July 26, 2023 - Wildcard Wednesday
- Brush: Auto Drive - Microfiber Applicator Pad - 121mm
- Razor: Bic 1 Blade Disposable
- Blade: Integrated in Razor
- Lather: Pennzoil - Platinum Full Synthetic 0W-20
- Post Shave: Marathon - Gasoline, 92 Octane
- Fragrance: Little Trees - Fresh Shave
Daily Challenge:
Den Tour
Ok - as promised, I’m dropping my den tour in.
Here’s the layout of my half of the bathroom. I get the top shelf in the tall cabinet, and then anything that fits in the vanity. I’m currently completely out of room… so if you see me messaging people on shave_bazaar, please slap me.
In the tall cabinet, I store my razors and blades, out of reach of curious small children. Here is a close-up of the razor tub, as you can see, there is absolutely no organization here. Just absolute chaos.
Next, we move to under the sink. Last lather games I had one tub. Now I have three, which is the absolute limit. I don’t have room for anything more, unless I create a den annex in the basement. Which, frankly, not a bad idea.
Anyway - moving inside the tubs, which are organized currently by artisan. I’ve tried organizing around themes, but then I can never seem to find anything and generally end up opening all three tubs to find what I’m looking for. I’m hopeful that sorting by artisan will make it better.
First tub - House of Mammoth, Stirling, Red House Farm, Wholly Kaw
Second tub - Barrister and Mann, Declaration Grooming, Southern Witchcrafts, Catie’s Bubbles
Third tub and second pic- Zingari, Noble Otter, Chicago Grooming, Spearhead, and then all of the artisans (or “artisans”) where I only have one tub: Talbot, Hub City, Central Texas, MLS, Taconic, Fine, Grooming Dept., EmberTree, Maggard, Lothur.
Moving on to the drawers.
Top Drawer is typically hardware that I’ve either recently used or plan to use, the soaps I’m staging for the next week (I typically choose what I’m going to use for the week on the weekend), and toothbrush, toothpaste, medicine, etc. Note that outside of the very awesome Summer Break for tomorrow… the rest of this week looks pretty dismal.
Middle Drawer is where I store brushes when they’re dry. Looks like some HoM frags leaked into this drawer as well. Leaked as in that’s not where they belong, not leaked as in… well, leaked.
Bottom Drawer is frags, splashes, and balms. This drawer is where any semblance of organization goes to die.
Daily Write-Up:
I’m sympathetic to everyone’s time - but if you want to see this actually happen - here you go - it's only 12 minutes. I’ll summarize it here, but I highly encourage you to watch my influencer video. It’s very nice.
Many of the artisans have added motor oil as one of their scent notes. Stag has it. Gearhead. That hack u/priusaurus helped us all realize that Hoffman’s gets that request a lot, and just won’t do it. I’m here today to show you that you don’t need to give $15, $25, even $30 to Big Soap, you can give $7.99 to your local gas station or big box store, and get a great shave.
I stopped by a local Shell, and picked up some Pennzoil. Followed it up with gasoline for my after shave, and then completed it with a “Fresh Shaves” Little Tree.
Pennzoil gave a fantastic shave. It’s very slick, and helped my razor glide through my stubble very easily. The transparency of the shaving product really helps you know where you’ve shaved, and what you have left. It’s at least as slick as Omnibus and Tusk, the two bases I think are the standard bearers of the hobby.
The gasoline was a formidable scent, but paired with the motor oil beautifully. Last, the Fresh Shave Little Tree really gave a clean finish to a really great shave.
Soap Theme Justification
Wacky Wednesday - Hopefully no one else used Pennzoil.
Post-Shave and Fragrance Relevance Notes
* Today’s theme is “Car Care”
* The lather product is motor oil.
* The after shave is 92 octane gasoline
* The fragrance is a car air freshener.