with House of Mammoth Smash because it's another tobacco scent by House of Mammoth. For the aftershave I went with Cologne Russe because it's another darker matching kind of scent and I thought why not throw in a 3rd artisan in the mix and have a super collab shave!

Daily Challenge
For the song I went with probably my favorite song, Misty, specifically the Ella Fitzgerald version. Pretty good song especially for a band kid like me, the first time I heard this was when I was in 7th grade and decided to go to the high school jazz band concert, a kid name Alec was the lead alto at the time and he had a killer solo and that was the first decent saxophone playing I've ever heard, so this song is always special to me.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags because I'm too lazy to change razors and have to make new hashtags, I just copy paste. If you want to see my reasoning for these hashtags look at my previous SOTDs.

Photo Contest
Comedy! If you can't read the note it says: Knock knock Who's There? Freep Freep Who? Free Poo? ew

TL;DR
I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

April Showers Bring May Flowers

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Gentleman's Nod - Juniper Reverie
• Post Shave: Old Spice - Classic Aftershave (American)
• Fragrance: Motif Olfactif - Voile D'encens

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to Arch for giving me a killer deal on a soap lot including this soap. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the fragrance sample. Thanks to my mom for buying me the aftershave. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to my dad for finding a flower and getting the bugs off of it then holding it in front of my SOTD. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I should have properly planned today better, I originally had a sample set and I knew I would have to change it for the daily challenge but I was so busy I forgot until last minute.

Daily Writeup
Man this cologne smells terrible! I could hardly breathe after applying it. Today was the first day of marching band and it was meh, I don't like marching band. Then I went over to my grandma's house to help her with some arts and crafts but it took way longer then expected so I had to rush to work without shaving. So I just got home from work and put together a shave and shaved and now I am writing this, way past my bedtime because I have marching band early morning tomorrow.

Daily Theme Points
Don't get it wrong, Juniper Reverie is in fact a spring soap, when Gentleman's Nod first introduced the scent they said, "Spring has arrived - And so has a new fragrance collection." Not convinced? Just look at that logo art, looks like some grassy soap to me! Still need some more convincing, look at the scent notes or just smell the soap, "...soft florals," is directly listed as one of the scent notes. Reminds me of before the summer marching band heat, oh how I miss it.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Today for the relevant post shave and fragrance I matched it by color and tone for the daily special challenge. Old Spice is a pretty light bottle but not exactly white so it matched the sky of the soap label very nicely, for the fragrance I went with a fragrance that is more yellowish orange to match the actual grass of the soap label art.

Daily SPECIAL Challenge
I explained a bit in the daily relevant post shave and fragrance section but to finish off the picture I put it with a brush with some white to match good, a white towel, and last but not least, a nice spring light flower to finish it off and make it relevant for the theme.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags so if you want to know about these ones you can see my previous posts.

Photo Contest
For the photo contest today I went with darkness because frankly that's what reminds me of spring, maybe it's because when I was a very young child I had breathing issues at night occasionally and my mom would take me outside in the cold and smell the lavender with me, and lavender is a springy scent so it's very nostalgic. Today's photo theme I decided to go outside in the dark and have a spring flower to remind me of those days.

TL;DR
Late shave. I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

CREAM

• Brush: Wallygator - mystery vintage brush #SMOLL #RUNT
• Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable J1 #ADJUSTABLE #STAINLESSLESS
• Blade: Treet - Classic Double Edged Blade (2)
• Lather: Bevel - Shave Cream
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Ramblin' Man Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: Creed - Himalaya

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to wallygator88 for the brush. Thanks to whoever sent me this blade with their smooshes, sorry I don't remember who. Thanks to my mom for buying this cream in my first shaving starter kit ever. Thanks to my grandma for buying the aftershave as my first non bevel shave product. Thanks to my dad for buying this razor from the antique shop with me after pho as my second razor ever! Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Joining marching band, it sucks... again... I already went through this pain once and I hated it.

Daily Writeup
My whole body is sore. The knot fell out of the brush. The shave cream sucks. The aftershave and fragrance was nice though!

Daily Theme Points
This is indeed veeery CREEEEEEEEEAAMMMIIIIEEEEYYYY.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For today's shave I went with some of my first products, my first lather, my 2nd aftershave, and a matching fragrance for that aftershave, actually the first fragrance that I ever tried because I tried it in a mall department store or something before I got into this whole thing lol. Also for matchy matchy I went with my slim which was my 2nd razor.

Daily Challenge
I have to stand up and take pictures? Man I'm too sore for this, but Lather Games doesn't give a fuck about my excuses. Here are the soaps (excluding arko because that's in the other picture and juniper reverie because that's at my dad's house) and here is my bottom mess of a drawer that was organized like 2 weeks ago before the lather games but now it looks like this, this is where I store my aftershaves, used fragrances, and razors (exluding stuff from yesterday because it's at my dad's and exluding my brassbird because it's over with blackland for inspection). The only brushes that are currently at this house are pictured in the reference photo for hashtags below.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
This brush is definitely a #RUNT. I think it's #SMOLL but I don't know exactly how big that is and I don't have measuring stuff so up to you and this reference photo.

Photo Contest
Football! Or soccer or whatever the hell you call it. This is a jersey from the local Real Salt Lake soccer team that I have never seen in my life, I got this shirt for free from my school because I was a good student or something. I actually played soccer in like 2nd grade, didn't really play it because my mom forgot about every practice lol.

TL;DR
My legs hurt, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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"Lather Games doesn't give a fuck about my excuses."

Truth.

Also, marching band++

Dupelgänger

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co 26mm Pure Bliss™ SHD Premium Synthetic Knot #COMPOSITE #FAUXFUR #FRANKENBRUSH #PREMIUMPLASTIC #SHD #TOLL
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #FLIPTOP #MODERNGEM
• Blade: Personna PTFE Coated Stainless GEM
• Lather: Declaration Grooming - Trismegistus
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Ramblin' Man Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - La Petite Prairie

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and fragrance sample. Thanks to my grandma for buying me the aftershave a couple months ago. Thanks to EldrormR for including some free blades with my MM24. Thanks to my sister for finding a baseball bat for the photo contest. Thanks to our wonderful judges and other people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Marching band. I am incredibly sore and this sucks.

Daily Writeup
Great shave all around, great scents, great soap base. This was my first time trying declaration grooming milksteak base and it is incredible, it is in one of the little sample containers and I was too lazy to take it out and put it in a bowl because I couldn't find a bowl so I just loaded from the little tub lol. It took a bit to load and it was a very small amount but it actually lathered into a pretty decent lather considering! Scent is also great. super fast one pass shave because I am super tired but I think tomorrow or saturday a passaround razor will arrive so I'll do a longer in depth shave to fully try that out.

Daily Theme Points
Trismegistus is a fabulous dupe of some Hermes perfume or something, it smells really good!

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For the fragrance I went with something that would simply match the scent and feel of the soap with la petite prairie that has some vetiver and citrus just like the soap. As for the aftershave I went with another dupe, this time of creed himalaya.

Daily Challenge
I drew this soap logo art! I printed it out for the SOTD picture but if you want the file that I made with MS Paint you can see it here. It was honestly super fun to make!

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags so if you want to know about these ones you can see my previous posts.

Photo Contest
Baseball! My sister found this super old bat in my closet for this photo. This year is very sad because it is the last season of our local baseball team, the salt lake bees. Don't get me wrong, I don't often watch baseball, and the bees are a terrible team lol, but man the times I have went to see the game it was great, even know the bees lost every time. I guess we are getting a new more professional team but I don't like all the new Utah stuff, a bunch of new teams and stuff, and too many people.

TL;DR
Dupe, ms paint, baseball, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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CREAM

• Brush: Wallygator - mystery vintage brush #SMOLL #RUNT
• Razor: Gillette Slim Adjustable J1 #ADJUSTABLE
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: Noble Otter - Orbit
• Post Shave: Noble Otter - Orbit Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - O Unknown

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to wallygator88 for the brush. Thanks to my mom for letting me use the orbit I gave her. Thanks to my dad for buying this razor from the antique shop with me after pho as my second razor ever! Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
None, I am perfect.

Daily Writeup
Honestly considering the knot isn't actually attached to the brush and how small it is, the lather was pretty good. I love this soap and I'm glad my mom does too. Today I spent $100 on a fictional item in minecraft.

Daily Theme Points
Really nice chill in orbit.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
The post shave is the matching aftershave. As for the fragrance I went with imaginary authors because it's a somewhat summery scent to my nose and I think imaginary authors had a collab with noble otter if I'm not mistaken?

Daily Challenge
It took an hour to stack this so you better be grateful. I ended up going through about every razor and brush in my collection trying to stack something. I ended up cheating a bit by unscrewing the slim and rescrewing it on the brush.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
No new hashtags so look at previous posts for explainations.

Photo Contest
So I kind of forgot about photo contest until I had already stacked stuff so I just put on a new wallpaper and called it a day. AIR, one of the four major elements, stacking this wouldn't be possible without it, because there would be nothing to hold it or I would suffocate or something. There is air in the picture I promise.

TL;DR
Mom's soap, minecraft coins, hour stacking, air, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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Near Death Experience

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Scholar V20
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Brass SB Long Handle
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: Spearhead Shaving - Seaforth! Black Watch
• Post Shave: Old Spice - Classic Aftershave
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Rumble

Daily Gratitude
Thank you so much to Blackland for fixing up and polishing this razor. Thanks to my mom for buying this aftershave. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Forgetting to put a blade in until after I "shaved" half of my face lol.

Daily Writeup
Man, I missed this razor, but now it is even better than it was. If you are lame and you aren't active in the discord then you probably didn't see what it was like before, and that's a good thing lol. The blade gap was on the wrong side of the blade. But they polished it and apparently that fixed the problem? But I'm thrilled because when I was researching this razor I wanted to get a polished one before I asked them and they told me that the polished brass will not be returning in the brass drops, so I had to go for a matte one second hand. But now it's even better than it was!!! I decided to do a 3 pass shave for the first time in 2 weeks because today work was really busy and I needed a calming shave with my favorite razor. So smooth and so nice.

Daily Theme Points
Coincidentally, today was the shave with this soap that revealed the bottom of the tub! Near death experience, I'm really scared, I saw it's life flash before my eyes, a lot of good shaves, also that time that I wanted to scrape the top of this because it wasn't looking good and I only had a razor blade to use, I cut myself up really bad lol.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For today I just went with some of my favorite stuff, and more on the darker warmer side like black watch. Old Spice is really good and it's pretty dark to my nose. I honestly didn't think I would like rumble based off of the scent notes but I actually loved it! Super chocolatey.

Daily Challenge
Usually my lather is super fast and poorly hydrated. This picture was taken after I did a stroke on the side but here is kind of what it looked like in one spot. Also the saying is, "if it aint drippin you trippin" and it was dripping all over my body lol.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new.

Photo Contest
It's super packed or something.

TL;DR
I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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Father's Day

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Brass SB Long Handle
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Tabac Original Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Cologne Russe Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: American Perfumer - Madame Chouteau

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to my dad for being the best. Thank you so much to Blackland for fixing up and polishing this razor. Thanks to my mom for taking the before picture. Thanks to a random old Maggards video for the leg shaving tutorial. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Cut the back of one knee on accident.

Daily Writeup
Woohoo, lather games. Already half way done... I can't believe I got myself into this, shaving my legs with a $150 razor. But honestly the shave was pretty good, my back kind of hurt from leaning over but honestly my legs are really smooth and it feels pretty nice up against a blanket and stuff so meh.

Daily Theme Points
Man I'm 15, just about anything is older than me lol. But Tabac is infact older than me.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
I went with Cologne Russe because it's a darker scent like Tabac and because I needed a good balm to apply to my legs. I went with Madame Chouteau because it sounded like nursing home old lady, just like tabac!

Daily Challenge
I did it, and I'm sure people in marching band tomorrow will laugh at me for it. before with only a couple dogs because you need to pay me for the rest of them. after still missing a couple dogs because that costs extra.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
I didn't even copy paste today so there isn't any hashtags at all!

Photo Contest
Water is one of the 4 elements or something? Here's the water on my mom's shower after I needed to wash a pound of hair off after shaving today.

TL;DR
My dad is cool, shaved my legs, nursing home, cut myself, water, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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Don't have a Cow, Man!

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Yates Precision Polished Winning Razor #CNC
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: The Holy Black - Artisan Line Gunpowder Spice Shaving Soap
• Post Shave: Old Spice - Classic Aftershave
• Fragrance: Old Spice - Classic Cologne

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to my mom for getting this soap as my 15th birthday present a few months ago. Thanks to my mom for the aftershave. Thanks to my dad for the cologne. Thanks to engineeredshave for doing the winning passaround. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I feel kind of crappy because after buying archsoup's soap lot I sold a bunch of it without really noticing that it was kind of flipping and that's a bit messed up. Classic 15 year old making mistakes.

Daily Writeup
Man this is the Lather Games I was excited for, shaving my legs and lathering on my knee and taking weird pictures of random stuff with my shave stuff.

Daily Theme Points
The Holy Black shave soap is based on a vegetable derived stearic acid, making it vegan.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Old Spice!!! (the holy black gunpowder spice is an old spice dupe)

Daily Challenge
Proof of lather. Don't worry, I didn't shave my knee with a passaround razor lol. I built a quick lather on my clean smooth shaven knee and at the end of the shave the lather had dried out a bit on my knee to the point that I could rub it in as a nice lotion! Now I smell even more like Old Spice!

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
I don't quite remember if I've already done CNC hashtag yet so I'm just making sure. I'm 99% sure this razor is #CNC.

Photo Contest
Time, if time was an old crappy chinese broken target watch that was way overpriced.

TL;DR
Gratitude, guilt, happiness, old spice, time, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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RIP in Pieces

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Yates Precision Polished Winning Razor
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: Archaic Alchemy - Agave
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Ramblin' Man Aftershave Balm
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - 福

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to Tetriside for the soap smoosh. Thanks to m... what... I feel... like a wicked edger... it's taking over...

Thank you to u/StBandicootchie for always being my favorite mod in the world, and for protecting me from you weirdo's at wetshaving until I absolutely had to go here.

Erm... what the sigma, this shave was terrible! I thought now that I bought this new straight razor to replace my gillette super razor would mean I would get good shaves, especially since I got the winning one! I even got shaving soap to lather up perfectly, just like barbasol. Not even to mention that I got the perfect angle.

Unlike you nerds in r/wetshaving us wicked edgers actually touch grass, and I demonstrated that in the SOTD photo.

I even went outside of my usual arko and barbasol to match your stupid lather games prompt that actually doesn't make since because RIP stands for rest in peace and that means that this prompt is rest in peace in pieces. I did this by using this soap from Archaic Alchemy which is only extinct because you guys are evil and you guys ganged up on them.

And today I tried using aftershave and stinky cologne for the first time, agave is sweet so I went with some super sweet summery bright scents, I went with Ramblin' Man which I found out is actually a soap smell made by Creed, i'm pretty sure creed is about a boxer and boxing is mean and dangerous, is there a website to warn me about having any scents that are made by evil companies that are trying to make me violent? For the cologne I went with 福 因为它是猛犸象公司出品的柑橘花香，而柑橘就像龙舌兰一样适合夏天。

TL;DR poop fart brain wicked edging year rookie winner a razor.

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Juneteenth

• 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: Dr Jon's - Runaway
• Post Shave: Barrister And Mann - Fougere Classique Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Damocles

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to tsrblke for this soap I think? Thanks to ShavinginCT for the aftershave. Thanks to my dad for the cologne. Thanks to engineeredshave for doing the winning passaround. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
The mess that was yesterday's SOTD lol. I'm back to normal don't worry.

Daily Writeup
Now that I have used this passaround razor a couple times I am starting to really figure it out and now I can judge it more fairly than I could on day one; for the past couple days it was super strange and it was never quite a good shave. Today I really got in the groove (possibly because this new blade I'm trying, super good btw) and it was a super smooth shave, still not exactly my cup of tea because I like a lot of blade feel like the blackbird but this is definitely a completely different experience, super smooth with little to no blade feel for most of the shave, especially with this special polish on it.

Daily Theme Points
When Dr Jons was still in business they were located in one of the union states.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Both House of Mammoth and Barrister and Mann are located in union states.

Daily Challenge
I came up with this joke and I thought it was pretty clever: Why did the safety razor hate his job?

!Because he had to hold double edged blades (like double edged swords)!<

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
Bokeh Balls! This was my most advanced picture I've ever taken lol. There are lights above my mom's bed, then I took her like breakfast in bed table thing and put my SOTD stuff on it so I could hold it up with one hand. Then in the other hand I kept on trying to focus on the SOTD stuff while making sure that I didn't have my mom lying on the bed in the frame lol. Shot on 2020 iPhone SE

TL;DR
Gratitude, reflecting, learning, union states, comedy, complicated photos, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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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.

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Fougere Friday

• 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: Barrister and Mann - Fougere Classique
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Fougere Classique Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Cape Heartache

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the frag. Thanks to engineeredshave for doing the winning passaround. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
None

Daily Writeup Fougere Friday, What a wonderful day! The shave was the best, But now it is time to rest, Because tomorrow is a Saturday!

Daily Theme Points This was B&M's OG Fougere.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
This is the matching aftershave with "Fougere" in the name. As for the frag, I went with this because of the color of the logo and I thought they smelled similar, I don't actually know what makes something fougere.

Daily Challenge See "Daily Writeup" in AABBA rhyme scheme, a limerick. I had to search that up lol. I don't understand a lot of what enndeegee does means but I appreciate him nonetheless.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
DIY!

TL;DR
Limerick, good shave, fougere, diy, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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Spooky Season

• 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: Southern Witchcrafts - Samhain
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Fougere Classique Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: Maher Olfactive - Santal Auster

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and frag. Thanks to engineeredshave for doing the winning passaround. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
Forgetting to press markdown so I had to redo a bit.

Daily Writeup I'll get this straight, this was the worst shave of my life, I'm in the middle of no where with no running water and there are a ton of bugs and i'm really sunburnt. Soap smells nice and today was a good day so meh.

Daily Theme Points I think there are cobwebs on the soap art or something.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
This aftershave smells kind of spooky and its green and that is halloween. Frag description says something about rituals or something.

Daily Challenge In the SOTD photo album there is the squash I carved with a duck eating the inside.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
Fire is an element.

TL;DR
Bad shave, spooky, sunburnt, duck pumpkin, fire, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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OP has no running water and still gets in a shave.

Sweet Sunday

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Yates Precision Polished Winning Razor #CNC
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Brass SB Long Handle #CNC
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: Elysian Soap Shop - Pineapple Ambrosia
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Presto Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: Zoologist - Squid

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to OnionMiasma for the soap. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the frag. Thanks to engineeredshave for doing the winning passaround. Thanks to anyone who watches the whole vid. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I should have done the dishes so I could get better angle.

Daily Writeup Pretty great shave today, I decided to go for a comparison shave with a passaround razor and my birb, great razors all around but I prefer the shave feel of the Birb, both end up BBS so meh. Sadly I couldn't smell the soap because I'm sick rn but good soap anyway. Vid is a bit long today so I'm trying to echo the main points here to save y'all some time.

Daily Theme Points It got Jello on the label!

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Both super edible smelling stuff, hard to explain without smellovision but I tried to convey in vid.

Daily Challenge Kitchen shave is a lot better than yesterday's farm shave lol, vid has proof of microwave corner.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
Sugar & sweets, marshmallows!

TL;DR
Chores, comparison, sick, jello, microwave, marshmallows, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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Christmas in July, but in June's Eve

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Yates Precision Polished Winning Razor
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: Eleven Shaving - Unscented
• Post Shave: Old Spice - Classic Aftershave
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Admiral

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
I do the basic gratitude every day so I thought I would do something special for today, I will say what I enjoy about each person I thank. First person to thank is u/Cowzilla3 who PIFed me the soap smush, I like that he does the fun old spice thing without being annoying or obviously up for DQ. Next up is u/ShavinginCT who deserves a ton of thanks for sending me almost every frag this month including today's as well as he sent a ton of soap smushes and he helped me plan, I like the way that he isn't too active but everyone still knows him so when he messages everyone is pleasantly surprised. Thanks to u/Engineered_Shave for doing the razor passaround, I respect that he can be active and participate in the lather games here but he is still active in r/wicked_edge without losing too much culture. Thanks to my mom for the aftershave, I thank her for getting excited about my wacky hobbies but she makes sure to send hints when I am rambing on too much. Thanks to Rob @ Chisel & Hound for setting the knot at no extra cost, I like that he has a presence here and in the discords but he isn't too active so he keeps the imfamous cool big company guy role.

Daily Mistakes
I should have gotten a table or something to capture an easier to see photo.

Daily Writeup Happy Christmas Eve in June July or whatever the hell today is. My family's relationship to the holidays is a bit weird so get ready for a massive story time that may have major gaps because this is just what I remember people have told me, my grandparents on my mom's side left the USSR as refugees seeking asylum on terms of religous prosecution as part of jews for grain where USSR would sell grain to Russia if they let jews leave, but because my grandma was German and they weren't both Jewish, they could only go to USA or Canada for some reason, my grandma said that if she was Jewish then they could have gone to Australia or something. So then the whole family went to Canada, but my grandpa wasn't religious at all, but the rest of his family was Jewish so my mom still grew up with that, but because my grandma isn't jewish, my mom isn't jewish, so we only kind of celebrate chanukah. Now on to my dad's side, he doesn't really talk about it but I'll see what I can remember, his dad was crushed by a giant concrete pillar or something when my dad was only like 6 and I'm pretty sure it was on Christmas Eve so my dad isn't big into Christmas but here in Utah everyone has been, is, or will be Mormon at some point and our family was Mormon until I was about 3 when my dad decided that the church is actually really messed up (nothing against anyone who is mormon) so my dad decided to leave, then my mom didn't like that or something so they divorced, then a year later or something my mom left the church, but we celebrate Christmas every year. So now we kind of celebrate Chistmas and Chanukah without being religous about either. Where was I going with this, idk, maybe I did it all as filler or just to practice typing on colemak because I have only been using it for like 4 days.

Daily Theme Points I got the smush for free from cowzilla.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Old Spice because it wouldn't be a shave with something from cowzilla without it. The frag sample was sent to me at no cost from ShavinginCT.

Daily Challenge I've been thinking of my two wishlist exclusive soaps all day. 1. "Stirling Soap Co. Wetshaving Man" and I want it to be a pretty decent batch on their website because the chance of seeing that at my local shave shop that sells stirling would be crazy, coming up for the name of something there would instantly cop me that job. 2. Something from Spearhead because all my favorite soaps are from them.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing today.

Photo Contest
I spent 30 minutes with all my shave stuff in one hand watching this bird feeder for a hummingbird, I only got the one crappy shot but all my stuff is there and if you zoom in you can see the bird.

TL;DR
Gratitude, crazy family history, free stuff, bird watching, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

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Christmas in July, but in June

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Brass SB Long Handle #CNC
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Christmas Eve Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: American Perfumer - Tapestry

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and frag. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I should have shaved earlier so I would have more time to write this.

Daily Writeup Merry Christmas! Fast fast shave and writeup because I leave for work in 10 minutes. Good shave, first time using HoM anything and it is good. First time using this aftershave and it really feels like Christmas.

Daily Theme Points Santa is a Christmas guy.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Aftershave has Christmas in the name. Frag talks all about the holidays in description.

Daily Challenge Me in my mom's old tuque from when she lived in Canada, it has a maple leaf on it but picture isn't angled at it and I don't have time to take another pic.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
EYES, this photo took a while to take and then my mom walked in and looked at me all weird because I was on the floor doing this lol.

TL;DR
Speed, new stuff, christmas, tuque, eyes, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests #photocontest #ROTY

Wildcard Wednesday

• Brush: My - Hand
• Razor: Fromm Hair Shaper Razor
• Razor: McDonalds Fries #KAMISORI
• Blade: Fromm - Hair Shaper Blade
• Lather: Double Dips - Fry Sauce
• Post Shave: McDonalds - Sprite
• Fragrance: Noble Otter - Jack Solid Cologne

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to my grandma for the razors, lather, and aftershave. Thanks to anyone who watches the whole vid. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I had to stay late for marching band and my grandma was late for work.

Daily Writeup Fantastic shave today, I 100% recommend you to watch the video. This was my first time using this soap and it lathers so nicely, and the slickness during the shave is incredible, not to mention the wonderful smell!!! Oh man, and I forgot to mention the taste, oh boy it is better than any soap I have ever tasted. Fry sauce is definitely a Utah thing but if you are somewhere else you can just go ahead and follow the following recipe to make your own:

Cuisine: American Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 0 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Servings: Makes about 1 cup

Ingredients 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 cup mayonnaise

Instructions Combine the ketchup and mayonnaise in a bowl. Dip fry or scrape off face. Think about what you have done.

Daily Theme Points IDK how but I am the first person to shave with fry sauce today.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Today I chose McDonalds Sprite because some folks have claimed that it is spicy or even burns, so what better aftershave than something with a burn! As for the frag I did a bit of explaining in the vid but I am also the first person to use it today.

Daily Challenge In the video I have the full tutorial of how to clean a brush (a real brush not just my hands that I used today). But in short you use water.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
McDonalds fries do not have a folding handle and make them #KAMISORI form factor (judges lmk if you want me to edit that part out before midnight).

Photo Contest
Money!!! And it's just as real as the rest of the shave!!!

TL;DR
Fry Sauce let me win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests #photocontest #ROTY

Information Overload

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Vitae Taper w/AP Shave Co. 26mm Pure Bliss Knot
• Razor: Blackland Blackbird Brass SB Long Handle #CNC
• Blade: Personna - Comfort Coated
• Lather: Catie's Bubbles - V
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Presto Aftershave Splash
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth - Uitwaaien

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to ShavinginCT for the soap and frag. Thanks to anyone who watches the whole vid. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I forgot to shave earlier so it's late and I am rushing me.

Daily Writeup Idk man, this is just too much smells, I'm completely overloaded. I absolutely love this razor and the Catie's Bubbles base isn't too bad, obviously it wasn't the best lather on my part because I didn't try to hard and it was left handed.

Daily Theme Points Catie's Bubbles V has more than 10 scent notes.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
Both presto and uitwaaien have more than 10 scent notes.

Daily Challenge I lathered and shaved with my left hand (I am right handed).

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
Getting close to the end and there aren't any more easy prompts so I was actually scared and I had to think for a bit before I found this weird steampunk closet with a bunch of gas leaking out of a bunch of cool pipes. So today's photo contest theme is steampunk.

TL;DR
Late shave, overloaded, steampunk, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests

photocontest

ROTY

Frugal Friday

• Brush: Bevel Shave Brush
• Razor: Fromm Hair Shaper Razor
• Blade: Fromm - Hair Shaper Blade
• Lather: Arko - Shaving Stick
• Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Classic Ice Blue Cooling After Shave

• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux - Confluence

• *WARNING: Daily Video contains blood

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to someone in some passaround for the soap. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the fragrance. Thanks to my grandma for buying the razor, blade, and aftershave. Thanks to my mom who bought me the shave brush in a starter kit. Thanks to anyone who watches the whole vid. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I forgot about the weird acne bump thing and I cut it.

Daily Writeup I'm saving so much money!! Especially because I didn't pay for any of this. I almost didn't post the vid because it is pretty boring and it has a lot of blood so if you are a judge, please don't waste your time. It's pretty crazy that the lather games are so close to being over, this has been super fun and I'm glad that I proved StBandicoot wrong because he said that I would quit from skin irritation from day shaving but I'm pleasantly surprised that I can actually daily shave, and after a bit of one pass shaves I found that I can pretty comfortably do a couple 3 pass shaves with no major repercussions.

Daily Theme Points All my other soaps are mad expensive lol, this is definitely my cheapest.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
This aftershave is my current cheapest aftershave, if you are wondering about the dollar store one I used for pharmacy shave day, I had to throw it away because it was terrible and I had no space. As for the frag I believe this is my cheapest frag, or at least the cheapest one that I can find.

Daily Challenge This razor was under $10 making it my cheapest razor, the blade is my cheapest hair shaper blade, and the brush is my cheapest brush because I gave away my old cheapest brushes.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing today.

Photo Contest
Water vehicles! I spent a while using old music theory homework paper to fold this boat that ended up floating!

TL;DR
Bleeding, thanking, saving, reflecting, sailing, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests #photocontest #ROTY

Sandalwood Saturday

• Brush: Chisel and Hound Scholar V20 #COMPOSITE
• Razor: J.A. Henckels Twinworks Friodur No Stain 451
• Lather: Proraso - Sandalwood
• Post Shave: Pinaud Clubman - Classic Aftershaev Lotion
• Fragrance: Imaginary Authors - Every Storm a Serenade

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to OnionMiasma for the soap sample. Thanks to ShavinginCT for the frag (and the bag that the frags came in for the eye patch). Thanks to anyone who watches the whole vid. Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I've taken these games for grantid and I will miss them.

Daily Writeup These games have been incredible and it's pretty crazy that they are almost over. I also have been postponing the planning of tomorrow's shave because I thought these would last longer so I have to rush and find international stuff for tomorrow. Today was the first time in months that I have used a straight razor and I wasn't great back then and I'm even worse now.

Daily Theme Points This is the classic sandalwood scented soap.

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
For today I went with a personal theme of classic or personal favorites in my collection, Proraso Red is their classic scent so I went with Pinaud Clubman's classic aftershave. As for the frag I went with one of Imaginary Author's top scents, Every Storm a Serenade. I also matched with my favorite brush (that I just got back from C&H). As well as to finish it all off I went with a super classic razor that almost everyone has, a Friodur.

Daily Challenge I gotta say, since day one, u/bmac92's posts have stuck out to me, they aren't necessarily special but they are just very well formatted and easy to read. But I gotta be completely honest, I usually don't have time or energy to read all the daily posts, one that I can mention that was great was u/AdWorried2904's Wildcard Wednesday SOTD whewe he used all parts of the coconut.

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
Nothing new today.

Photo Contest
I'm a pirate using a cable and the black bag that ShavinginCT sent all the frag samples in lol. Only one more photo contest theme for tomorrow and it will be hard because my mom thinks it's bad feng shway or something to have a certain desert plant in the house.

TL;DR
Great games, classics, coconut, pirate, either bmac or I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me (or him) the prize.

Side Contests #photocontest #ROTY

Bon Voyage, Lather Games!

• Brush: Bevel Shaving Brush
• Razor: Panhandle Barbershop Co. Tonsorial Gem #RUSTYBUTTRUSTY
• Lather: Tallow + Steel - Shag
• Post Shave: Brut - Classic
• Fragrance: Creed - Aventus

Daily Video

Daily Gratitude
Thanks to tsrblke for the soap sample. Thanks to Nordstrom for the frag sample. Thanks to my mom for going on the hunt for the aftershave and fragrance. Thanks to my mom for getting me the starter kit that had this brush. Thanks to my mom for buying me this razor a very long time ago. Thanks to my mom for recording me and supporting me through these crazy games. Thanks to anyone who watches the whole vid. Thanks to anyone that mentioned me in their predictions of ROTY yesterday! Thanks to the judges and fabulous people for putting this whole thing together.

Daily Mistakes
I should have done more planning on where we had to go so my mom wouldn't drive so much. I also forgot to tell her to record landscape so enjoy the OG day one portrait style. I also forgot to get the photo contest cactus while we were out.

Daily Writeup Welp, this is my last post of the month and therefore the last post of the Lather Games 2024. It's bittersweet and I am probably making too much of a deal but I'm just an emotional person okay! The bitter part is I will miss the games but the sweet part is I will finally be able to use all my own stuff! And I can use soaps from full tubs!!! I no longer need to load from parchment paper. As I said in the video, as of now I don't think I will shave daily in August because of band camp lol. Now for once I will actually talk about the shave itself, yesterday I returned to my straight razors for the first time in a while and today's shave is a lot better than yesterday's shave because I had a bit more experience from yesterday, still a lot to work on but today was a much closer shave with less irritation. Today I sold the Friodur because I dont shave with straight razors enough to warrant having 2 straights. I'm excited for tomorrow's shave, I think I'll use roman spice or something.

Daily Theme Points I am an American citizen living in America. Tallow + Steel is based in Canada, where my mom grew up!

Daily Relevant Post Shave & Fragrance Points
This Brut was made in Mexico. Creed is based and made in France.

Daily Challenge See above for soap, frag, and aftershave. Today was quite the expedition to find the frag and aftershave btw!!! The brush is made in China. The razor is made in Germany, where my grandma's family is from!

Hardware Scavenger Hunt
This razor is in pretty good shape but it definitely has a bit of patina making it my #RUSTYBUTTRUSTY.

Photo Contest
I forgot about getting the cactus when we were out and about so I had to scooter over to the local trader joe's to grab this cactus trio just for the photo.

TL;DR
Thanks mom, I win rookie of the year thank you very much give me my prize.

Side Contests #photocontest #ROTY