DAY 29 LATHER GAMES! ALMOST THERE!
- Prep: Water
- Brush: Yaqi Barber Pole 22mm
- Razor: Razorock Lupo 0.72 AL
- Blade: Nacet
- Lather: Henri et Victoria - Duc de Santal
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Chaotic Neutral
- Fragrance: John Varvatos - Oud
Sandalwood day! You know what that means? That’s right, I put on my sandals, put my bathing trunks and I went to…. the autoshop(car repair shop). In my hometown there is an autoshop, where I got to fix up my car, and the dudes there are so chill that you can sit in the shop, drink coffee, smoke cigarettes and talk smack all day with them, if they like you of course. Well I’m probably either lucky or as crazy as they are, so there is mutual respect and I go there at least once a week when I’m for a longer period in my hometown. I was in luck, because they also work on Saturdays till 1PM.
Yesterday, while wondering what could I do to stand out, a light bulb lit in my head, reminding me that I need to change my oil. A call was made and an hour was reserved. Off I went there, saying “hi” to everyone and throwing the banter around as usual, after which I approached the head honcho of the service and asked him “Hey man, listen, there’s this shaving competition, you don’t mind if I shave in here at the shop while you change my oil, would you?”, he laughed and exclaimed “Hahaha yeah man, no worries, you do you, it’s a slow day anyway so all is good”.
The guy who changes the oil and tires is one of my favourites there, he’s a metal head and appreciates music and the arts a lot. So I took a chair, set it up in such a way that it wouldn’t be a problem for him to go around and about and did my thing. He already knew I was a shave nut, he even offered if I wanted some oil to use as an aftershave, but I informed him that the day for such shenanigans had already passed, we still chuckled though.
Here's my car at the shop when all was said and done.
I have never shaved there even though I could have had the chance all these years past during the LG, but it never came to my mind to do it. So I had a great time shaving today. As for the gear, the AL Lupo did great, no complaints, splash gave nice fruitiness and the EdP solidified it with warmth, that was initially given by the Sandalwood.
Daily Challenge
Last year I wanted to do this, but didn't have the patience, this year I will follow through and it seems u/jwoods23 had the same idea. Let me tell you something... Going through 29 days of posts in one days is EXAUSTING....
P.S. - For the sake of how I am playing this year and not wanting to polish my own horn publically, I will not mention myself even once.
Due to this post becoming HUUUUUUGE and going over the limit, I will share with you who had the post of the day for each day of the lather games