SOTD by u/hugbckt

July 28, 2023 – LG Day 28 – Cheap-o Day (frugality implies that it’s worth it in the end)

• Brush: Ever-Ready 100 #ANCIENT
• Razor: Bic Sensitive Shaver #RAINBOW
• Blade: n/a
• Lather: Arko – Shave Stick
• Post Shave: Proraso – Menthol and Eucalyptus
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Glastonbury

Ever-Ready 100 – Generally $5-10 online. I didn’t purchase this, and I found it the other day when digging through a box in storage. I thought I had sold or given away all the vintage brushes my FIL had in his collection, but this one managed to stick behind. I don’t plan to shave with it again as it’s narrow and floppy as hell.

Bic Sensitive Shaver – 12 for $4.99, or $0.42 per razor. I keep these in my car for emergencies.

Arko – $2.99 for 75 gram stick, or \~$0.04/gram. I’ve been keeping this shaving stick, which I assume to be Arko based on its distinctive sanitary scent, for this day of the Games, and this day only. I have not shaved with it before. I may throw it out so I don’t have to ever use it again. Lathers poorly from the stick and grating it defeats the purpose imo. Smells terribly. Drying as hell. Ick.

Proraso Eucalyptus & Menthol – currently $14 on Amazon, but I’ve had this for years and certainly paid less. $0.14/ml at current price, cheaper than anything else I own based on current MSRP, regardless of how much I initially bought it for.

Stirling Glastonbury EdT – Based on full bottle pricing, approx. $0.25/ml, which is cheaper than anything else I have if we consider full bottle pricing. The two full bottles I have are technically less per ml than the sample price per ml, but I don’t think that’s a fair comparison for the essence of the challenge.

I didn’t initially get into this hobby to save money, but rather to save my head from regular razor burn. I did, however, see the price and longevity of Proraso to be a perk. That lasted a couple years, but then my FIL started telling me about artisan soaps. And here we are today.

For the djudges and #FOF, I’m going to be honest here — the link between my products today is simply that they are the cheapest I own. The sanitary Arko is unfortunately long-lasting, soi although it was covered up by Proraso momentarily, it’s already smellable again just 20 minutes after shaving. Glastonbury is one of two samples I have by Stirling, and I’ve already used one of them a different day. It’s remarkably different than either my soap or splash, so I can’t make a reasonable argument that they’re connected. However, I will write for a moment that Glastonbury is a wonderous frag. I didn’t get this in the splash sample I bought, but my partner and I both concur that it smells remarkably like the Fryeburg Fair, once you get through the patchouli. There’s a distinctive hay note, that I know isn’t listed on the product page, but is palpable. There’s also something that’s a slightly nicer version of manure (maybe the vetiver?). It was a very cool experience to run to my partner and say “smell this!”, and have us both agree on how evocative of the fair Glastonbury is.

[**July 28, 2023 – LG Day 28 – Cheap-o Day (frugality implies that it’s worth it in the end)**](https://i.imgur.com/QuzY6E5.jpg)

* **Brush:** Ever-Ready 100 #ANCIENT
* **Razor:** Bic Sensitive Shaver #RAINBOW
* **Blade:** n/a
* **Lather:** Arko – Shave Stick
* **Post Shave:** Proraso – Menthol and Eucalyptus
* **Fragrance:** Stirling Soap Co. – Glastonbury

Ever-Ready 100 – Generally **$5-10** online. I didn’t purchase this, and I found it the other day when digging through a box in storage. I thought I had sold or given away all the vintage brushes my FIL had in his collection, but this one managed to stick behind. I don’t plan to shave with it again as it’s narrow and floppy as hell.

Bic Sensitive Shaver – 12 for $4.99, or **$0.42** per razor. I keep these in my car for emergencies.

Arko – $2.99 for 75 gram stick, or **\~$0.04/gram.** I’ve been keeping this shaving stick, which I assume to be Arko based on its distinctive sanitary scent, for this day of the Games, and this day only. I have not shaved with it before. I may throw it out so I don’t have to ever use it again. Lathers poorly from the stick and grating it defeats the purpose imo. Smells terribly. Drying as hell. Ick.

Proraso Eucalyptus & Menthol – currently [$14 on Amazon,](https://www.amazon.com/Proraso-After-Lotion-Refreshing-Toning/dp/B0085UECY2/ref=asc_df_B0085UECY2) but I’ve had this for years and certainly paid less. **$0.14/ml** at current price, cheaper than anything else I own based on current MSRP, regardless of how much I initially bought it for.

Stirling Glastonbury EdT – Based on [full bottle pricing,](https://www.stirlingsoap.com/products/glastonbury-50ml-eau-de-toilette) approx. **$0.25/ml**, which is cheaper than anything else I have if we consider full bottle pricing. The two full bottles I have are technically less per ml than the sample price per ml, but I don’t think that’s a fair comparison for the essence of the challenge.

I didn’t initially get into this hobby to save money, but rather to save my head from regular razor burn. I did, however, see the price and longevity of Proraso to be a perk. That lasted a couple years, but then my FIL started telling me about artisan soaps. And here we are today.

For the djudges and #FOF, I’m going to be honest here — the link between my products today is simply that they are the cheapest I own. The sanitary Arko is unfortunately long-lasting, soi although it was covered up by Proraso momentarily, it’s already smellable again just 20 minutes after shaving. Glastonbury is one of two samples I have by Stirling, and I’ve already used one of them a different day. It’s remarkably different than either my soap or splash, so I can’t make a reasonable argument that they’re connected. However, I will write for a moment that Glastonbury is a wonderous frag. I didn’t get this in the splash sample I bought, but my partner and I both concur that it smells remarkably like the [Fryeburg Fair](https://www.fryeburgfair.org/), once you get through the patchouli. There’s a distinctive hay note, that I know isn’t listed on the product page, but is palpable. There’s also something that’s a slightly nicer version of manure (maybe the vetiver?). It was a very cool experience to run to my partner and say “smell this!”, and have us both agree on how evocative of the fair Glastonbury is.