SOTD by u/Environmental-Gap380

August 26th, 2022 - 🎵Oh, I, oh, I’m still Alive🎵

• Prep: Warm water

• Brush: Zenith B36 “Copper Scrubby!”

• Razor: GEM MMOC Gen 2

• Blade: Personna GEM PTFE (26)

• Lather: House of Mammoth - Alive

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Splash

• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Alive Balm

#MammothMafia

#RawHoggin

#GEMsOfWisdom

*Before the Shave

*After the Shave

*Side view before

For some reason, got a bit of Pearl Jam stuck in my head today. Not a problem, just looking at my set for AA kind of triggered it today. “Black” is among my favorites of theirs. Rick Beato did a “What Makes This Song Great” for it. I really like the song though for the lyrics. It is truly a great break up song.

The shave today started very rough. After an early shave yesterday, I had an afternoon one today, so about 30+ hours elapsed between shave. First pass very tuggy on the face, struggled on the neck too. Lather was good though, probably loaded too much soap, but I was able to get a well hydrated lather today. It really depends on how much water I shake out before loading. Second pass was better, it is the initial full stubble that is giving me problems in the first pass. Maybe I should just skip the first one and go straight to the second.

The brush handle patina is really difficult to get in the pics with my phone. Depending on the light, I get glimpses of purple, blue, and green iridescence. On the picture today can see it a little where the bathroom light is reflecting off the handle. I will probably leave the handle out to check on how the color is coming along, but I’ll mostly use other brushes next month.