Juneteenth 2024

• Brush: Zenith Copper 28mm Boar
• Razor: Genco Head Barber 5/8 Hollow
• Lather: House of Mammoth - Sonder
• Post Shave: Caties Bubbles - Purple Grapefruit
• Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Co - Seaforth! Roman Spice EdT

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Today’s Theme:

House of Mammoth is created in NY and manufactured in IL. Caties Bubbles is from NJ. Spearhead hails from Ohio. My razor was made in Geneva NY. The brush is from Italy which remained neutral; however, Lincoln asked Garibaldi, the Italian General and Unifier of Italy, to be a general in the Union army. He declined i part because he wanted to be the Commander of the Union, and in part because the US had yet to abolish slavery. HoM is a fitting choice as they support organizations that combat human trafficking.

Today’s Challenge (not just Meme’s):

Originally, everything I had found about new LG sponsor Eleven Shaving pointed to IA. The name is from the #11 Lock and Dam on the Mississippi in Dubuque, Iowa. Their Julien base is after the namesake of Dubuque, Julien Dubuque. I was all in on Eleven as being in IA. Every reference on their web site was about IA. No mailing address though nagged me. Still I went ahead and planned on them. I wrote up about my history with Dubuque and thought it was a great choice. Had my post and all. Still after all that, a nagging thought lingered. So I broadened my search. I got ambiguous returns. Google responses to Eleven Shaving came up with other states. I’d click the link, and it was the vendor. A few more down, my heart fell. Their facebook page said South Carolina. Man, I never check out Facebook. I needed a new Lather Games Shave for today. I was back to my Meme Challenge. With 11 days left after today can I do it? I had to try. This changes all my plans for a couple days, but it will work!. A trip to the bathroom, a 3 pass shave including atg for good measure, and a new plan for the write up. Whew! Glad I caught this before too late.

Feats of Fragrance:

I picked Sonder for a couple reasons. It is a theme of empathy. Realizing that other people have their own lives going on, and it isn’t just your own little universe. If more people experienced Sonder, maybe there would have been less slavery going on in the past and even today. The scent is a lemon cream biscuit with sandalwood giving it that creamy woody base. Pairing with Purple Grapefruit, the citrus elements complement each other, and the lavender gives it a powdery softness. Finally Roman Spice ties into the fruit elements with grapefruit and apple, beachwood links up the woody notes, and the rest provide a soft spicy background. Pretty good combo today. As the citrus fades, I’ll be left with a floral and woody fragrance.