u/Crisp_Mango's SOTDs for challenge 'Lather Games 2023'

July 1, 2023

• Brush: r/wetshaving Zentih MOAR BOAR 31mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Platinum (17)
• Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz – Sir Irisch Moos
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

It's here! I'm hopeful that being pushed back a month will help lead to a more interesting, developed Lather Games, but I suppose we'll see over the course of the month.

Somehow I've managed to go my entire wetshaving career without using Tabac or any other - Mäurer & Wirtz products, so SIM is my first foray into their lather product line up. It's a solid performer - not exceptional, but it certainly does what it needs to. To me, the scent is on the funky side of fougère, easily approachable and generally a very nice scent profile.

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Lather Dance to the tune of Humpty Dance by Digital Underground

Lyrics:

All right, stop whatcha doin' 'cause I'm about to ruin

The image and the style that ya used to

I look funny, but, yo, I'm makin' lather, see

So, yo, world I hope you're ready for me

Now gather 'round, I'm another fool in town

And my sound's laid down by the Underground

I lather all the Bufflehead ya got on ya shelf

So just let me introduce myself

My name is Mango, pronounced with an -Ango

Yo, faces, oh, how I like to shave thee

And all the shavers in the top ten

Please allow me to bump thee

I'm shavin' tall, y'all and just like Humpty Dumpty

You're gonna fall when the SOTDs pump me

I like to rhyme, I like my beats funky

I'm spunky, I like my lathers lumpy

I'm sick wit dis, straight razor, mack

But sometimes I get ridiculous

I'll use up all your C Bub’s and your Wholly Kaw

Uh, yo shavers, come here, are ya waxin’ now?

Yeah, I said you’re waxin’, don’t get in a tizzy

Shavin’ never stopped me from gettin' busy

I'm a freak, I like the soaps with the boom

I once got shaved in a Burger King bathroom

I'm crazy, allow me to amaze thee

They say I'm ugly but it just don't faze me

I shave at every chance

And I even got my own dance

The Lather Dance is your chance to lather up

(Oh, lather, baby) come on, uh

Get all lathered up, come on and get all lathered up

(Oh, oh, do me, baby) check me out y'all

Get all lathered up, just watch me get all lathered up

Come on, get all lathered up, ha, get all lathered up

User kicks off Lather Games with high quality song parody, causes djudge to wake up the next morning thinking "My name is Mango, pronounced with an Ango"

User kicks off Lather Games with high quality song parody, causes djudge to wake up the next morning thinking "My name is Mango, pronounced with an Ango"

July 2, 2023

• Brush: Dogwood Good Gully Maggard Black and White Synthetic 26mm
• Razor: New England Straight Razor 6/8
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts – Peach
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

Vegan day? Of course, Southern Witchcrafts is an easy choice. I don't know the first thing about soap making, but I do know that their soaps are all vegan and have fantastic performance to boot. The peach scent also really hits the spot this time of year, with peach season coming up fast. I don't think the soap perfectly captures the scent of peaches, but it's just a little sweeter and creamier, making for an excellent summer scent.

For (ICan'tBeliveIt'sNot)ButterTheToast Day ... I am a bit short on single edge razors (and scrapers), but a straight razor does have one edge, so I think that counts?

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Without Cow to the tune of Black Cow by Steely Dan

Lyrics:

In the corner

Of my eye

I saw you in r/Wetshaving

You were lathering

You were shaved

It was a cryin' disgrace

They shaved your face

On the counter

By your brush

Was a lather calendar

And your shaving soaps

One of these

Surely will shave off the sorrow

But where are you tomorrow

I can't lather more

While you run around

Shave away

Just when it

Seems so clear

That it's over now

Lather without cow

And get out of here

Write song called Without Cow in the style of Steely Dan song

July 3, 2023

• Brush: Maggard mixed Badger/Boar 24mm #MISTURA
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Platinum (18)
• Lather: House of Mammoth – Almond Leather
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Almond Leather

Almond Leather is, in my opinion, the best almond scent in the shaving world. It's wonderfully simple and complex all at the same time. Almond dominates up front, but the leather provides a strong base to keep it from just being an overly sweet marzipan-esque scent like many traditional Italian almond soaps.

For the daily challenge, I was planning on writing in the style of u/RedMosquitoMM, but it turns out that I cannot write anywhere near as well as Mosquito can. So, I had the brilliant idea of using a red brush (since my shaving mosquito is out of commission). Apparently my photography and lighting skills are even worse than my writing because that definitely looks very brown, and not at all red. So, uh, maybe just pretend it's red in the pictures?

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Mammoth Monday to the tune of Manic Monday by The Bengals

Lyrics:

Six o'clock already

I was just in the middle of a shave

I was latherin’ shave soap

Got that Almond Leather scent that I crave

But if I can't lather

Then I guess I just won't get shaved

These are the days

When you wish your face was already shaved

It's just another Mammoth Monday

I wish it was Sunday

'Cause that's my shave day

When I don’t have to slave away

It's just another Mammoth Monday

July 4, 2023

• Brush: Semogue 1460 21mm #SMOLL
• Razor: New England Straight Razor 6/8 #STR8SNOB
• Lather: Declaration Grooming – Persephone
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

I think Persephone is perhaps the best (and most slept on) spring scent around. It's a little unconventional for a spring scent, but in all the right ways. To my nose, it opens with a warm, spicy oatmeal cookie scent, following quickly by a bright, fruity punch. This soaps smells exactly like a transition from winter to spring, which also happens to fit in wonderfully with the original myth of Persephone and Hades and Persephone leaving Hades for spring.

For today's daily challenge, I figured I would measure out my soap and water and determine the ratio between them to create a slick lather. To start, I weighed my tub, loaded up a brush, and the went back to the scale to find a weight difference before and after loading. According to the scale, I loaded, uh … less soap than I expected.

However, undeterred, I carried on in the name of science. After adding water, my lather weighed in at 10 grams.

Now, I'm no chemist, but it would appear that with only 0 grams of soap, I made 10 grams of wonderfully slick lather. The only conclusion to reasonably draw here is that shaving soap is entirely unnecessary and it's all just a big lie told to us by big-Shaving. You know, that or my $20 kitchen scale isn't accurate to the tenth of a gram.

Also, links for STR8SNOB and SMOLL.

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Straight Razor to the tune of Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel

Lyrics:

You could have a smooth shave

If you'd just lather your soap

You could have a razor shaving

If you bring your brushes back

All you do is PM me

I'll be anything you need

You could have a slick lather

Going up and down, all around your face

You could have a safety razor, shaving

The Lather Games never end

I wanna be your straight razor

Why don't you call my name?

Ah oh, let me be your straight razor

This will be my testimony

Show me 'round your shave den

'Cause I will be your LatherBot

Open up your shave den

Where the scents can be sweet as can be

I wanna be your straight razor

Why don't you call my name?

Ah, you'd better call the straight razor

Put your mind at rest

I'm gonna be the straight razor

This can be my testimony

Ah, I'm your straight razor

Let there be no doubt about it

Oh, won't you shave for me? (Shave for me)

I will shave for you (shave for you)

Please, shave for me (shave for me)

Huh, I will shave for you

Player records "Sledgehammer" parody with no apparent sense of rhythm and then gets stuck with a judge with a Bachelor's degree in Music

July 5, 2023

• Razor: Gillette Sensor 3
• Lather: Gillette – Comfort Advantage 3 in 1
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

Well, this was a shave. Not great, not terrible. I'm certainly not planning on giving up wetshaving anytime soon for it, but honestly, multiblade disposables and canned goop isn't too terrible. And it's all readily available from Target.

I spent yesterday thinking about what my perfect scent would be, and I think I eventually came to a conclusion:

1. If USS_Spongebob is reading, it's this. There cannot possibly be any other, better scent. Bonus points if there's enough in a soap to cause ~~permanent facial damage~~ long lasting post shave feel.
2. If you are not USS_Spongebob, I think some combination heavily featuring rose, honey, fig, and stone fruits would be a great scent. I now realize that this is more or less Restore from House of Mammoth (Side note: Ben, please restore Restore)

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DQ Police to the tune of Hip Hop Police by Chamillionaire

Lyrics:

Go, go, go, go, go, go

Keep shavin', homie

Go, go, go, go, go, go

They on the soap

Go, go, go, go, go, go

Keep shavin', homie

Go, go, go, go, go, go

They on the soap

With so much drama in the subreddit

DQ police are listenin'

Be careful of your Reddit history

Looks like another unshaved mystery

It's lather, lather, lather

Ah, it's lather, lather, lather

Yeah, it's lather, lather, lather

Somebody tell 'em it's lather

Lather was the case and they blamed me

Officer, I didn't do it, you can't blame me, make claims

Could you please loosen up the rules in these games?

You can call me what you wanna, man, but I’m still a shaver

No cooperation is exactly what you will get

'Til I talk to my lawyer, you get nothing from me

You've obviously been watchin' too much IamCBD

I'm not a crash dummy, so don't even try

To talk your dirty trash to me, no BFI

If you are not guilty of anythin', then why did you stammer?

'Cause you the DQ police, and, plus, I saw you raising your ban hammer

And the scuttle wasn't empty it was obviously one

If you think I'm believin' that one then you're obviously dumb (huh?)

I know that you heard the sirens, you dived in

To the soap you was latherin' and shavin' in

Instead you shouldn't be whinin', but abidin' by the law

Now it's obvious that you're lyin'

With so much drama in the subreddit

DQ police are listenin'

Be careful of your Reddit history

Looks like another unshaved mystery

It's lather, lather, lather

Ah, it's lather, lather, lather

Yeah, it's lather, lather, lather

Somebody tell 'em it's lather

Lather was the case and they blamed me

Sang and recorded a song.

Another crisp mango song. Is he doing these every day?

July 6, 2023

• Brush: Grizzly Bay Prince with 26mm V9 Fanchurian #SHD
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84 #CNC
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (1)
• Lather: Barrister and Mann – Rhapsody
• Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Rhapsody

Olfactory Overdose? I think you mean Dickhole Day, my friends. Sure, Dickhole Theory might reference a 4 year old post that references a 20 year old show, but of course we should expect all new members of the sub to be familiar with the concept. And, as it is Dickhole Day, what better scent than one prominently featuring pear blossoms, well know for smelling like - just pear blossoms, what else would they smell like? Also, stacks for the daily challenge.

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To Lather to the tune of Let's Get Together from the Parent Trap (1961)

Lyrics:

Let's shave together, yeah yeah yeah

Why don't you and I combi-ine

Let's shave together, what do you say

We can have a shave go fi-ine

We'd be a cra-a-azy team

Why don't we ma-a-ake a scene?

To lather, oh oh oh oh

Let's shave together, yeah yeah yeah

Think of all that we could sha-ave

Let's shave together everyday

Every way and everywhere

And though we haven't got a lot

We could be shavin' all we've got

To lather

Oh, I really think you're swell

Uh-huh, we really ring the bell

Woo-wee, and if you shave with me

Nothing could be greater

say hey straight raz-ah!

Let's shave together, yeah yeah yeah

Two is twice as nice as one

Let's get together right away

We'll be having twice the fu-unn

And you can always count on me

A same scent soap we’ll be

Let's get to latherin’, yeah yeah yeah!

July 7, 2023

• Brush: Maggard Timberwolf Synthetic 24mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (2)
• Lather: Chiseled Face – Cedar & Spice
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

I think Cedar & Spice manages to provide an incredibly well rounded and mellow spice scent. It is certainly spice-y, but without being spicy, if that makes any sense. It doesn't smell like any one spice in particular, and the cedar background helps smooth the whole thing out and keep it from just being a spice scent.

My other "big" hobby is knives. If you think people here get too into a hobby, you need to sort by top on subs like r/knifeclub, r/knives, and r/chefknives. When several thousand dollar collections seem reasonable, you know things are out of hand. I don't really know of any "interesting" jargon - except every day carry (EDC), because we all know that no one with 100 knives is carrying the same one every day.

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Spice Up Your Shave to the tune of Spice Up Your Life by the Spice Girls

Lyrics:

When you're feelin' sad and low

We will shave you where you gotta go

Shavin', latherin', everything is free

All you need is positivity

Shavers of the world

Spice up your shave

Every boy and every girl

Spice up your shave

People of the world

Spice up your shave

Shave it to the left

If you're havin' a good time

Shave it to the right

If ya know that you feel fine

Shavers to the front

Ha ha (uh uh)

Shave round

Shave it to the left

If you're havin' a good time

Shave it to the right

If ya know that you feel fine

Shavers to the front

Hai Si Ja

Shave right

July 8, 2023

• Brush: Semogue 1460 21mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (3)
• Lather: Maggard Razors – Mango Sage Tea
• Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. (Formerly Oleo Soapworks) – Rush Street

Mango Sage Tea? Maggard Razors (and Through the Fire Fine Craft) have clearly outdone themselves with this one. While the soap's performance is really solid, of course Maggard is most loved for being an all-around awesome retailer. Nearly every soap (and brush, and aftershave) I've used in the Lather Games has come from Maggard, and for good reason.

The DQ thread is a really great, helpful part of the sub, I think. It's really nice to be able to keep all questions in one place to be able to check in on to answer and reference later. Ironically, though, I think today's challenge will probably overrun any actual questions with shitposts.

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Swirling My Brush in the Soap to the tune of Waving My Dick in the Wind by Ween

Lyrics:

I'm swirling my brush in the soap

I'm swirling my brush in the soap

If it all goes right,

I'll shave my face tonight

But I'm swirling my brush in the soap

I'm lost in the suds once again

I'm lost in the suds once again

If I make it through the night,

everything will be alright

But I'm lost in the suds once again

It's been 97 days since I lathered up beside you

And a million SOTD posts in-between

There's some red and blue lights that are shining right behind me

And that boar’s pretty mean, bastard

You should have seen old Charles Roberts shave

You should have seen old Charles Roberts shave

Give that boy a dime, and you could have a chance

To see old Charles Roberts shave

I've got a real good feeling 'bout old Charles Roberts

Sure enough, he's got what it takes

Do another shave for me, please won't you, Charles?

'Cause you're a real good shaver

I'm swirling my brush in the soap

I'm swirling my brush in the soap

If it all goes right, I'll shave my face tonight

But I'm swirling my brush in the soap

Swirling my brush in the soap

I'm swirling my brush in the soap

July 9, 2023

• Brush: Maggard Timberwolf Synthetic 24mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (4)
• Lather: Noble Otter – Thé Noir et Vanille
• Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. (Formerly Oleo Soapworks) – Rougére

According to Noble Otter, this soap is meant to smell like "a late night cup of tea in Paris". I really have no idea what a late night tea in Paris smells like, but I certainly hope this is it. The soap opens with a big hit of black tea, and fades into vanilla and bergamot, giving a striking resemblance to earl grey. Really, just an incredible scent.

For today's daily challenge, … I walked to a different room in my house to shave. Also, I should really do a better job drying off my kettle and french press.

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Shaving With Tea to the tune of Afternoon Tea by The Kinks

Lyrics:

Shave time won't be the same without my lather

At night I lie awake and dream of lather

I think about the scent of cafe

That's I want to lather each day

And then I think I’ll sit a while

And have my afternoon shave

I'll have a shave with tea (shaving with tea)

If you shave with me (shaving with tea)

You take as long as you like

Cause I like to shave

I make lather with tea (shaving with tea)

You take cream if you please (shaving with tea)

Like you shaving with me

Because you shave my face

July 10, 2023

• Brush: Dogwood Good Gully Maggard Black and White Synthetic 26mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (5)
• Lather: Barrister and Mann – Adagio
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

Adagio is Italian for slowly, or a tempo on music to be played slowly. To my nose, Adagio is very cherry forward, calling to mind cherry pie or maraschino cherries on top of an ice cream sundae. Perfect for the hot summer evenings when you just want to take it slow.

For today's challenge, I chose to Google Draw my soap label. You know, Google Drawings, MS Paint's shittier, web-based cousin.

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Old Time Shaving Goal to the tune of Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

Lyrics:

Just take those old soaps off the shelf

I'll sit and lather 'em by myself

Today's shaves ain't got the same soul

I like that old-time shavin' goal

Don't try to take me to Wicked Edge

You'll never even get a vote there from me

In ten minutes I'll be Wetshaving

I like that old-time shavin' goal

Won't make me stop shavin’ wet

I'd rather use a straight or shavette

There's only one sure way to get me to go

Start goin’ for old-time shavin' goal

Still like that old-time shavin' goal

That kind of lather just soothes my soul

I reminisce about the days of old

With that old-time shavin' goal

Call me a relic, call me what you will

Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill

Today's shaves ain't got the same soul

I like that old-time shavin' goal

Still like that old-time shavin' goal

That kind of lather just soothes the soul

I reminisce about the days of old

With that old-time shavin' goal

Still like that old-time shavin' goal

That kind of lather just soothes my soul

I reminisce about the days of old

With that old-time shavin' goal

Still like that old-time shavin' goal

That kind of lather just soothes my soul

I reminisce about the days of old

With that old-time shavin' goal

Still like that old-time shavin' goal

That kind of lather just soothes my soul

I reminisce about the days of old

With that old-time shavin' goal

Still like that old-time shavin' goal

July 11, 2023

• Brush: Razorock Beehive Synthetic 28mm
• Razor: New England Straight Razor 6/8
• Lather: Barrister and Mann – Oceana
• Post Shave: Kiehl’s – Post Shave Repair Gel

I have no idea what it is about the scent of Oceana, but it manages to perfectly capture summer for me. I grew up in a thoroughly landlocked area, so going to the beach isn't really something I associate with the summer. However, to my nose Oceana doesn't smell like a beach, but the neighborhood municipal pool. Taking a whiff off of the tub calls to mind me and my best friend riding our bikes to the pool and getting ice cream in the last days of August, just before school starts for the year, a perfect encapsulation of summer.

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Escape (The Wetshaving Song) to the tune of Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes

Lyrics:

I was tired of my lather

We'd been together too long

Like a worn out recording

Of a favorite song

So while it lay there soapin'

I browsed the shave ‘zaar in bed

And in the for sale tags

There was this post I read

If you’re into wetshaving

And After the Rain

If you're not into PAA

If you have half a brain

If you like latherin’ at midnight

In the dunes on the cape

Then I'm the soap that you've looked for

Write to me and escape

I didn't think about my lather

I know that sounds kinda mean

But me and my old lather

Had fallen into the same dull shave routine

So I wrote to the shave ‘zaar

Took out a personal ad

And though I'm nobody's poet

I thought it wasn't half bad

Yes, I like r/wetshaving

And gettin' shaved in the rain

I'm not much into beard hair

Or scents that’re plain

I've got to lather you by tomorrow

And cut through all this red tape

At a sub called wetshaving

Where we'll plan our escape

So I waited with high hopes

And it walked in the sub

I knew its scent in an instant

I knew the art on its tub

It was my own lovely lather

And I said, "Oh, it's you"

Then we laughed for a moment

And I said, "I never knew"

"That you’re into wetshaving

And gettin' shaved in the rain

And the feel of the lather

And the scent of champagne

If you like latherin’ at midnight

In the dunes on the cape

You're the lather I've looked for

Come with me and escape"

Recorded a song, not just the lyrics.

July 12, 2023

• Brush: Maggard Timberwolf Synthetic 24mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (5)
• Lather: HQ Staxx – Idaho Syringa

HQ Staxx is a small soaper local to me, making decent performing vegan shave soaps (with Coconut Oil). This one has their Idaho Syringa scent. Idaho Syringa (AKA mock-orange or Lewis' mock-orange) has absolutely no relation to actual syringas (lilacs). As it's alternative names may suggest, though, it smells very similar to orange or orange creamscicle. The scent is very pleasant without being overpowering, and the soap's performance is perfectly fine, but nothing to write home about.

Normally, I am a face latherer. Today, however, I am a bowl latherer. When I stated wetshaving I bowl lathered, until I came to r/Wetshaving and discovered face lathering. This challenge helped me realize why I don't bowl lather anymore. It's slower, less fun, and I can't get as good a lather out of it. Sure, it can make more lather and it's neater - but if lather ain't flying, you ain't trying.

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Straight Outta r/Wetshaving to the tune of Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.

Lyrics:

You are now about to witness the strength of shaving knowledge

Straight outta r/Wetshaving, crazy motherfucker called Mango

From the gang called Shavaz With Attitudes

When I'm called off, I got a DE blade

Take a pass, and whiskers are hauled off

You too, boy, if ya fuck with me

DQ police are gonna hafta come and get me

Off yo ass, that's how I'm goin’ out

For the punk motherfuckers that's showin’ out

Shavaz start to mumble, they wanna rumble

Mix em and cook em in a pot like gumbo

Goin off on a motherfucker like that

With a brush that's pointed at yo face

So shave it up smooth

Ain't no tellin what soap I’m gonna choose

Here's a murder rap to keep yo shavin’

With a crime record like Erik Hodges

GC .84 is the tool

Don't make me act the motherfuckin fool

Me you can go toe to toe, no maybe

I'm knockin shavaz out the box, daily

Yo weekly, monthly and yearly

Until them dumb motherfuckers see clearly

That I'm down with the capital r-W-S

Boy you can't fuck with us

So when I'm in your sub, you better duck

Coz Mango is crazy as fuck

As I leave, believe I'm shavin’

But when I come back, boy, I'm comin straight outta r/Wetshaving

NWA parody

July 13, 2023

• Brush: Grizzly Bay Prince with 26mm V9 Fanchurian
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (6)
• Lather: Zingari Man – The Royal
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Yuzu/Rose/Patchouli

The Royal presents a warm and regal blend of incense and spices, wrapped in a blanket of leather and silk - not very hippy-y, but definitely heavy on the incense. Also, I know it doesn't say incense with the other notes on the tub, but it is second in the list of scent notes.

For today's challenge you'll have to bear with me for a bit to understand my flawless song-choosing logic. As we all know, hippies smell like patchouli and incense. Why do they smell like patchouli and incense? To cover the smell of the weed, of course. And who else smokes a lot of weed (and probably god knows what else)? Gene and Dean Ween, that's who. Why this Ween song in particular? Because I already wrote and recorded a parody, but feel free to pretend I have a better reason.

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Brush and Soap to the tune of Bananas and Blow by Ween

Lyrics:

Latherbot brought a message from the judges

“Sorry, boy, to leave you hairy and dry

But we went to see our mom on Mastodon

And we left a little something to help the shaves go by

Just a little something to help to keep you high”

Brushes & Soap (oh - oh), Brushes & Soap

Stuck in my bathroom, living on Brushes & Soap

Now the Lather Games remind me of Cosmo

The way he shaved, the color of his hair

Now I'm locked inside a stall at the cantina

Lathering the soaps and the creams up on the mirror

Looking for August to take me away from here

Brushes & Soap (oh - oh), Brushes & Soap

Stuck in my bathroom, living on Brushes & Soap

Brushes & Soap (oh - oh), Brushes & Soap

Stuck in my bathroom, living on Brushes & Soap

Brushes & Soap (oh - oh), Brushes & Soap

Stuck in my bathroom, living on Brushes & Soap

July 14, 2023

• Brush: Dogwood Good Gully Maggard Black and White Synthetic 26mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (7)
• Lather: Chiseled Face – Cryogen
• Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. (Formerly Oleo Soapworks) – Rougére

It's Cryogen, it's cold. Need I say more? Also, is today's challenge just to make everyone miserable? I thought that shaving with Cryogen, crying my eyes out was about as unpleasant as a shave could get without being a "bad shave". But today, I learned something new. Menthol + super rough ATG first pass does not make for a nice and comfortable shave. I did get a close shave at the very least, though.

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Shave Miser to the tune of Snow Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Lyrics:

I'm Mister Cold Shaves

I'm Mister Menthol

I'm Mister Cryogen

I'm Mister Ten Below

Friends call me Shave Miser

Whatever I touch

Lathers up on my brush

I'm too much!

He's Mister Cold Shaves

He's Mister Menthol

He's Mister Cryogen

He's Mister Ten Below

Friends call me Snow Miser

Whatever I touch

Turns to snow in my clutch

He's too much!

I never want to know a shave

That's over forty degrees

I'd rather have it thirty

Twenty, ten, five and let it freeze!

He's Mister Cold Shaves

He's Mister Menthol

He's Mister Cryogen

He's Mister Ten Below

Friends call me Shave Miser

Whatever I touch

Lathers up on my brush

Too much!

Can we say that he is actually on meter and pitch?

July 15, 2023

• Brush: Maggard mixed Badger/Boar 24mm
• Razor: New England Straight Razor 6/8
• Lather: Barrister and Mann – The Four Horsemen: War
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

It might smell like cilantro and suffering, but somehow War also manages to be considered a chypre. I have no idea what a chypre really is, but I will say that War also smells (marginally) better than most sheep I've met, so it's got that going for it.

My favorite wettuber is r/Wetshaving's sweetheart, Michael Freedberg. I don't watch many wetshaving videos, but when I do, most are from Freeberg. His calm, kind presentation style just makes for pleasant and easy to watch videos.

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War (Hardly Good for Shaving) to the tune of War by Edwin Starr

Lyrics:

War, huh, yeah

What is it good for?

Hardly good for shavin’, uhh

War, huh, yeah

What is it good for?

Hardly good for shavin’

Say it again, y'all

War, huh (good God)

What is it good for?

Hardly good for shavin’, listen to me, oh

War, I despise

'Cause it means destruction of innocent noses

War means tears in thousands of shaver's eyes

When their sons go to lather

And lose their hairs

I said, war, huh (good God, y'all)

What is it good for?

Hardly good for shavin’, say it again

War (whoa), huh (oh Lord)

What is it good for?

Hardly good for shavin’, listen to me

It ain't nothing but a lather-maker

(War) Friend only to The Soapmaker

Oh, war it's an enemy to all shave-kind

The scent of war blows my mind

War has caused unrest

Within the shaving generation

Induction then destruction

Who wants to shave? Oh

War, huh (good God y'all)

What is it good for?

Hardly good for shavin’

Say it, say it, say it

War (uh-huh), huh (yeah, huh)

What is it good for?

Hardly good for shavin’, listen to me

July 16, 2023

• Brush: Semogue 1460 21mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (9)
• Lather: Chiseled Face – Ghost Town Barber
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

To my nose, Ghost Town Barber is a quintessential barbershop scent. The leather and smoke add another dimension to the scent, bringing it beyond the regular preblend barbershops without being too "quirky" or funky.

I am not a master meme maker, but please enjoy my low quality wetshaving meme for today's challenge.

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Big Razor to the tune of Big Iron by Marty Robbins

Lyrics:

To the sub of r/Wetshaving

Linked a stranger one fine day

Hardly replied to folks around him

Didn't have too much to say

No one dared to ask his business

No one dared to lather soap

For the stranger there among them

Had a big razor on his face

Big razor on his face

It was early in the morning

When he posted in the thread

He came writing from the soapy side

Slowly looking all around

"He's a shaver loose and running"

Came the whisper from every place

"And he's here to do some business

With the big razor on his face"

Big razor on his face

July 17, 2023

• Brush: Dogwood Good Gully Maggard Black and White Synthetic 26mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (10)
• Lather: Declaration Grooming – Weinstrasse
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Weinstrasse

Weinstrasse is by far one of the best fragrances I've ever smelled. It's crisp, green, floral, and fruity, but layered and complex with a pleasant dry down. Declaration Grooming and Shawn Maher putting the fragrance into a shaving soap is perhaps one of the greatest gifts the wetshaving world has ever received, combining an amazing scent with a great performing soap base.

As for today's challenge - absolutely ridiculous. Alum? Yeah, just let me rub a block of salt all over my face, I'm sure that'll feel great and get my face feeling silky smooth. Maybe if I was a fatty pork belly, or a crispy piece of fried chicken I'd cover my skin in salt, but as a sane person, I choose not to do such things.

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Ain't no Lather Dry Enough to the tune of Ain't no Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Lyrics:

Lather baby,

ain't no lather dry

Ain't no razor dull,

ain't no splash that’s dried enough, baby

If you need me shave me, no matter where you are

No matter how far

don't worry, baby

Just call my name, I'll lather in a hurry

You don't have to worry

'Cause, baby, there ain't no lather dry enough

Ain't no razor dull enough

Ain't no splash that’s dried enough

To keep me from shaving for you, babe

Remember the day I set you free

I told you you could always shave with me, darling

From that shave on, I made a vow

I'll shave when you want me

Some way, somehow

'Cause, baby, there ain't no lather dry enough

Ain't no razor dull enough

Ain't no splash that’s dried enough

To keep me from shaving for you, babe

July 18, 2023

• Brush: Anbbas Silvertip Badger – 22mm #COMPOSITE
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (11)
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts – Autumn Ash
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

Autumn Ash perfectly captures the smell of fall, in a very Southern Witchcrafts-y way. This soap is not apple cider and pumpkin pie, but decaying leaves and a sweater that probably hasn't been worn or washed since last winter. The soap has a definite stank, but to me it smells just like a walk through the woods in late October. I'm passing on today's challenge 'cause goddam, that's nasty. I mean, that's just a whole new level of weirdness on top of normal LG.

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Autumn Mash to the tune of Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett

Lyrics:

I was lathering my soap, late one night

When my brush begot a slippery sight

For my lather from its bowl, began to rise

And suddenly to my surprise

(I shaved with ash) I shaved with Autumn Ash

(I shaved with ash) It was a shaving bash

(I shaved with ash) It caught on in a flash

(I shaved with ash) I shaved with Autumn Ash

From my lather-tory in the bathroom east

To the master shave den where the brushes feast

The shavers all came from their humble abodes

Got out their brushes and began to load

(I shaved with ash) I shaved with Autumn Ash

(I shaved with ash) It was a shaving bash

(I shaved with ash) It caught on in a flash

(I shaved with ash) I shaved with Autumn Ash

July 19, 2023

• Brush: Darn Tough Oatmeal Men’s Hiker Micro Crew Midweight Hiking Sock
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (12)
• Lather: Proraso – Aloe and Vitamin E
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

This is my first time using Proraso cream, and it's … fine. It isn't as good as the soap, but it's super easy to lather and gets a decent shave. The scent is inoffensive, but nothing to write home about. All in all, a great product for someone just getting into wetshaving, but I'm glad I only have a sample from Maggard and not a whole tube to use up.

I know yesterday I said the Atlas challenge was "disgusting", but somehow this challenge is perfectly acceptable to me. Whatever, I'll rub a sock in some shaving cream and then on my face, it's probably clean enough.

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Creams Rule Everything Around Me to the tune of C.R.E.A.M. by Wu-Tang Clan

Lyrics:

Creams rule everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the lather

Wetshaving thrill, y'all

I grew up on the dry side, the Barbasol side

Stayin' smooth was no groove

Bought soap secondhand

Didn’t shave like an old man

So then we moved to r/Wetshaving

A young youth, yo, rockin' the sebum gold, Dec knoot

Only way I be gettin’ the G off was shave loot

And let's start it like this, son

Rollin' with this one and that one, pullin' out straights for fun

But it was just a dream for the teen

Who was a fiend, started wet shaving at 16

And runnin' up in places

and doin' shaves for smooth faces

Shavin' my face on fire escapes

No question, I would speed for brush and soap

The combination brought my face hope

No question, I would flow off and try to get the dough all

Readin’ the shave reports

Creams rule everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the lather

Wetshaving thrill, y'all

Creams rule everything around me

C.R.E.A.M., get the lather

Wetshaving thrill, y'all

July 20, 2023

• Brush: Grizzly Bay Prince with 26mm V9 Fanchurian
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (13)
• Lather: Declaration Grooming – Massacre of the Innocents
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. – Arkadia
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Sharp Dressed Man

Massacre of the Innocents is a dupe of Parfums de Marly's Herod. MotI is a warm, spicy, creamy, and woody fragrance and an easy crowd pleaser. Arkadia is a dupe of Hermes' Terre d'Hermes. Arkadia is woody, spicy, and just a bit citrusy, a very good pairing for MotI. Sharp Dressed Man is a dupe of Creed's Green Irish Tweed. SDM is woody, floral, and green, and doesn't really paire well with the other two scents, but they are all dupes.

I'm not entirely sure why someone decided that today's challenge should basically be "make worse lather", but I did use a nice, pasty lather today. So pasty that I didn't even add soap, just loaded and shaved. And you know what? It honestly wasn't bad. I've certainly had better lathers and shaves, but this soap performed really well with next to no water at all.

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Two Scents of a Kind to the tune of Two of a Kind by Bobby Darin and Johnny Mercer.

Lyrics:

Two of a kind

One scent formulation

Two scents of a kind

Two of a kind

An olfactory relation

Two scents of a kind

Like peas in a pod

And birds of a feather

Alone or together you'll find

That we are two shaves of a kind

What's so wrong thinkin' life is a shave and reachin' for a razor

And who's to say if we'll shave the whole face - at least we got this far

Sharin' our den, our soaps and our splashes, we two’re a duet

Say, what if we've got rare Bufflehead soaps or Conk and Gillette

Makin' it smooth

Shavin' it fully

We're simila-la-larly inclined

Because we're two shaves of a kind

July 21, 2023

• Brush: r/wetshaving Zentih MOAR BOAR 31mm #OLDWORLD
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (13)
• Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Varen
• Post Shave: Chicago Grooming Co. (Formerly Oleo Soapworks) – Rougére

Green, fern, fougere scent

Lather for shaving my face

I have no third line

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What a Wonderful Shave to the tune of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.

I smell soaps of green

Ferns, fougeres too

I smell them bloom

For me and you

And I think to myself

What a wonderful shave

I smell Stirling Blu

And lathers of white

The bright smelling soaps

The dark shaves at night

And I think to myself

What a wonderful shave

Great parody song with recording!

Great parody song with recording!

July 22, 2023

• Brush: Razorock Beehive Synthetic 28mm
• Razor: Zertone 6/8 Straight Razor #ALLNATURAL
• Lather: Zingari – The Socialite
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

The Socialite is a gin and tonic scented soap, with a strong juniper berry opening. Lime and some light botanicals follow, wrapped up with a mentholated kick to encapsulate a G&T in shaving soap form. This razor was my first straight, and while it certainly isn't the best out there, it does get the job done with a fresh hone.

I have no interest in spending the rest of the summer growing back my leg hair, so I decided to shave my armpits for today's challenge. I was expecting to have a lot of trouble with it, but the straight was able to mow through everything and get me to a nearly clean shave in the first pass. Also, picks or it didn't happen, ya filthy animals.

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Gin and Soap to the tune of Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg

Lyrics:

With so much drama in r-W-S

It's kind of hard bein' Crisp M-A-N-G-O

But I, somehow, some way

Keep shavin’ with funky-ass shit, like, every single day

May I kick a little something for the G's

And make a few suds as I breeze through?

Two in the mornin' and the posts's still jumpin'

‘Cause LatherBot ain't home

I got shavers in the subreddit shavin' it off

And they’re all lathered' at six in the mornin'

So what you wanna do?

Shit, I got a den full of soaps and my homeboys do too

So turn on the lights and close the doors

But (But what?) we gotta lather though, yeah

So we gon' lather a gram to this

G's up, hoes down, while you motherfuckers shave to this

Rollin' through the sub, shavin’ faces

Shavin' with gin and soap, laid back

With my mind on my lather

And my lather on my mind

Rollin' through the sub, shavin’ faces

Shavin' with gin and soap, laid back

With my mind on my lather

And my lather on my mind

July 23, 2023

• Brush: Grizzly Bay Prince with 26mm V9 Fanchurian
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (14)
• Lather: House of Mammoth – Restore
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal
• Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Rose Santal

Now, Restore doesn't get me a lot of compliments, but then again, what does? (my grandma says I smell nice and I'm a handsome young man, though). It is still my most complimented scent, and for good reason. I think HoM is by far one of the best perfumers in the wetshaving space, and Restore really showcases his talent. The blend of fig, honey, and rose with the vetiver background makes for a sweet (but not cloying), warm aroma. The scent is able to fill a space well without feeling overly present, and is just a very pleasant, nice-to-smell fragrance.

I generally consider myself to be pretty good at lathering. My lather today was, in my opinion, very good. Unfortunately, the picture I got of it does not communicate that well. I face lathered, shaved, and then squeezed whatever was left out of the knot, and got this. Really, this sudsy mess hardly looks like anyone could manage to shave with it, like that weird foaming hand soap that comes out looking like bubble bath.

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I'm Smelling Good to the tune of I'm Feeling Good by Anthony Newly and Leslie Bricusse

Lyrics:

Soaps in the tub

You know how I shave

Brushes that scrub

You know how I shave

Fragrance that I love

You know how I shave

It's a new soap

It's a new shave

It's a new scent

For me

And I'm smelling good

I'm smelling good

Lathers there for me

You know how I shave

Well shaved ones are we

You know how I shave

Trifecta, set of three

You know how I shave

It's a new soap

It's a new shave

It's a new scent

For me

And I'm smelling good

Really enjoyed parody of "I'm Feeling good"

July 24, 2023

• Brush: Semogue 1460 21mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (15)
• Lather: Noble Otter – The Night Before

This smush was sent to me by the wonderful u/RedMosquitoMM. As always, Noble Otter's base performs very well, and this scent is a great fit for the Christmas Eve theme - warm and resinous with hints of pine and spice.

For community tribute day, it would be silly for me not to say something about u/RedMosquitoMM. He is one of the most prominent members of this community, and and incredibly kind and helpful person. Also, not only was he kind enough to send samples for me to use today, but he sent them twice, after a USPS mix-up. I'd also like to mention u/erchamionberen as a great community member, with his seemingly non-stop PIFs and anti-PAA sentiments.

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Lather Baby to the tune of Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt.

Lyrics:

Santa baby, just slip a Jeffo under the tree for me

Been an awful good guy

Santa baby, so hurry with the lather tonight

Santa baby, a B8 dec broosh, star spangled blue

I'll wait up for you dear

Santa baby, so hurry with the lather tonight

Think of all the shaves I've missed

Think of all the FOMO that I had to resist

Next year I could be just as good

If you check off my Christmas list

July 25, 2023

• Brush: Dogwood Good Gully Maggard Black and White Synthetic 26mm #PREMIUMPLASTIC
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (16)
• Lather: House of Mammoth – Santa Noir
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Almond Leather
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Santa Noir

Santa Noir smells very distinctly pine-y and woody (with no hint of cat pee, thank you) with a green, resinous base that perfectly captures sitting in front of the Christmas tree with family opening presents. To my nose, this soap just smells like Christmas in a way nothing else does.

Today's challenge was not as difficult as I thought it might be. I had a little bit of trouble figuring out what to do on the first pass, but I was able to pretty quickly figure out how to use the razor in my left hand.

For the Premium Plastic tag, I assume this brush counts. I paid $75 for it, which included a synthetic knot when I bought it on the Southern Witchcrafts website.

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July Christmas to the tune of White Christmas by Irving Berlin.

Lyrics:

I'm dreaming of a July Christmas

Just like the ones I used to know

Where the brush knots glisten

And shavers listen

To hear razors in the soap

I'm dreaming of a July Christmas

With every SOTD I write

May your shaves be merry and bright

And may all your razors shave right

User attempts weaseling way into premium plastic tag citing misleading information hoping djudge ignorant of Maggard black and white synth knot price.

User attempts weaseling way into premium plastic tag citing misleading information hoping djudge ignorant of Maggard black and white synth knot price.

July 26, 2023

• Brush: Razorock Beehive Synthetic 28mm
• Razor: Merkur 33c
• Blade: Gillette Platinum
• Lather: Summer Break Soaps – Teacher’s Pet
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

I guess I could use just about anything to shave today, but fuck that noise. Is using a regular shaving soap for Wildcard Wednesday boring as all hell? Yes. Does it get me a sponsor point I wouldn’t get any other day? Also yes.

My den is certainly not the biggest or most impressive in the sub, but I have collected a few soaps over the years. Actually shuffling everything around for a picture made me realize just how many of my different soaps are just samples picked up for Lather Games over the years.

Any Shave Goes to the tune of Anything Goes by Cole Porter

Times have changed

And we've often rewound the clock

Since the shavers got a shock

When they landed on wetshaving

If today

Any shock they should try to stem

'Stead of landing on wetshaving

Wetshaving would land on them

In olden days not wetshaving

Was looked on as something shocking

But now, LatherBot knows

Any shave goes

Good shavers too who once knew better words

Now only write four letter words

Writing posts,

Any shave goes

The sub has gone mad today

And good's bad today

And black's white today

And day's night today

When most soaps today

That shavers prize today

Are not meant for shaving at all

And though I'm not a great wetshaver

I know that I'm bound to lather

When you propose

Any shave goes

When grandmama whose age is eighty

In subreddits is getting lathered with gigolo's

When shavers pack and leave poor father

Because they decide they'd rather be shaving bros

Any shave goes

If lathering soap you like

If sharp blades you like

If brushes you like

If shaved limbs you like

If King C Gillette you like

Or me lathered up you like

Why, nobody will oppose!

When every night

The set that's shaved is intruding in shaving subs on Reddit

The world has gone mad today

And good's bad today

And black's white today

And day's night today

When most soaps today

That shaver prize today

Are not meant for shaving at all

And though I'm not a great wetshaver

I know that I'm bound to lather

When you propose

Any shave goes

If shaving your face you like

If green soaps you like

If old shaves you like

If Lather Games you like

If shaving hairs you like

With young bears you like

Why nobody will oppose!

And though I'm not a great wetshaver

I know that I'm bound to lather

When you propose

Any shave goes...

Any shave goes!

July 27, 2023

• Brush: Grizzly Bay Prince with 26mm V9 Fanchurian
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (17)
• Lather: Wholly Kaw – Lav Sublime
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

Lav Sublime is, as its name suggests, lavender and lime scented. Both notes play very well together, making for a bright, citrusy, summery lavender scent.

I shaved on my back patio for today's challenge. Being right next to my lavender plant added a nice extra dimension to this shave and the lavender scent. I do wish that we had this challenge on Frigid Friday, because it's too damn hot outside for me.

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Lavender Fields Forever to the tune of Strawberry Field Forever by the Beatles.

Lyrics:

Let me shave you down

'Cause I'm going to lavender fields

Nothing is real

And nothing to lather about

Lavender fields forever

Shaving is easy without eyes closed

Lathering every soap you see

It's getting hard to lather up but it all works out

It doesn't matter much to me

Let me shave you down

'Cause I'm going to lavender fields

Nothing is real

And nothing to lather about

Lavender fields forever

July 28, 2023

• Brush: Maggard Timberwolf Synthetic 24mm
• Razor: Zertone 6/8 Straight Razor
• Lather: Cella – Milano Crema Da Barba
• Post Shave: Thayers – Rose Petal

Like many people do, I began wetshaving as a way to save money, though that plan has worked poorly. Cella is by far one of the cheapest lather products on the market. This sample cost me $1.80 at Maggard ($3.60 per ounce), and a 1 kilo brick is $37 (or $1.05 per ounce), handily beating Stirling's $2.46 per ounce. This razor was about $15 on amazon when I got it, although the only straight with the same branding I can find now is a $21.98 package. This brush cost $11.95, made with a Maggard knot and wood that I had laying around. The Thayer's was $10.99 for 12 ounces ($0.92 per fluid ounce). And, of course, the cheapest fragrance is no fragrance at all.

I usually find Cella to be good as a value soap, but not great as a soap. It works, but slightly more expensive options work much better. It mostly smells like marzipan, but there are a huge variety of better smelling almond soaps on the market.

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A Lather That I Used to Know to the tune of Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye.

Lyrics:

Now and then I think of when we shaved together

Like when you said you felt so soapy you could die

Told myself that you were right for me

But felt so dried out in your company

But that was lather, and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of slickness

Like resignation to the shave, always the shave

So when I found that I would not rather

Well, you said that we could still be shaved

But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut my face

Make out like shaves never happened and lather was nothing

And I don't even need your lather

But you don’t treat me like any shaver, and that feels so rough

No, you just had to lather well

Have your friends collect your soaps and then change your number

I guess that I don't need that smell

Now you're just a lather that I used to know

Now you're just a lather that I used to know

July 29, 2023

• Brush: Maggard Timberwolf Synthetic 24mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (17)
• Lather: The Art of Shaving – Sandalwood
• Post Shave: The Art of Shaving – Sandalwood

This cream smells nothing like sandals or wood, but I guess I probably smells like sandalwood. The AoS cream was my first foray into wetshaving \~8 years ago. Looking back, I've come a long way in my shaving journey (I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing though). I don't know if my technique has improved or if the cream has gotten better with age, but I was able to get a really nice lather out of it.

Without knowing any scores, I think u/Priusaurus is a strong contender for overall LG winner. The time and effort that must go into his interviews really shows in creating great, engaging, entertaining posts. For FoF, my money is on last year's overall winner, u/RedMosquitoMM. His writing is fantastic, and I think he does an excellent job of describing fragrances and how they pair. I'd put u/chronnoisseur42O as my Photo Contest frontrunner, with yesterday's Lavendursday photo being one of his best.

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Shaver General to the tune of The Major General's Song by Gilbert and Sullivan

Lyrics:

I am the very model of a modern Shaver-General

Of soaps, both vegetable and tallow, I have several

I know the soapers of England, and I quote the shaves historical

From Marathon to Dickhole, in order categorical

I'm very well acquainted, too, with shavers who’re fanatical

I understand the razors, both budget and aristocratical

About wet shaving I am teeming with a lot o' news

Cheerfully all of the wetshaving posts I must peruse

Cheerfully all the wetshaving posts he must peruse!
Cheerfully all the wetshaving posts he must peruse!
Cheerfully all the wetshaving posts he must peru-peruse!

I'm very good at both shaving and soap lathering

On wetshaving I’m certainly not just blathering

In short, in soaps both unobtanium or plentiful

I am the very model of a modern Shaver-General

Has Mango gotten better after 31 days of making music?

July 30, 2023

• Brush: Razorock Beehive Synthetic 28mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Gillette Nacet (19)
• Lather: Abbate y La Mantia – Monet

Monet is a very light, pleasant floral scent. It excellently captures the essence of Monet's water lily paintings: floral, watery, warm, and all around beautiful. I am from the US, and Monet is made in Italy. The Game Changer is made in Canada, and this brush is made in China. Through the power of Air Bud bullshit, I used my only non-US made aftershave: no aftershave (ain't no rule says a shaver has to use aftershave).

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Suds in the Soap to the tune of Dust in the Wind by Kansas.

Lyrics:

I shave my face

Only for a moment, and my hair is gone

All my soaps

Pass through my den, a curiosity

Suds in the soap

All we are is suds in the soap

Same old song

Just a drop of lather in an endless sea

All we do

Drips into the sink, though we refuse to see

Suds in the soap

All we are is suds in the soap

Now don't hang on

Nothing lasts forever but the brush and blade

It slips away

And all your money won't another trifecta buy

Suds in the soap

All we are is suds in the soap

Suds in the soap

Everything is suds in the soap

(In the soap)

All in all, it's been a good month, and a pleasure and an honor participating with you all. Thank you all for being a part of this community and helping make it as great as it is. Thanks most of all to the organizers and Djudges for putting in all the effort to make this happen (and especially for having to sit through all my songs).

Goodbye, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, arrivederci, and hasta luego. See you all in August.