SOTD by u/worbx

Friday, the 14th of July, 2023

• Brush: Omega 20106
• Razor: Gillette travel Tech
• Blade: Gillette Rubie (27)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Cryogen
• Post shave: Declaration Grooming - ? (Puzzle 2019)
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Company - Haverford

OK, confession time: I'm not really a menthol-head. I can appreciate a little menthol, and I've actually started adding frost drops to a lot of lathers this Summer. But even some of Stirling's regular mentholated soaps are a little much. I got one sample of a "glacial" soap and it was... too much.

So I don't know what I was thinking when I got this sample.

You can see little crystalline structures in the soap. It is, as advertised, very cold. But... now I wonder if using more menthol more often is building up a tolerance. This really isn't as bad as I remember my glacial sample being. Oh, no, am I becoming a menthol lover?

I did take the challenge today: first pass was ATG on both cheeks, and most of my neck. It was... irritating. I did the one pass mostly ATG, then a second cleanup pass. There's one spot on my neck which is prone to irritation, and it was bugging the hell out of me after today's shave. So... no, this is definitely not the way.

We had a thunderstorm roll through today. Winds up to 70MPH, I think. It did a ton of damage, and my power's been out since. I have enough juice left to post this, at least.

**[Friday, the 14th of July, 2023](https://i.imgur.com/eUrDmqm.jpeg)**

* **Brush**: Omega 20106
* **Razor**: Gillette travel Tech
* **Blade**: Gillette Rubie (27)
* **Lather**: Chiseled Face - Cryogen
* **Post shave**: Declaration Grooming - ? (Puzzle 2019)
* **Fragrance**: Stirling Soap Company - Haverford

OK, confession time: I'm not really a menthol-head. I can appreciate a little menthol, and I've actually started adding frost drops to a lot of lathers this Summer. But even some of Stirling's regular mentholated soaps are a little much. I got one sample of a "glacial" soap and it was... too much.

So I don't know what I was thinking when I got this sample.

You can see little crystalline structures in the soap. It is, as advertised, _very_ cold. But... now I wonder if using more menthol more often is building up a tolerance. This really isn't as bad as I remember my glacial sample being. Oh, no, am I becoming a menthol lover?

I did take the challenge today: first pass was ATG on both cheeks, and most of my neck. It was... irritating. I did the one pass mostly ATG, then a second cleanup pass. There's one spot on my neck which is prone to irritation, and it was bugging the hell out of me after today's shave. So... no, this is definitely not the way.

We had a thunderstorm roll through today. Winds up to 70MPH, I think. It did a ton of damage, and [my power's been out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE&t=25) since. I have enough juice left to post this, at least.