LG SOTD 11Jun2024
- Brush: Yaqi Dandelion - 24mm cashmere synthetic
- Razor: Karve - Overlander (Brass)
- Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (5)
- Lather: Noble Otter - Rawr
- Bowl: AWEHIRU - slow feeder bowl (green)
- Post Shave: Stirling - Aftershave Balm, Unscented
Happy Tuesday, beautiful people! Welcome to the eleventh shave of the 2024 Lather Games. Today's theme is “April Showers” where we shave with a lather themed around spring, florals, petrichor, grass, etc.
I am shaving with Rawr from Noble Otter. This has been a stock tub in my den for more than two years and I always love it. The scent is Bloom County’s Dandelion Patch made into a fragrance. Soaps like this are great for the way they turn you onto a new fragrance theme for shaving, who knew that smashing dandelion blossoms in your face was so awesome?
Using my Yaqui Dandelion brush set with a 24mm cashmere knot. Visually, it goes with the special challenge but, like yesterday’s cashmere fiber knot, back into the bin after today’s shave.
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For the Color Coordinated special challenge, I let the scent drive the set up. The fragrance of dandelion blossom is central. The soap is packaged in a green and white tub featuring the iconic otter in a T. Rex costume 😍. The brush is Yaqui’s Dandelion - a lush green handle with a 24mm cashmere knot reminiscent of the yellow of dandelion blossom. The bowl is a AWEHIRU (Chinese goods reseller on Amazon) slow feeder pet bowl (AKA “Stirling“ Travel Bowl) in a bright green color with the nub pattern reminiscent of the geometric shapes on the green field of the Rawr soap label. The aftershave balm is Stirling’s unscented in the iconic Stirling green and white packaging. I chose the brass Overlander for another suggestion of the yellow of dandelion blossoms. I then arranged everything on my lawn in the sun - no dandelions in bloom now so settled for some clover giving the photo a natural green and white themed setting.
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Shave Report - It’s been some time since I used one of these pet bowls as a shave bowl and not a fan anymore. The nubs are too vigorous - doesn’t give you much control of volume and creaminess versus a less extreme agitation. That said, I am a professional and whipped up a decent NO lather and had a great shave.
Rawr is always pleasing. This is the soap I took on vacation to Disneyland with my wife in 2022 and that association alone gives it a leg up, and Noble Otter’s base is always solid if you feed it enough water. The Overlander as always was great and finished off with some color themed Stirling balm, unscented so as to leave the dandelion fragrance be.
Enjoy your day!