DAY 9 LATHER GAMES! I DON'T DRINK COFFEE AT HOME!
- Prep: Water
- Brush: DS Cosmetics 30mm Tuxedo Knot
- Razor: Forkette
- Blade: Nacet(1)
- Lather: Catie's Bubbles - Irish Coffee
- Post Shave: Macduffs Soap Company - Royal Earl Grey splash
- Fragrance: Rochas - Moustache
PIC OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
Video(sorry judges, tried to be short)
SOAP+SHAVE+SHENANIGANS
Well compared to last year where I lived in the student dormitories now I am renting a wonderful spacious apartment, AND IT HAS A KITCHEN!
I was thinking, what crazy contraption can I make to shave with, sadly nothing came up so I used my forkette #FORKETTEBABY. Could have probably made a spoonette but it doesn't quite have the same ring to it, maybe next year I can staple a blade to something...
But even though I decided using a forkette, when it rains it pours... To make this divine tool of shaving you just need to tape together two forks, but I had basically run out of tape and it being sunday, didn't have many options to go and find some more..... I used my 2 cm of tape and then tried binding it with some string... It was a total failure as you can see in the video, for which I do apologize....
Anyways I was wondering how else could I pimp out my shave. During the last year I've used several liquids to make lather with, including beer and motor oil. All have been done with this work horse of a brush, I use it for such occasions cause it's cheap and replaceable. So today I brewed myself some black loose leaf tea and used the tea itself to make the lather in combination with Cattie's Bubbles. It turned out great, I even included some of the loose leafs for an exfoliating effect, you know cause these days when people hear EXFOLIATING, they wet their pants from excitement....
The scent of the black tea did not intervene with the soap. Irish Coffee is much more of a sweet gourmand scent than what I would expect from coffee, mainly cause I usually drink my coffee black(if I decide to have one).
So the shave was quite successful in my opinion and so far tea has been the best substitute for water, to create a lather, don't try motor oil kids!
BONUS ROUND: AFTERSHAVE
Macduff never fail to amaze me with how consistently good their scents are! It's just wow, so fresh, yet deep! I've yet to see a weak Macduff scent, in terms of how well it's made. Still don't have a favourite, but I think that their Metheglin scent might change that(I love raspberries). But all in due time!
Why is it a bonus round? I WANNA GRIPE ABOUT THE DAMN BOTTLES!!!!
Other than A&E, I can't remember who uses these type of bottles, but in the future DON'T, PLEASE! WHY, why do you use these specific bottles, no matter how tightly you screw the cap on you can just at it the wrong way and it'll unscrew cause it clenched it's butthole too tight from your stare.... Seriously, it's probably the worst damn bottle that anyone can use to put their aftershave in....
#FOF
Similar to the Almond situation I was a bit flustered about what to use. My choice of fragrance is Moustache by Rochas. The Vanilla+Bulgarian rose accord paired up really well with the sweetness of Irish Coffee and also with the Lavender+Amyris in the aftershave by Macduff! And the spiciness really really gave it that cinnamon on top of coffee feel! The whole fragrance experience was similar to a warm hug during a cold winter day(pay no attention to the scorching temperatures).
- Daily Lather Themes: 9/30
- Daily Challenges: 9/30
- Hardware Scavenger Hunt: 10/20
- Hardware Vendor Points: 0/2
- Software Vendor Points: 5/13
- Software Vendor Bonus Point: 0/1
- 30 Different Soap Brands Point: 9/30
- 30 Different Soaps On Theme Bonus Point: 9/30
- 30 Different Post-Shaves Bonus Point: 9/30
- 30 Different Fragrances Bonus Point: 9/30