SOTD by u/AdWorried2804

u/AdWorried2804 posted on 2024-06-17 20:14:45-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

June 17, 2024 – LG24 Day 17 - Don't have a Cow, Man!

Daily Theme & Relevant Post/Frag: Catie's Bubbles is renowned for its vegan soap base (and today's Sponsor to boot!), making Florentine Fern an easy lather choice. For post and frag I leaned into Florentine Fern's fougère roots. The post (a Boss Number One dupe) is an Aromatic Fougère and the frag (a JPG Ultra Mâle dupe) is an Amber Fougère. The soap's and post's aromatic and woody accords and the frag's vanilla, fruity and sweet accords are very complimentary (at least to my caveman nose) and work well together.

Daily Challenge & Shave: I'm a ~~disciple~~ practitioner of Cosmo's Precision Loading method. Having a predictable amount of soap has helped me consistently make slick, wet, protective lather. When precision loading, I've always used a bowl to load my brush and then build my lather on my face, until today that is. With today being Knee-Lather Day that means no bowl to load and no face to lather, instead, brush loading and lather building will be performed on my right knee.

The first step of precision loading is to scoop some soap. That's about 2g of Florentine Fern, and as I discovered during the lather-building phase, that's wayyyyyyyyyy to much soap for CB's fantastic vegan base. The next step is to spread the soap ~~in a bowl~~ on your knee and wet your brush (damp only because any water trapped in the brush can cause over-hydration during the building phase). With soap adequately spread ~~in a bowl~~ on my knee, it's time to load the brush. I was able to load about 95% of the soap, but since my knee is convex (instead of concave like a bowl), picking up the rest wasn't worth the effort. Next is the lather-building phase, on my knee as per today's challenge. To avoid getting foamy lather, I dip my brush tips, do a little building, dip again, build again, and so on until the lather takes on a shiny appearance. Normally 4 to 5 dips gets the lather shiny. Not today. I dipped at least 10 times and the soap kept on asking for more! At about 12 dips the lather finally looking shiny and voluminous. I gave the lather a few more dips of water (until it started dripping down my leg) and started face-painting before the lather collapsed upon itself due to the quantity of water I added. I grabbed my Schick Adjustable and attacked my stubble. The wet, slick, protective lather was awesome and delivered a fantastic shave.

Today's Learned Lesson - Cosmo states (I think in his video, but maybe in a SOTD) that his precision loading method will work on any flat surface. Today's challenge demonstrates that precision loading can be performed on any surface, including your knee!

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  1. Lather Games 2024
**June 17, 2024 – [LG24 Day 17 - Don't have a Cow, Man!](https://metapixl.com/p/AdWorried/708490834658101254)**

* **Brush:** AP Shave Co. Black & Clear handle w/ 24mm G5C Premium Synthetic fan knot
* **Razor:** Schick Injector Type M Variant D2,H1,G1
* **Blade:** Schick Stainless Steel Injector (4)
* **Lather:** [Catie's Bubbles – Florentine Fern](https://web.archive.org/web/20231111060540/https://catiesbubbles.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=85&products_id=394)
* **Post Shave:** [Stubble Buster - Absolutely AS Splash](https://web.archive.org/web/20231207070316/https://groomatorium.com/products/stubble-buster-absolutely-handmade-aftershave-splash)
* **Fragrance:** [OriginLab - Inspired by Ultra Male Parfum](https://web.archive.org/web/20240510052154/https://down-ph.img.susercontent.com/file/ph-11134207-7r98y-lnhbgc2uqu8qe0)

**Daily Theme & Relevant Post/Frag:** Catie's Bubbles is renowned for its vegan soap base (and today's Sponsor to boot!), making Florentine Fern an easy lather choice. For post and frag I leaned into Florentine Fern's fougère roots. The post (a Boss Number One dupe) is an Aromatic Fougère and the frag (a JPG Ultra Mâle dupe) is an Amber Fougère. The soap's and post's aromatic and woody accords and the frag's vanilla, fruity and sweet accords are very complimentary (at least to my caveman nose) and work well together.

**Daily Challenge & Shave:** I'm a ~~disciple~~ practitioner of Cosmo's [Precision Loading method](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjcJsMsKyQ). Having a predictable amount of soap has helped me consistently make slick, wet, protective lather. When precision loading, I've always used a bowl to load my brush and then build my lather on my face, until today that is. With today being Knee-Lather Day that means no bowl to load and no face to lather, instead, brush loading and lather building will be performed on my right knee.

The first step of precision loading is to [scoop some soap](https://metapixl.com/p/AdWorried/708491142639347747). That's about 2g of Florentine Fern, and as I discovered during the lather-building phase, that's wayyyyyyyyyy to much soap for CB's fantastic vegan base. The next step is to [spread the soap ~~in a bowl~~ on your knee](https://metapixl.com/p/AdWorried/708491407770286142) and wet your brush (damp only because any water trapped in the brush can cause over-hydration during the building phase). With soap adequately spread ~~in a bowl~~ on my knee, it's time to [load the brush](https://metapixl.com/p/AdWorried/708491627255191631). I was able to load about 95% of the soap, but since my knee is convex (instead of concave like a bowl), picking up the rest wasn't worth the effort. Next is the lather-building phase, on my knee as per today's challenge. To avoid getting foamy lather, I dip my brush tips, do a little building, dip again, build again, and so on until the lather takes on a shiny appearance. Normally 4 to 5 dips gets the lather shiny. Not today. I dipped at least 10 times and the soap kept on asking for more! At about 12 dips the [lather finally looking shiny](https://metapixl.com/p/AdWorried/708491843245107286) and voluminous. I gave the lather a few more dips of water (until it started dripping down my leg) and started face-painting before the lather collapsed upon itself due to the quantity of water I added. I grabbed my Schick Adjustable and attacked my stubble. The wet, slick, protective lather was awesome and delivered a fantastic shave.

Today's Learned Lesson - Cosmo states (I think in his video, but maybe in a SOTD) that his precision loading method will work on any flat surface. Today's challenge demonstrates that precision loading can be performed on any surface, including your knee!