SOTD by u/FMKJuli

u/FMKJuli posted on 2023-08-10 23:08:38-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

11-08 - Den dreaming

  • Brush: Yaqi 'Purple Haze' w/ 24mm Mew Brown knot
  • Razor: 1953-54 Gillette 'Aristocrat Junior'
  • Blade: Gillette Nacet (11)
  • Lather: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
  • Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
  • Fragrance: Proraso - Wood and Spice - Cologne

Taking this photo of my 'den' (read: what my wife lets me keep on the bathroom counter and not on a shelf in the next room) I feel like a mother bird, looking down on her babies in the nest. All of my soaps, balms and splashes - each a baby in its own right - stare up expectantly at me, and I can almost hear each and every one of them mouth 'use me, use me'.

I've never done an AA before this, and I think I see now where the difficulty lies. It's in the lack of variety. It's all well and good to love a specific thing to bits, but I love curly fries yet wouldn't want them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 365 days a year.

I suppose there's also the matter of subjecting yourself to particularly gruesome gear restrictions (looking at you, pigstinkers and cutthroaters), but as I established yesterday I'm not that worried about my hardware as I picked it to be particularly easy-going.

This whole wistful waffling about lack of variety was compounded today when I received three full, unsullied tubs of beautiful artisan soap in the mail. Mark my words - I will stay strong. But by golly I will also complain about it.

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Tags: #MammothMafia23 #UNCHALLENGE

This SOTD is part of the challenge
  1. Mammoth Mafia 2023
  2. Unchallenge 2023
[**11-08 - Den dreaming**](https://imgur.com/a/Wn82Gx1)

* **Brush**: Yaqi 'Purple Haze' w/ 24mm Mew Brown knot
* **Razor**: 1953-54 Gillette 'Aristocrat Junior'
* **Blade**: Gillette Nacet (11)
* **Lather**: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Soap
* **Post Shave**: House of Mammoth - Mood Indigo - Balm
* **Fragrance**: Proraso - Wood and Spice - Cologne

Taking this photo of my 'den' (read: what my wife lets me keep on the bathroom counter and not on a shelf in the next room) I feel like a mother bird, looking down on her babies in the nest. All of my soaps, balms and splashes - each a baby in its own right - stare up expectantly at me, and I can almost hear each and every one of them mouth *'use me, use me'*.

I've never done an AA before this, and I think I see now where the difficulty lies. It's in the lack of variety. It's all well and good to love a specific thing to bits, but I love curly fries yet wouldn't want them for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 365 days a year.

I suppose there's also the matter of subjecting yourself to particularly gruesome gear restrictions (looking at you, pigstinkers and cutthroaters), but as I established [yesterday](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wetshaving/comments/15n3ra6/comment/jvkdt31/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) I'm not that worried about my hardware as I picked it to be particularly easy-going.

This whole wistful waffling about lack of variety was compounded today when I received three full, unsullied tubs of beautiful artisan soap in the mail. Mark my words - I will stay strong. But by golly I will also complain about it.

​

Tags: #MammothMafia23 #UNCHALLENGE