June 5, 2024 – 2024.06.05: Lather Games Day 5 – Canned Goop
- Brush: Swollen Hand
- Razor: Schick Xtreme 2-Blade Sensitive Men’s Disposable Razors #RAINBOW
- Lather: NIVEA – Men Sensitive Shave Gel
- Post Shave: Gillette – Aftershave Gel
- Fragrance: Brut – Classic Splash On
Today's shave is a little later than normal, and you'll see why down below. Trigger warning: >!freaking spiders, man.!<
Daily Theme: Canned Shave Goop featuring a Canadian pharmacy's intercom music playlist
Theme justification: Nivea Men Sensitive Shave Gel is available at my local Walmart The can I own is old and has a different label. Same stuff, though.
Relevant Post Shave & Frag: Today is a Walmart theme! As a former employee of the largest private employer in the world, I felt it was appropriate. All the items in my shave today can be purchased at Walmart: the razor, aftershave, and the cologne The only thing missing was a blue vest :)
Scavenger Hunt Justification:
Razor facts: the Schick razor I used is green. See product photo here.
Brush facts: N/A
Daily/Special Challenge: Reverse Lather Routine
As many of you know, I am a devout bowl latherer. Why? I just like it better than face lathering. Don't really know why, but I just do. My typical routine involves me smushing soap into my large CaYuen bowl, then creating the perfect lather. Well, since I cannot use my bowl today, I just used my (slightly swollen) hand. Messaged the gel into my wet face as instructed on the can, and shaved. Honestly wasn't too bad
Frag description
Brut Classic Splash On Cologne
Brut. What is there to say about this all-time classic fragrance? I felt like a true man after putting it on this morning.
Now onto the shave!
So, I have never been more happy to shave with canned goop and a cartridge razor. Tuesday morning, I woke up with a lump on my left hip. Thought it was odd, but I continued on. I took a shower and shaved. When I got back to my room to get dressed for the day, I saw a crushed spider in my bed. Here is a picture of the bastard. Yup. A >!brown recluse!<. Lovely. I felt fine, so I went to work, mainly because I had a public meeting that I had to attend. Throughout the day I felt fine, but my hands really started to cause me issue. They were fine until I tried to touch anything or even close my hand. You know how when your hands are really dry they hurt to close? It was essentially that. Plus, they were itchy. Throughout the evening, my boss kept telling me that I looked flush, but I honestly felt perfectly fine (outside of my hands). I made it back home at about 9pm, and by that time I had a fever, I was sweating, and I was cold. Wonderful.
I ended up going to the Urgent Care this morning. They said there is not too much you can do, but gave me an antibiotic to help out. I'll be fine, it's just super annoying.
Regardless, the games must go on!.
The shave wasn't terrible at all. The shave gel works about as well as can be expected for canned goop, and the schick razor does an adequate job (it is one of the options I use for travel). The Gillette aftershave gel was sub par, but not completely useless.
Totals:
Razor Hashtags: 6/10
Brush Hashtags: 5/10
Hardware Sponsor Points: 1/2
Software Sponsor Points: 3/16
Number of Lather Brands: 5/30
Number of Lather Scents: 5/30
Number of Post Shaves: 5/30
Number of Frags: 5/30
Contest Hashtags:
#FOF
#ROTY