SOTD by u/hugbckt

June 26, 2024 – LG Day 26 – Wildcard Wednesday

• Brush: Ateco Ultra Offset Spatula, 7.75in, Black Handle
• Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Aluminum
• Blade: Gillette Nacet
• Lather: Hugbckt Homestead – Vanilla Buttercream
• Post Shave: PepsiCo – Starry
• Fragrance: House of Mammoth – Rumble – EdP

Have you ever watched Is It Cake? and thought to yourself, “boy oh boy, I wish I could be one of those cakes.”? Yes? Well, same here. So I made it a reality today.

First, I whipped up some buttercream frosting. It’s pretty easy to do, even if you’re not a baker! I mean, I personally am a home baker who has made wedding cakes in the past, but that’s an irrelevant brag I wanted to throw in here. In process, and final product. (Note: All photos from here on out are SFW-ish, as long as your work is okay with hairy shoulders and above-the-nipple-line-chest.)

Then, I grabbed my offset spatula and went to work. As it turns out, ones head is harder to frost than cake. Even with a day’s stubble, there wasn’t enough to grab onto – possibly a result of all those pesky naturally occurring oils in skin. With much more effort than I was anticipating, I managed to get it done. But you know, that didn’t seem like enough. I looked like an incomplete cupcake. And what I wanted to be was a complete cupcake. So I added some sprinkles. Still not enough. This is a cause worthy of celebration. This is my third Lather Games. Kind of like a third birthday, you know? And as such, I found a way to adequately celebrate this.

I have become Cupcake, destroyer of worlds. (Bonus points if you catch what I was going for with my drawing/markup that keeps this photo safe for work!)

After shaving, I splashed on everybody’s favorite children’s birthday party soda, ~~Sprite~~ Starry. Ahh. Satisfying.

Was too tired to take a proper video, so I took a video (not modest enough to share), took screenshots and cropped for SFW-ish, and made a lil photo album that I think adequately show my dismay and regret through the process.

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When making buttercream that isn’t destined for my head, I typically use organic powdered sugar as recommended by Stella Parks. Paying the premium is rough, but the flavor is more rounded, and far less sickly sweet. This batch is quite sweet. Scents of vanilla and white sugar, with slight lactic notes from the butter and splash of milk. Starry (the artist formerly known as Sierra Mist) is a classic lemon-lime scent, sticky sweet but not overly saccharine, ultimately refreshing, the perfect way to wash down birthday cake. Rumble joins us to represent chocolate ice cream (a flavor many people enjoy), covered in a special coffee-rum sauce only available to the grown-ups. A perfect finish to a joyous party. #FOF

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Brushes are scientifically proven to be dishwasher safe, microwave safe, washing machine safe, thermonuclear reactor safe, and sometimes they clean themselves like cats do. Any of those methods should work fine for ya.

In reality, when one of my boar brushes get gnarly, I lather it up on a bar of Dial antibacterial soap, as I do when I have a brush I’m selling, PIFing, passing on, etc. It seems to work alright, but I’m genuinely looking forward to learning what others do.

**[June 26, 2024 – LG Day 26 – Wildcard Wednesday](https://i.imgur.com/aQWCMBc.jpg)**

* **Brush:** Ateco Ultra Offset Spatula, 7.75in, Black Handle
* **Razor:** Chiseled Face Legacy Aluminum
* **Blade:** Gillette Nacet
* **Lather:** Hugbckt Homestead – Vanilla Buttercream
* **Post Shave:** PepsiCo – Starry
* **Fragrance:** House of Mammoth – Rumble – EdP

Have you ever watched *Is It Cake?* and thought to yourself, “***boy oh boy, I wish I could be one of those cakes.***”? Yes? Well, same here. So I made it a reality today.

First, I whipped up some [buttercream frosting](https://www.seriouseats.com/american-buttercream-recipe). It’s pretty easy to do, even if you’re not a baker! I mean, I personally *am* a home baker who has made wedding cakes in the past, but that’s an irrelevant brag I wanted to throw in here. [In process](https://i.imgur.com/vJ3AE8H.jpg), and [final product](https://i.imgur.com/XoBT7Dh.jpg). (Note: All photos from here on out are SFW-**ish**, as long as your work is okay with hairy shoulders and above-the-nipple-line-chest.)

Then, I grabbed my offset spatula and [went to work](https://i.imgur.com/JhcIwYH.jpg). As it turns out, ones head is harder to frost than cake. Even with a day’s stubble, there wasn’t enough to grab onto – possibly a result of all those pesky naturally occurring oils in skin. With much more effort than I was anticipating, I managed to [get it done](https://i.imgur.com/GWzJxbs.jpg). But you know, that didn’t seem like enough. I looked like an incomplete cupcake. And what I wanted to be was a *complete* cupcake. So I added some sprinkles. Still not enough. This is a cause worthy of celebration. This is my third Lather Games. Kind of like a third birthday, you know? And as such, I found a way to adequately celebrate this.

**[I have become Cupcake, destroyer of worlds.](https://i.imgur.com/ISIoGGg.jpg)** (Bonus points if you catch what I was going for with my drawing/markup that keeps this photo safe for work!)

After shaving, I splashed on everybody’s favorite children’s birthday party soda, ~~Sprite~~ Starry. Ahh. Satisfying.

Was too tired to take a proper video, so I took a video (not modest enough to share), took screenshots and cropped for SFW-ish, and made a [lil photo album](https://imgur.com/a/6Zz3a0J) that I think adequately show my dismay and regret through the process.

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When making buttercream that isn’t destined for my head, I typically use organic powdered sugar as recommended by Stella Parks. Paying the premium is rough, but the flavor is more rounded, and far less sickly sweet. This batch *is* quite sweet. Scents of vanilla and white sugar, with slight lactic notes from the butter and splash of milk. Starry (the artist formerly known as Sierra Mist) is a classic lemon-lime scent, sticky sweet but not overly saccharine, ultimately refreshing, the perfect way to wash down birthday cake. Rumble joins us to represent chocolate ice cream (a flavor many people enjoy), covered in a special coffee-rum sauce only available to the grown-ups. A perfect finish to a joyous party. #FOF

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Brushes are [scientifically proven](https://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bernie.gif) to be dishwasher safe, microwave safe, washing machine safe, thermonuclear reactor safe, and sometimes they clean themselves like cats do. Any of those methods should work fine for ya.

In reality, when one of my boar brushes get gnarly, I lather it up on a bar of Dial antibacterial soap, as I do when I have a brush I’m selling, PIFing, passing on, etc. It seems to work alright, but I’m genuinely looking forward to learning what others do.