SOTD by u/Environmental-Gap380

August 12th, 2022 - Searching for Mammoth Raw GEMs of Hoggin Wisdom

• Prep: Warm water

• Brush: Zenith B36 “Copper Scrubby!”

• Razor: GEM (is truly outrageous) MMOC Gen 2

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (dodici)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Splash

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

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Before the Shave and After the Shave

Early afternoon shave was in the cards for me today. After taking my daughter to the “Encanto” Sing Along last night, I was quite worn out. I did not want to get out of bed. Work was meh, but I got a small task done at least, and answered some questions on a project. Work allows “Summer Friday Hours”. I don’t clock in as I am salaried, but basically on Fridays, management clears out at 1PM on Fridays. They aren’t supposed schedule meetings after 1 either. Although I took off yesterday, earlier this week I was busy and put extra time into work, so at 1PM I got anal glaucoma and couldn’t see my ass working anymore today. I’ll be busy next Mon-Wed, but that is future me’s problem.

For todays shave, I flipped the blade once more. Not sure if it helps, but one benefit is I am cleaning out under the blade every day. Lather and whiskers like to get trapped under the blade. About a 3-4 minute soak for the hog, and loaded up about an almond sized scoop from the IKEA kids plastic bowl I’m using this month. Face lathering is getting easier now that the brush splays without a lot of effort. The pictures don’t capture it well, but lots of split ends going now. Some bristles even split into 3 or 4 tips.

The GEM today gave me a scare. On one of the loose areas on my neck, it started to grab. It didn’t do much with the light grip, it kept from digging in and I backed off and stretched my neck a bit more. No blood was shed, and the splash didn’t burn. Actually, got a good bit of cooling from the splash today. The menthol is still feeling cool on my neck. The scent still is a refreshing clean scent to me. Not getting tired of on its own, but while I miss having a variety, I don’t miss trying to decide what to go with each day. It is nice to just know this is the set and no decision is required.

For an anti-sidetracked idea, last night during the “Encanto” performance, it occurred to me that there are songs you can’t play as your shaving soundtrack. Dos Oruguitas is one for me. If you’ve seen the movie, it is a punch right in the feels. No I didn’t try and play it today. I have heard it many times and watched the movie with my daughter quite a few times as well. That song gets me every time.