SOTD by u/PhilosphicalZombie

2024-06-11 April Showers Bring May Flowers

• Prep: Coffee, Face wash soap/warm water
• Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Blue Swirled Without Name, 26mm Maggard Maggard's Razors SHD Badger Knot #FRANKENBRUSH
• Razor: Above The Tie - Calypso Blue V2 SB90, DE
• Blade: Astra Superior Platinum, DE
• Lather: Talent Soap Factory – Dusty Mauve
• Post Shave: Talent Soap Factory – Dusty Mauve

Color Coordinated Scheme:

Going for the "non-monchromatic" color matching scheme...judges do the judging thing and let me know. Keying in on the blues and whites of the flowers and the painted pony.

Hewing close to the phrase, and since we are past April, and even may, now we have flowers. Got a nice bouquet in Talent Soap Factory's Dusty Mauve with tea rose, geranium leaf notes.

Hardware Notes:

The ATT Calypso is a bit wicked of an aluminum razor. Do not press - ha ha! I miss this razor maker. I do remember getting an email from Blackland stating it had received permission to resurrect the brand but I have not seen anything sense that.

This is my first use of this unnamed brush handle by Summer Break soaps. I bought it at the 2023 Maggard's Meet-up. Then I promptly misplaced the knot I bought for it. So it now has a knot. Like I said, I don't have a name for it. So I am just calling it "Blue Swirled Without Name" unless u/rocketk455 would like to christen a name for it?

Software notes:

Scent notes for both the Talent Soap Factory Dusty Mauve shave soap and aftershave are - tea rose, geranium leaf

The cover of this soap had me cue up a song...

"Talkin' 'bout your troubles It's a cryin' sin

Ride a painted pony Let the Spinning Wheel spin

You got no money, you got no home

Spinning Wheel all alone

Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you You never learn

Ride a painted pony Let the Spinning Wheel turn"

• Spinning Wheel by David Clayton-Thomas, (Blood Sweat and Tears), 1968.

Etc., Etc.,

Spinning Wheel is most certainly a product of it's time. I like it in small amounts. It probably looped a few too many times. No, it did loop a few too many times. However, as the song suggests and according to it's composer 'Don't get too caught up, because everything comes full circle'.

Take care and have a good one.

[**2024-06-11 April Showers Bring May Flowers**](https://imgur.com/PdiQy8a)

* **Prep:** Coffee, Face wash soap/warm water
* **Brush:** Summer Break Soaps - Blue Swirled Without Name, 26mm Maggard Maggard's Razors SHD Badger Knot #FRANKENBRUSH
* **Razor:** Above The Tie - [Calypso Blue V2 SB90](https://imgur.com/aPrk1dg), DE
* **Blade:** [Astra Superior Platinum, DE](https://imgur.com/kj2oWW9)
* **Lather:** Talent Soap Factory – [Dusty Mauve](https://imgur.com/pjtdJDx)
* **Post Shave:** Talent Soap Factory – [Dusty Mauve](https://imgur.com/fIA8ifV)



**Color Coordinated Scheme:**

Going for the "non-monchromatic" color matching scheme...judges do the judging thing and let me know. [Keying in on the blues and whites of the flowers and the painted pony.](https://imgur.com/PdiQy8a)

Hewing close to the phrase, and since we are past April, and even may, now we have flowers. Got a nice bouquet in Talent Soap Factory's Dusty Mauve with tea rose, geranium leaf notes.



**Hardware Notes:**

The ATT Calypso is a bit wicked of an aluminum razor. Do not press - ha ha! I miss this razor maker. I do remember getting an email from Blackland stating it had received permission to resurrect the brand but I have not seen anything sense that.

This is my first use of this unnamed brush handle by Summer Break soaps. I bought it at the 2023 Maggard's Meet-up. Then I promptly misplaced the knot I bought for it. So it now has a knot. Like I said, I don't have a name for it. So I am just calling it "Blue Swirled Without Name" unless u/rocketk455 would like to christen a name for it?



**Software notes:**

Scent notes for both the Talent Soap Factory Dusty Mauve shave soap and aftershave are - tea rose, geranium leaf


***The*** [**cover**](https://imgur.com/pjtdJDx) ***of this soap had me cue up a song...***



*"Talkin' 'bout your troubles It's a cryin' sin*

*Ride a painted pony Let the Spinning Wheel spin*

*You got no money, you got no home*

*Spinning Wheel all alone*

*Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you You never learn*

*Ride a painted pony Let the Spinning Wheel turn"*

- Spinning Wheel by David Clayton-Thomas, (Blood Sweat and Tears), 1968.


**Etc., Etc.,**

Spinning Wheel is most certainly a product of it's time. I like it in small amounts. It probably looped a few too many times. No, it did loop a few too many times. However, as the song suggests and according to it's composer 'Don't get too caught up, because everything comes full circle'.

**Take care and have a good one.**