SOTD by u/Teufelskraft

Austere August D7: Actual Midnight Stag since Dave built a fan

• Prep: cold water splash
• Brush: Tadé NOS vintage boar 22 mm
• Razor: Kai Captain Standard CAP-J7 kamisori shavette
• Blade: Kai Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - shaving soap
• Post-Shave: Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - Aftershave
• additional care: Osma alum; Chiseled Face - Midnight Stag - ASB
• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes - EDP

It's actually a few minutes past midnight as I'm writing this. I'm more into Austere August as a personal challenge, so I'm ok with not winning any brush, gift card or what have you. I have too much shaving soft- and hardware anyway and need my money for a big green hulk boar soon. Nevertheless, AA tags: #SubstantialStag #RawHoggin

Reason why I'm so late? I got up freaking late due to staying up until 3 AM. Then I had a pretty busy day at my parents' place (did some creative crafting project in honour of Midnight Stag with my mother - stay tuned, this will be featured here soon and it's glorious!) and as I came home, I thought it'd be good to assemble my new trash can as well as the new tabletop fan. The trash can was done in a matter of seconds: put this thing into that, click. Put that unto this, click, you're done. Simple shit. But then came the fan.

I don't know who thought it was a good idea to construct a fan in a way that the assembly needs two tiny screws. Huge hands for tiny screws are a big source of frustration, I can tell ya! I actually lost count how many times the tiny screw or the nut fell down on my carpet and I had to frantically search for them. It was like one of those hidden camera gags and by the time I was almost done, there was a boiling rage inside me, ready to cause structural damage to the cursed fan. However, somehow I managed to finally get everything into one piece and now the fan is running. It's a nice source of cool air so far (ACs aren't common in Germany).

The shave was uneventful with my training wheels Protouch MG again - two WTG passes, had to be a bit careful around yesterday's cut, but it's already beginning to heal.

My Tadé boar is still NOS in terms of the acronym standing for Now Only Stag. It is splitting nicely and splaying it doesn't hurt that much anymore.

Today I also got my first stank reaction out of someone: unfortunately, my poor mom who went for a hug. Now, despite not shaving until late at night, I already put a spray of VoA on my lower sternum. That's right were my mother's face meets me in a hug. I told her about AA and what I'll be using, but she didn't expect it to be so strong - it's rare that a smell actually makes her cough, but VoA achieved just that. "David, please tell me there's at least some kind of prize in it for you if you complete this" was one of the funniest reactions I got so far. Unfortunately, I couldn't bring myself to tell her that there weren't any prizes for me.

Sidetracked
I promised something relaxing and electronic, so here comes a synthwave gem in the form of HOME - Head First! The only real way to dive into anything that fascinates you on a deep level. There are no lyrics - synthwave is largely instrumental. I like the lead melody here, also this is way faster and more energy driven than the most popular song of HOME, Resonance. To me, I prefer this here. Perfect for nighttime cruising or, in my case, nighttime shaving.