SOTD by u/MrTangerinesky

DAY 11 LATHER GAMES! COLOUR COODRINATED? AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!

• Prep: Water
• Brush: Hand made wooden handle with synth knot
• Razor: Feather - AS-D2
• Blade: Feather
• Lather: Areffa Soap - The Gardener
• Post Shave: MacDuff's Soap Company - Spring Cabin
• Fragrance: Bvlgari - Aqva Amara

Ahhh spring is in the air and love has arrived! Or was it vise-versa? Can never really remember....

Anyways, today is my only fail of a challenge in the LG, no matter how I switched, turned, twisted and shouted I could not find a full tub for today's challenge, so I will gracefully skip this one, knowing full well that I will compensate with points from the judges from their evaluation of my immaculate posts(which due to reddit being an asshole gets split into two).

Fuck all of that, I ain't moaning no more, mainly cause I don't get paid enough, moaning's extra!!!!

So choosing the artisan for today's spot was a tough one, but in the end the lucky winner was Areffa soap. I saw many people use them on "Not Beef tallow" day, because they have like 4 bases, even badger. The one I used today(The Gardener) is with bear tallow. It performed well, but I was not blown away.

It is described by the manufacturer as "...a very interesting "wet soil" fragrance..." and here is the run down of the scent notes:

• Fragrance: earthy
• Top notes: jasmine, gardenia, rose
• Heart notes: wet soil, mud
• Base notes: wet soil, mud

Have you ever smelled Petrichor, by B&M? Well it's like that, but a bit less complex and not as strong.

So in the razor department, it was a special shave for me, cause today, the instrument I used(Feather AS-D2), was the first high end razor I had ever tried, and that was 3 years ago. Do you remember the feeling of being a small child, waiting for Christmas Day so you could get your present and be surprised. This razor, the first shave with it, that's how I felt! Back then my mind was blown at how good this razor was. And now, you may ask? Well I'm still really impressed. 70+ razors down the line, and it's a monster of an efficiency shaver. Of course the feeling isn't as strong as back then, but damn I be if this thing doesn't shave amazing. Yes, you are required to do a bit more of skin stretching than usual, or at all, but it gets you almost to a BBS shave. You cannot cut yourself with this thing, it's idiotproof! It puts it in the same category as the GameChanger. The boring category, not because the GC or this razor are boring, it's just that shaving with them is so easy that you can go into autopilot and forget that you're even shaving, thus killing the joy.

Daily Lather Themes: 11/30 * Daily Challenges: 10/30 * Hardware Scavenger Hunt: 9/20 * Hardware Vendor Points: 2/2 * Software Vendor Points: 6/16 * Software Vendor Bonus Point: 0/1 * 30 Different Soap Brands Point: 11/30 * 30 Different Soaps On Theme Bonus Point: 11/30 * 30 Different Post-Shaves Bonus Point: 11/30 * 30 Different Fragrances Bonus Point: 11/30

[**DAY 11 LATHER GAMES! COLOUR COODRINATED? AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!**](https://i.imgur.com/XoJtRzW.jpeg)

* **Prep:** Water
* **Brush:** Hand made wooden handle with synth knot
* **Razor:** Feather - AS-D2
* **Blade:** Feather
* **Lather:** Areffa Soap - The Gardener
* **Post Shave:** MacDuff's Soap Company - Spring Cabin
* **Fragrance:** Bvlgari - Aqva Amara

Ahhh spring is in the air and love has arrived! Or was it vise-versa? Can never really remember....

Anyways, today is my only fail of a challenge in the LG, no matter how I switched, turned, twisted and shouted I could not find a full tub for today's challenge, so I will gracefully skip this one, knowing full well that I will compensate with points from the judges from their evaluation of my immaculate posts(which due to reddit being an asshole gets split into two).

Fuck all of that, I ain't moaning no more, mainly cause I don't get paid enough, moaning's extra!!!!

So choosing the artisan for today's spot was a tough one, but in the end the lucky winner was Areffa soap. I saw many people use them on "Not Beef tallow" day, because they have like 4 bases, even badger. The one I used today(The Gardener) is with bear tallow. It performed well, but I was not blown away.

It is described by the manufacturer as "...a very interesting "wet soil" fragrance..." and here is the run down of the scent notes:

* **Fragrance:** earthy
* **Top notes:** jasmine, gardenia, rose
* **Heart notes:** wet soil, mud
* **Base notes:** wet soil, mud

Have you ever smelled Petrichor, by B&M? Well it's like that, but a bit less complex and not as strong.

So in the razor department, it was a special shave for me, cause today, the instrument I used(Feather AS-D2), was the first high end razor I had ever tried, and that was 3 years ago. Do you remember the feeling of being a small child, waiting for Christmas Day so you could get your present and be surprised. This razor, the first shave with it, that's how I felt! Back then my mind was blown at how good this razor was. And now, you may ask? Well I'm still really impressed. 70+ razors down the line, and it's a monster of an efficiency shaver. Of course the feeling isn't as strong as back then, but damn I be if this thing doesn't shave amazing. Yes, you are required to do a bit more of skin stretching than usual, or at all, but it gets you almost to a BBS shave. You cannot cut yourself with this thing, it's idiotproof! It puts it in the same category as the GameChanger. The boring category, not because the GC or this razor are boring, it's just that shaving with them is so easy that you can go into autopilot and forget that you're even shaving, thus killing the joy.

**Daily Lather Themes:** 11/30
* **Daily Challenges:** 10/30
* **Hardware Scavenger Hunt:** 9/20
* **Hardware Vendor Points:** 2/2
* **Software Vendor Points:** 6/16
* **Software Vendor Bonus Point:** 0/1
* **30 Different Soap Brands Point:** 11/30
* **30 Different Soaps On Theme Bonus Point:** 11/30
* **30 Different Post-Shaves Bonus Point:** 11/30
* **30 Different Fragrances Bonus Point:** 11/30