Lather: Burmax - Lather Time Hot Lather Machine w/ Campbell's Shave Cream
Post Shave: Johnny B - P.M. After Shave
A shave and a haircut from the lady barber today. I'm going for an extra shave later in the day to stay ASS out, TLC in. I don't want to find out about the second-tier losers club. :)
I don't have the theme soap, but I've got the brand. It also has 50% of the scent notes of the theme soap (menthol), but that doesn't matter this year.
Brush: Rad Dinosaur Creations "Stardust" - TurnNShave 26mm Shoat
Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (8)
Lather: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin - Soap
Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Paganini's Violin - Aftershave
Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavender, Interrupted - EdT
Today's challenge soap is Barrister and Mann - Arctique. I don't have Arctique, but am happy to use Paganini's Violin instead. It's been too long since I've pulled this one out.
I'm pretty sure there's no way for me to match tomorrow's scent, so today my run ends. TBD whether I join TLC or just go back to killing some soaps. I'm leaning toward the latter.
This razor gave a comfortable two pass shave this morning, though the results were not as close as I'd prefer. I'm still learning how to best approach using this razor. The geometry feels quite different from my other, hollow ground razors. Almost like I need to come in at a steeper angle. More experimentation required!
Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Kelp & Sea Mineral - Lotion
Forgot to post this yesterday, but it was a really good hotel shave. The only downside was it was an early morning. In fact, I think I was in such a fog that I forgot to use aftershave and only applied lotion. No harm, no foul.
Went with Vespers today because it's been very warm here in Minneapolis! So I wanted to use it once more while there's still some snow and feels a bit wintry.
Lotion: Humble Bee Botanicals "Calendulove" Face Cream
Fragrance: Stirling Deton-8 EdT
Pretty good shave, not quite as nice as my last two. Taking down 6 days of growth. First pass WTG second pass XTG. I think I didn't have the lather dialed in quite as well today. I got a little bit of irritation in all the problem areas :( pretty close though...
Also maybe my technique sucked today. I'm distracted because I had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday. Deton-8 helps me to feel better.
Edit: it seems my left side is much better than my right side...
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Saturday SOTD Thread, February 14th, 2026 (#977) | Spyke
Barberella SOTD - 2026-02-14 ❤️
A shave and a haircut from the lady barber today. I'm going for an extra shave later in the day to stay ASS out, TLC in. I don't want to find out about the second-tier losers club. :)
Gratuitous SOTD - 2026-02-14
I don't have the theme soap, but I've got the brand. It also has 50% of the scent notes of the theme soap (menthol), but that doesn't matter this year.
Have a good evening.
February 14th, 2026
Shave 22 of the brain bowl
February 14th, 2026
Today's challenge soap is Barrister and Mann - Arctique. I don't have Arctique, but am happy to use Paganini's Violin instead. It's been too long since I've pulled this one out.
I'm pretty sure there's no way for me to match tomorrow's scent, so today my run ends. TBD whether I join TLC or just go back to killing some soaps. I'm leaning toward the latter.
This razor gave a comfortable two pass shave this morning, though the results were not as close as I'd prefer. I'm still learning how to best approach using this razor. The geometry feels quite different from my other, hollow ground razors. Almost like I need to come in at a steeper angle. More experimentation required!
Road to $ASS victory:
Sextidi 26 Pluviôse an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Guède
I bought Floid The Genuine aftershave again. Why did I ever not have any? This is arguably the greatest aftershave ever.
Have a good day!
Shared via emacs & sotd.elI totally agree. Floïd++
February 14th, 2026
Forgot to post this yesterday, but it was a really good hotel shave. The only downside was it was an early morning. In fact, I think I was in such a fog that I forgot to use aftershave and only applied lotion. No harm, no foul.
February 14, 2026
Went with Vespers today because it's been very warm here in Minneapolis! So I wanted to use it once more while there's still some snow and feels a bit wintry.
SOTD - 2026-02-14
Pretty good shave, not quite as nice as my last two. Taking down 6 days of growth. First pass WTG second pass XTG. I think I didn't have the lather dialed in quite as well today. I got a little bit of irritation in all the problem areas :( pretty close though...
Also maybe my technique sucked today. I'm distracted because I had a wisdom tooth pulled yesterday. Deton-8 helps me to feel better.
Edit: it seems my left side is much better than my right side...