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Thursday SOTD Thread - June 20th, 2024 (sub.wetshaving.social)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Share your shave of the day! For those of you following along with the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Sunny Days

"Product must be:
     - Explicitly marketed as a Summer scent OR
     - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox OR
     - Prominently feature aquatic or citrus accords.
Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""Christmas oranges"")."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thursday, June 20, 2024: Les jeudis du Père Lucien

Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
Blade: Feather Pro Guard (4)
Lather: Le Père Lucien Narcisse
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Floid The Genuine
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Since @[email protected] used a shavette, I used one myself. I still find it easier to get a close shave with a shavette – also because they are sharper. But they lack the pomp and ceremony of a straight razor, which is kind of nice, after all.

Have a good night!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I still find it easier to get a close shave with a shavette – also because they are sharper.

Better get back on that hone! :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

June 20, 2024

Brush: Muninn Woodworks w/AP Shave Co 24mm Titanium Synthetic
Razor: Weck Sextoblade
Blade: Kismet (1)
Lather: Chiseled Face - Summer Storm - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive - Splash
Post Shave: Thayers - Lavender - Toner
Fragrance: Floris of London - Elite - Eau de Toilette
Talc: Yardley Gold

The cool scales on this Weck were made by @whosgotthepudding to match the brush. By far, the scales are what make this razor. I find hair shaper/shavettes to be rather souless in general.

It's hot here. We could definitely use a summer storm, but the forecast suggests that is not in the cards for us.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

June 20, 2024

Brush: Zenith 508A XL/Bristle (B35) (MOAR BOAR) 31mm #SUBBROOSH #SHD
Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24 #MODERNGEM
Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (1)
Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Smokey Grapefruit - Soap
Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Ice Blue - Aftershave
Fragrance: G. Bellini - Homme - EdT

No special challenge for me, but I hope everyone who attempts it has good weather.

Smokey Grapefruit smells just like it sounds. Grapefruit is the main scent, with a smokey background similar to what you might smell with tinned smoked herring. Probably a "liquid smoke" type of smoke scent.

Grapefruit is a citrus, so that's my argument for being on theme.

Relevent post-shave and frag: Aqua Velva Ice Blue is a really nice aquatic scent with a hint of menthol. Perfect for summer. G. Bellini Homme is a cheap knockoff of Dior Sauvage I got from Lidl. I'll leave it to the judges discretion, because the fragrantica page for Sauvage doesn't really make it sound citrusy, although bergamot is a top note. This knock-off is a citrus bomb to my nose.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

20.06.2024

Prep: warm water
Razor: Gillette Sensor (modern version)
Blade: Gillette Sensor 3
Brush: my hands
Lather: Hawkins & Brimble - Elemi & Ginseng shaving cream
Post Shave: Natura Siberica ASB gel

This was, in comparison to yesterday, a freaking awesome head shave!

I did it before my late shift. 1 pass and done. For this modern version of the Sensor, they actually put one 3-blade cartridge with it and it's quite enjoyable (although already kinda overkill for my skin). It did a way better job than the awful KCG.

Today I also tested my theory and just used my wet hands to hydrate the lather from the H&B shaving cream. It also works well! So in a pinch, this cream is also a good travel option if you forgot to take a brush with you. I still really like the scent and my scalp also agrees with it. So that one was truly a bargain!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

sUnNy DaYs and New Discoveries by Indiana Djundj

Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive prototype MOAR BADGER (31 mm × 57 mm silvertip 🦡) #SUBBROOSH
Razor: Henson Shaving AL13 (mild)
Blade: RK Stainless Double Edge Blades
Lather: Wholly Kaw – Iced Tea
Post Shave: Mammoth – Iced Tea
Fragrance: Acqua di Parma – Blu Mediterraneo Mirto di Panarea

Some of you might remember my alter ego Indiana Djundj from back when we had real conspiracies haunting our sub, not seemingly manufactured ones like the canine ballplayer cult apparently based on poor reading comprehension of its founder. Indy's adventures disrupted the evil plans of the Order of the Midnight Animals a few years ago and saved wetshavedom from full enthralment every August ever since. (Part 1, part 2, and part 3 for the curious, but not material to today's goings on.)

A year later, u/Merikus started slandering me/Indiana Djundj, and at the time I struggled understanding why. Until a mysterious u/sukireM made an appearance in the fourth episode of that canine cult podcast yet a year later and was eventually identified as u/Merikus (!), obviously an agent of the Order who has managed to infiltrate the Djudicial Forces for Good. Only then did I understand that u/Cowzilla3 and u/Merikus have been part the evil terrorist Midnight Animal Order for all this time! It's the old terrifying foe in a new disguise attempting to subjugate all of wetshavedom again for the month of August.

In the meanwhile I have been investigating the claims of The Cult (this second generation of the Order of the Midnight Animals), starting with the so-called Cabal hoping to find hints of what they are planning. The fact that u/Merikus had infiltrated it must mean that the Subbrush Organising Committee is viewed as part of the Cabal and a valuable target for The Cult. While I haven't been able to find a smoking gun, I have found evidence of early secret plans of making a badger sub brush, and I even found an early prototype. Some of you might remember that Project MOAR BOAR was active just about the time when u/Merikus ran a podcast where he propagandised the benefits of badger brushes (specifically B14) on a biweekly rhythm. I conclude that The Cult had reason to influence the sub towards a badger brush, so there must be a link between badgers and other Midnight animals. I will keep investigating.

To the shave:

So, a sunny day is not in the cards today. What started as just a rainy day turned into a day with flood warnings. Luckily I happened to be in my alter ego role which means I have a protective hat for a shave in the rain. So I packed my gear in a waterproof bag, waited for a moment of lower rain intensity, hopped on the mobile archaeology lab and drove to my favourite outdoor shaving spot. Usually there's a beautiful view onto the French alps from there, not today. I caught a quick rain shower just after setting up, but then I could start. The prototype MOAR BADGER seems to be not broken in and was quite the lather hog, but eventually I got a decent lather and got a nice shave. At this point I realised that I had packed the wrong AdP Blu Mediterraneo frag (the bottles look practically identical), so I waited to get back home before applying the correct frag.

Theme: Beach, cold drinks, citrus, and cooling agent? It doesn't get much more summer than that.

Relevant post and frag: Myrtle is indigenous to the Mediterranean region, which I strongly associate with summer vacation.

Challenge: documented photographically.