June 04, 2024 – LG24 Day 4 - K.I.S.S.
Daily Theme & Relevant Post/Frag: Today's lather theme and relevant post/frag offering was inspired by a little ditty from Harry Nilsson called "Coconut", specifically one line from the song: "Put the lime in the coconut, you drink 'em both up". When considering the Lime as my one scent note theme lather, as soon as I saw my Creamy Coconut balm the Nilsson ditty activated in my head. Instead of fighting the ditty, I embraced it as my thematic link, so I put the lime (Stirling Lime lather) in the coconut (Stirling Sweet Coconut balm), and I drink 'em both up (Minimaliscent Lime & Coconut frag).
Daily Challenge: The Great Soap Base Wars came and went well before I purchased my first artisan shave soap (in late 2022), so I'm one of those who never knew what I missed. Thanks to the Bazaar, I do have a couple GSBW "extinct" bases (Icarus and Softheart) but I don't have enough combined shaves with these vs. their current counterparts to be able to "wax nostalgically" about them. There is one other discontinued base in my stash (Spearhead's 20.1 Tallow) which was recently phased out and replaced with their Highland Tallow. Highland has been very good to me, but if I had to choose just one Spearhead base, hands down it would be 20.1 for a simple reason: I just like it!
If you asked me what base do I have more of than anything else it would be Stirling (by far!), but the challenge question is what base is my favorite. While it's not nearly as represented in by stash as is Omnibus, 20.1 and Stirling, the base I always reach to when I have a challenging shaving situation is Tusk! I know Tusk, I trust Tusk, and when the going gets tuff, Tusk gets going!