DAY 7 LATHER GAMES! CHECK & MATE MATE!
- Prep: Water
- Brush: DS Cosmetics 30mm Tuxedo Knot
- Razor: Parker Adjustable
- Blade: Schick Proline B20(?)
- Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company - Seaforth! Spiced
- Post Shave: Barrister&Mann - Spice
- Fragrance: John Varvatos - Vintage
PIC OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
INTRO+SOAP+RAZOR+SHAVE
Right, let's get into the nitty gritty! Why is there a chessboard in the photo and the title of the day, well that's for the daily challenge part, HOLD YER 'ORSES!
So Spearhead, as many other I have chosen this brand for today, I was wondering some time before the lather games if SSL would be a viable option, and now I see it is! But I'm happy with my choice, I ain't gonna use a false King(SSL won scent of the year here in 2021), when Tobacconist is out there!(HATERS GONNA HATE)
So, Spiced! It is truly not a Old Spice dupe, not from my own experience, cause I wasn't around the time that the OLD Old Spice was used/popular, but based on other dupes I can see why it is not considered a dupe. It has much more of a Mandarin/Tangerine accord that overpowers your nose, combined with spices. It is a great scent on it's own!
But not as good as B&M Spice. Now that's a straight up OG scent. I've followed all of u/cowzilla3's posts of THE GREAT SPICE OFF, and while I have not tried Soap Commander, if there ever was a scent that I could say "DAYUM! This smells like Old Spice", Spice by B&M would be that scent! I think there is something in the ingredients that my skin/body doesn't agree cause I had a fun interaction when splashing it on my face!
Right. Razor! The Parker Variant, this is the version 2.0, and I don't know what the difference is between 1.0 and 2.0 but to the people that say this is a mild razor, you can go and... Last time I used it was probably last LG, or even before that... But it's a good shaver, just you have to be careful with it. The (?) I put next to it has to do with the fact I have fuckall of an idea when it was last used or which use it was, but it still shaves.
Right, enough of this...
DAILY CHALLENGE
MAN AM I GONNA NERD ON YOU!!! CHESS TIME BABY!!!
You might ask "Really? Chess? You seem crazy enough, ain't you got any other hobbies?", better not to, ask u/J33pGuy13 why it's better to go with a safe route!
I've been playing chess for my whole life since I was a kid, sometimes it's been on and off, and other times it has been quite consistent for long periods of time. While I am not some GM or IM(and I'll never be) I can appreciate the game and am a decent amateur(rating around 1200-1300).
Ever since the pandemic there has been a big boom in the chess community (which is nice in general, but could get quite toxic and salty), and there was even a cheating scandal involving anal vibrating beads!(no joke)
To get an idea of the community, watch this video!
Quick explanation what's going on:
- In the beginning the two guys, GM(Grandmaster) Eric Hansen(left) and GM Hikaru Nakamura(right and number 2 in the world rankings) are finishing a game, later they go out to duke it out(cause Nakamura was salty AF) WITHOUT throwing punches, only brawling. The guys on the porch watching are GM Fabiano Caruana(number 3 in the world rankings) and GM Yaser Seirawan(real big name in chess world). You can hear GM Yasser say how he is keeping Hikaru's ring and money, but he's hoping that he'll forget about the money. So basically you have this uber big talent playing chess at a frat party and brawling it out.... And you thought chess was boring.
Now I'm gonna confuse you with some jargons in chess with real life examples.
- En passant - you know when you do a drive through a McDonalds? Now do that without the car and you got "en passant"
- Fossilizing - You know when your wife tells you she's pregnant, but just when you've gotten back to reality she tells you it's twins? That's "Fossilizing"
- Check Mate - You know when the IRS knocks on your door for tax evasion? That's "Check Mate"
And to leave this daily challenge with a totally WTF mindfuck explanation about what chess is, here you go:
So not taking into perspective modern times, in Chess the Queen in olden times was a woman/girl, right?
Right! And any pawn can promote into a Queen, so that means that all pawns are women/girls and pawns can turn into any piece except the King, who is male. So that means that ALL pieces except for the King are female!
SO BASICALLY! Chess is a harem war between two kings where they take each other's harem member one by one!
So next time anyone says Chess is boring, you tell them it's SEXY AS FUCK!
#FOF
Don't want to make this post TOO LONG(maybe it's already late), it's just the combination of the splash and this EdP. Really clicked for me. John Varvatos adds a bit of freshness and brightness to the mix, cause I find Spice by B&M is a bit of a dark(in the good sense) scent. So it was another winner in my books!
- Daily Lather Themes: 7/30
- Daily Challenges: 7/30
- Hardware Scavenger Hunt: 10/20
- Hardware Vendor Points: 0/2
- Software Vendor Points: 2/13
- Software Vendor Bonus Point: 0/1
- 30 Different Soap Brands Point: 7/30
- 30 Different Soaps On Theme Bonus Point: 7/30
- 30 Different Post-Shaves Bonus Point: 7/30
- 30 Different Fragrances Bonus Point: 7/30