Lather Games Day 7- I Like My Shaves Extra Spicy
- Prep: Hot Shower - Preshave
- Brush: Vulfix Pure Badger
- Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
- Blade: GEM - PTFE (12)
- Lather: Zingari Man - The Merchant Soap
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Bay Rum Splash
- Shaving Tunes: Better Lovers - God Made Me An Animal
The opening of the description for The Merchant is as follows: A man looks out from his stall at the open air market at a crowd of people shuffling through its warm, colorful pathways. He feels the blended hum of their voices resonate in his chest like music. With each breath, he takes in the smells carried on the air from the many stalls of the market—spices mingle with vanilla and a deep, honeyed amber to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
So I think I've got the spice covered in the soap. Now to the splash. I could have dickholed this, but it is another sunny and summery day and I spent the first couple of hours of the morning at the beach in the ocean. The Merchant is just too heavy after the beach, so B&Ms Bay Rum got the call and it is perfect. Spice, spice baby!
Today's musical inspiration would probably cause most men to slice their faces open from the jagged math-core-y stylings of Greg Puciato's new project. Yet, for this hardened metalhead, the juddering guitars and otherworldly screeches put me in a Zen-like state and gave me perfect focus for the shave.
I don't have any hobbies that match the insanity of this shaving thing. I'm more of a practices kind of guy. As some of you know, I'm a yoga teacher (not my day job). I've been teaching yoga for 7 years and practicing for over 20 in some way shape or form. For the last year and a half, I've been teaching aerial yoga at my wife's studio. This isn't Cirque Du Soleil, one-point silk, death-defying shit that dudes my age would never go near. I teach a great aerial decompression practice where we'll spend plenty of time hanging upside down like a bat and releasing the spine and shoulders but also plenty of time on our feet using the hammock as a fantastic prop. We have a lot of fun and we chill the fuck out. If I'm not teaching aerial classes, I love teaching Yin yoga, which is a practice that is low and slow. There are no standing postures and we'll hold postures for a couple of minutes at a time. It is a fantastic practice to really drop into your body and your breath. But, please don't confuse me with your stereotypical yoga teacher. I don't wear patchouli (but I am ready for Hippy Dippy Day), I eat meat, I drink beer and I listen to death metal. Oh, and I shave. That's my story.
Have a great day all.