June 22, 2024 – LG24 Day 22 - Spooky Season
Daily Theme & Relevant Post/Frag: Autumn Ash is marketed as "The quintessential Fall fragrance" (and it has Autumn in its name to boot), thus making today's soap on theme.
Woody and amber are two of Autumn Ash's main accords. I leaned into them when selecting my post and frag. Post is a "woody, amber-moss scent mixed with a spicy Bourbon and vanilla blend". Frag (a dupe of Tom Ford Oud Wood) is in the Amber Woody group of scents. Collectively they complement each other nicely.
The Shave: Yesterday I grumbled about shaving without a mirror because our Bali villa's bathroom doesn't have one above the sink. u/Mayana8828, our "sub's most active blind person", gently challenged me to continue practicing non-mirrored shaving. I joined Lather Games to get out of my comfort zone and to learn new aspects of wet shaving not previously experienced. While not an LG-official challenge (at least not yet), it's a worthy one nonetheless, so I went mirrorless again today. Instead of whining about what I didn't have, I laser-focused on my available senses (touch and hearing) and was pleasantly surprised by how much "seeing" I could do without my eyes. I still have no idea on how to trim my sideburns without a mirror, but with enough practice I should be able to figure it out.
Daily Challenge: I didn't anticipate the carving challenge. I know what you're thinking - carving was THE obvious challenge for today - but I've been focusing on supporting my son and his team during the Bali7 U14 soccer tournament. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it!
During a tournament break, I perused today's LG SOTDs (via the reddit mobile app) and u/Enndeegee's post immediately caught my attention. He baked bread and used a bread lame (complete with razor blade) to carve it. A high effort challenge execution if there ever was one.
I demonstrated on Dupelgänger Day my affinity for low effort. Since there's precedent in doing the same thing over and over (for instance u/Priusaurus making an artform out of the Urban Outdoor Shave (TM pending) and u/tsrblke making his shaves a Family Affair!), why can't I make low effort my thing. Hmmmmm... Baked bread - I have that. Razor blade - How about the DE blade I just shaved with. Lame - Doing a carving of a scary face with a DE blade on a piece of sliced sandwich bread is about as lame-ass as it gets. Here's my low effort scary carving!
SOTD Pic Note: My SOTD picture was staged prior to flying out the Philippines to Bali. I brought with me samples/smushes/decants of all needed software for LG use during this trip. Here's a pic of today's wares taken just prior to shaving.