SOTD by u/jwoods23

Jul. 25, 2023 - Trying out GRUYE

• Prep: Grocery Shopping

• Brush: Basting brush

• Razor: Hemlock Bread Lame #AllNatural

• Blade: Personna whatever came with the Lame (1)

• Lather: Private Selections - Cheddar and Gruyère Cheese

• Post Shave: Hot - Shower

• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - 42

Todays #photocontest is #food (duh!) I made a lego sandwich to go along with me wonderful lather product! Also 42 has a drink in its ingredients so that qualifies as food adjacent!

So I started hearing about this weird thought about using GRUYE cheese to shave all year long and I’ll have to admit I was confused at first. I mean we have so many good options for soap why would you want to limit yourself to one thing? And then I heard they also aren’t buying anything else all year! Lots of people who have been doing this a long time! People like u/Wyze0ne u/enndeegee u/visceralwatch & others I can’t remember right now pledged to this cause all year long. There were some staunch opposers of this with u/djundjila and u/j33pguy13 leading the pack shouting what a silly idea this was.

Finally after 7 months I cannot withstand the urge and I simply have to see what all the rage is about! Call it FOMO, call it stupidity but I just had to know!

So I took a trip to the grocery store, well 3 stores actually. You see I live in the rural nowhere of the US so to find this acclaimed GRUYE took a while. To top that off, I couldn’t even find a pure block of it so I’m just going with close enough today. I’m sure it will do the job, just might be similar to non Osma alum and be a little less luxury.

Onto the shave!

Ok so what the ABSOLUTE FUCK!?! I don’t understand how this can work at all! I took my block of cheese broke it up into a bowl and started trying to melt it incorporating water like a normal lather. Trying to get it on the face was an absolute nightmare! I tried at first with by brush and eventually resorted to using my hands to get anything to stick at all! Next up came the shave which was pretty tricky as the lather just kept falling off of my face. I managed to get a single pass on each cheek, not touching anything else today! All I can smell is cheese now, but at least it tastes good!

Now I know, this GRUYE craziness isn’t for me! I totally understand why some of y’all haven’t been able to stick with it! I know there’s no way I could. After this experience I need some retail therapy, u/j33pguy13 what crack are you selling?

Speaking of crack, here’s my current den! 30 full size tubs and countless samples! The shelf I built last summer while on paternity leave! It was a fun build where I can show off my favorite soaps!

Edit: fixed a link and tag

[**Jul. 25, 2023** - Trying out GRUYE](https://imgur.com/a/xH6y6iA)

* **Prep:** Grocery Shopping

* **Brush:** Basting brush

* **Razor:** [Hemlock Bread Lame](https://a.co/d/6EPldL7) #AllNatural

* **Blade:** Personna whatever came with the Lame (1)

* **Lather:** Private Selections - Cheddar and Gruyère Cheese

* **Post Shave:** Hot - Shower

* **Fragrance:** Barrister and Mann - 42

Todays #photocontest is #food (duh!) I made a lego sandwich to go along with me wonderful lather product! Also 42 has a drink in its ingredients so that qualifies as food adjacent!

So I started hearing about this [weird thought about using GRUYE cheese](https://reddit.com/r/Wetshaving/comments/1021021/tuesday_daily_questions_newbie_friendly_jan_03/) to shave all year long and I’ll have to admit I was confused at first. I mean we have [so many good options](https://maggardrazors.com) for soap why would you want to limit yourself to one thing? And then I heard they also aren’t buying anything else all year! Lots of people who have been doing this a long time! People like u/Wyze0ne u/enndeegee u/visceralwatch & others I can’t remember right now pledged to this cause all year long. There were some staunch opposers of this with u/djundjila and u/j33pguy13 leading the pack shouting what a silly idea this was.

Finally after 7 months I cannot withstand the urge and I simply have to see what all the rage is about! Call it FOMO, call it stupidity but I just [had to know!](https://media1.giphy.com/media/OOJycWOEgp8FW/giphy.gif?cid=2154d3d7wic5dz8y338uyjkp2w85c79ddh7o88fi728a9u9h&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

So I took a trip to the grocery store, well 3 stores actually. You see I live in the rural nowhere of the US so to find this acclaimed GRUYE took a while. To top that off, I couldn’t even find a pure block of it so I’m just going with close enough today. I’m sure it will do the job, just might be similar to non Osma alum and be a little less luxury.

Onto the shave!

Ok so what the ABSOLUTE FUCK!?! I don’t understand how this can work at all! I took my block of cheese [broke it up into a bowl](https://imgur.com/a/w4FxJv9) and started trying to melt it [incorporating water](https://imgur.com/a/kZOaTGj) like a normal lather. [Trying to get it on the face was an absolute nightmare!](https://imgur.com/a/PdZLgEZ) I tried at first with by brush and eventually [resorted to using my hands](https://imgur.com/a/dBDtF9H) to get anything to stick at all! [Next up came the shave](https://imgur.io/oVhn5b3?r) which was pretty tricky as the lather just kept falling off of my face. I managed to get a single pass on each cheek, not touching anything else today! All I can smell is cheese now, but [at least it tastes good!](https://imgur.com/a/5xc46Rn)

Now I know, this GRUYE craziness isn’t for me! I totally understand why some of y’all haven’t been able to stick with it! I know there’s no way I could. After this experience I need some retail therapy, u/j33pguy13 what crack are you selling?

Speaking of crack, [here’s my current den!](https://imgur.com/a/4bbadER) 30 full size tubs and countless samples! The shelf [I built](https://imgur.com/a/X897lU8) last summer while on paternity leave! It was a fun build where I can show off my favorite soaps!

Edit: fixed a link and tag