Day 11 — Canned Shave Goop

Sunday, Oct 11 · Sponsor: Blackland Razors

Today's Theme: Canned Shave Goop

Mass-made commercial shave products available at a store local to YOU

Product must be mass-produced and available at a geographically-local-to-you pharmacy, grocery, department, or convenience store (or, for rural participants, available in the nearest municipality that contains such a store).

Caveat: Specialty shave / skin-care stores such as Barbershops, Pasteur's Pharmacy, Body Shop, L'Occitane, Sephora, etc. are ineligible product vendors for today's theme, as are Noble Otter products purchased from Texas grocery stores.

Today's Challenge: Den Tour Day

You're using some garbage today, so take the opportunity to show us around your den and let us see all the cool stuff you could be using instead.

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Blackland Razors

Blackland was formed in 2015 by Shane Swartzlander, whose German surname translates to "Blackland" — a nod to his family's roots in the Schwarzwald, the Black Forest. Taking inspiration from the high-end watch world, Blackland builds shaving tools meant to last a lifetime and be handed down, each meticulously designed in-house and machined in the USA from its San Diego home. Its lineup spans double-edge razors like the Blackbird, Osprey, and Era and single-edge razors like the Vector and Sabre, and the Blackland family has since grown to include Above the Tie and the revived Tradere brand.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — A Case of the Mondays: We all hate Mondays. Shave with something you don't like. Tell us why it's good, and sell us on using it

Product must be something you've used before and didn't like. To be on theme for the day, you must explain what things about it are actually pleasurable

Challenge — PIF IT: It's been established you're not a fan of what you used today. So PIF it and let someone else enjoy it. Create a post on r/wetshaving and use LatherBot to figure out who gets it. Put a link to the PIF post in your SOTD post.

LatherBot battleship 75 8760

As above.

You are paying postage for an almost empty tub, from Europe of the soap I used for the 12th tomorrow of the lather games.

I come from the future and judges still suck. AMA

Day 10 — Non-Citrus Fruit Day

Saturday, Oct 10 · Sponsor: Maggard Razors

Today's Theme: Non-Citrus Fruit Day

Use a fruit scented soap, but no citrus accords

Use a soap prominently featuring a fruit. But if there is a single citrus (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, mandarin, yuzu, bergamot, kumquat, citron, etc.) listed in scent notes, it's right out.

★ Special Challenge: Color Coordination

Today's Daily Challenge is the Special Challenge.

Your soap, splash, fragrance, and brush should all be color-coordinated today. Arrange them tastefully against some sort of color-coordinated background and take an attractive photograph. Best photo wins a prize. Use AI? Get outta here. No chance of winning.

Prize: $25 Maggard Razors Gift Card

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Maggard Razors

Maggard Razors, LLC was established in October 2012 by husband-and-wife team Brad and Casie Maggard, who set out to realize their dream of running a small business of their own. From its home in Adrian, Michigan, it has grown into one of the largest traditional wet shaving retailers anywhere — but it is a maker in its own right too, producing house-brand synthetic brush knots, razors, and a line of tallow shave soaps in scents like London Barbershop and Tobacco and Leather. Brad's first love, razor restoration and honing, remains part of the shop to this day.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — Canned Shave Goop: Mass-made commercial shave products available at a store local to YOU

Product must be mass-produced and available at a geographically-local-to-you pharmacy, grocery, department, or convenience store (or, for rural participants, available in the nearest municipality that contains such a store).

Caveat: Specialty shave / skin-care stores such as Barbershops, Pasteur's Pharmacy, Body Shop, L'Occitane, Sephora, etc. are ineligible product vendors for today's theme, as are Noble Otter products purchased from Texas grocery stores.

Challenge — Den Tour Day: You're using some garbage today, so take the opportunity to show us around your den and let us see all the cool stuff you could be using instead.

Share your shave of the day for Sunday!

Day 9 — Friday, I'm in Love

Friday, Oct 9 · Sponsor: Barrister and Mann

Today's Theme: Friday, I'm in Love

Shave with your favorite

Product should be your personal favorite scented soap. Your SOTD post must explain why you chose the products you did to be on theme.

Today's Challenge: Is wetter better?

Find out why we soak our brushes. Use a DRY brush to load the soap to build your lather, THEN add water. Tell us how it goes.

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Barrister and Mann

Barrister and Mann was founded by William Carius — u/bostonphototourist on r/Wetshaving — who started making soap in his Boston apartment while still in law school, driven by his own extremely sensitive skin. After months of testing ingredients and ratios he landed on a slick, creamy, skin-friendly lather, shared his results on Reddit, and — once the samples proved they worked as well for everyone else as they did for him — Barrister and Mann was born on March 18th, 2013. More than a decade on, the Massachusetts company is known for its richly composed fragrances and for its acclaimed Omnibus soap base, a lanolin-free formula enriched with botanicals, milks, and butters.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — Non-Citrus Fruit Day: Use a fruit scented soap, but no citrus accords

Use a soap prominently featuring a fruit. But if there is a single citrus (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, mandarin, yuzu, bergamot, kumquat, citron, etc.) listed in scent notes, it's right out.

★ Special Challenge — Color Coordination: Your soap, splash, fragrance, and brush should all be color-coordinated today. Arrange them tastefully against some sort of color-coordinated background and take an attractive photograph. Best photo wins a prize. Use AI? Get outta here. No chance of winning.

Prize: $25 Maggard Razors Gift Card

Share your shave of the day for Saturday!

This is the place to ask beginner and simple questions. Some examples include:

• Soap, scent, or gear recommendations
• Favorite scents, bases, etc
• Where to buy certain items
• Identification of a razor you just bought
• Troubleshooting shaving issues such as cuts, poor lather, and technique

Please note these are examples and any questions for the sub should be posted here. Remember to visit the Wiki for more information too!

Day 2 — Int'l Day of Non-Violence

Friday, Oct 2 · Sponsor: Summer Break Soaps

Today's Theme: Int'l Day of Non-Violence

Choose a scent that makes you feel at peace

Use a soap whose scent makes you feel at peace or is positive for your mental health. Tell us why this scent is restorative for you.

Today's Challenge: Self-Care Day

Take an extra moment or two before or after your shave today to pamper yourself. Tell us about what you did and whether or not it was worth the extra step.

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Summer Break Soaps

Summer Break Soaps is a husband-and-wife team, Kyle and April, who took up soap making as a hobby they could share and turned it into a business with a theme drawn from their day jobs: both work in education, which is where the name — and the sunny, back-to-school spirit of their scents — comes from. Beyond their shave soaps and aftershaves, they've leaned into community causes, creating the scent "Steady" for r/Wetshaving's Shave Against Suicide mental-health initiative.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — New Year, New You: Use a brand whose lather you've never tried before

Product must be from an artisan or company whose lather products you have not used previously. You are allowed to have used non-lather products from them in the past such as aftershave, perfume, razors, etc.

Challenge — New You, Same old you: Use the hardware you used the most in the past 12 months. Tell us why change is bad.

Share your shave of the day for Friday!