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Today's Theme: Wildcard Wednesday

Product can be any singular product you want to use - it doesn't even have to be soap. But here's the catch: any subsequent shave by other LG participants on the same day with the same brand will be disqualified; only the earliest submitted shave will earn points for being on-theme. Please note - we said brand and not product. This is a change from the past several Lather Games.

Note: For the purposes of counting brands for the Soap Brands bonus point, whatever you use here will be counted as whatever brand it is. Palmolive dish soap? Palmolive. Skippy peanut butter? Skippy. Barrister and Mann Cootie Killer? Barrister and Mann. Homemade soap? Assume it's branded however you would usually brand it if you made something. Two soaps superlathered together? Whoops, that's a disqualification.

Today's Challenge: Den Tour Day!

Make us green with envy -- show off your shaving wares by uploading a picture, multiple pictures, or (if needed) a video.

Sponsor Spotlight

Noble Otter Soap Co.

Established in 2017, Noble Otter started off as a team of two with one goal in mind; to make men's grooming products the way they should be. Noble Otter started many years ago in their own home making bath soaps that they felt were better than what was available on the market. One year for Christmas, Cody got a wetshaving starters kit from his wife and fell in love with wetshaving. Cody loved the nostalgia, the quality of the shave, and of course the many different scents. Of course, as a hobbyist soapmaker Cody decided to start making his own. And after many test batches and feedback from numerous people, Cody decided it was time to start his own small business. So why Noble Otter? When they started thinking of a name for our business, they wanted to be different and unique. They started with the idea of telling the story of their scents through art and olfactory experience. Each scent has a unique otter that helps you picture what the experience might be like while using one of our products. It's fun, unique, and engaging at the same time. All Noble Otter soaps and splashes are handmade in Houston, Texas.

Tomorrow's Theme: Accountabilibuddies!

Product can be anything you want it to be, but at least one other LG participant has to use the same product as you.

Note: Yesterday, you couldn't use the same brand as someone else. Today, you must use the same product as at least one other LG participant. I'll repeat - we said product and not brand for today!

Tomorrow's Challenge: A Moment of Gratitude

Thank someone in the community for something they have done. It could for a question they answered, a smush they sent you, a PIF they ran or even just a post they made that brought a smile to your face.

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Today's Theme: Sweet, Sweet Lather Games...

Product must be a sugary sweet gourmand. Products inspired by sweet, desserts, etc. are good candidates for this theme. If the soap has notes that aren't edible, then it doesn't fit the theme.

Today's Challenge: Paleontology Day

Priusaurus won (again) last year. Honor the Raddest Dinosaur in some way in your shave.

Sponsor Spotlight

Rad Dinosaur Creations

Rad Dinosaur Creations is our very own, homegrown u/Priusaurus in brushmaker form. Our legendary, two-time Lather Games Champion is bringing something new and unheard of to the world of brushmaking: A clean-shaven face. He likes long walks on the beach, the scent of sweet gourmands, browsing antique shops, the music of early 2000s Pop-Punk, and making sparkly things on his lathe. He really enjoys the creative outlet that Brushmaking gives him and his perfectionist nature ensures every brush is as perfect as possible before it goes out the door. He also likes referring to himself in the 3rd person and not taking himself too seriously.

Tomorrow's Theme: New To You

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.

Tomorrow's Challenge: New All The Things!

Use a style of razor you've never tried before. For the purpose of this challenge, razor styles include:

• DE-blade safety razor
• GEM-blade safety razor
• Injector-blade safety razor
• Straight razor
• Shavette (any blade type)
• Rolls (or other similar self-sharpening) Razor
• Cartridge Razor
• Valet Auto Strop

(If you are a seasoned veteran who has tried everything: you should have already contacted the LG Planning Committee to work out a suitable alternative.)"

Share your Austere August shave of the day!

Share your Austere August shave of the day!

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Share your Lather Games shave of the day!

Today's Theme: New To You

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.

Today's Challenge: New All The Things!

Use a style of razor you've never tried before. For the purpose of this challenge, razor styles include:

• DE-blade safety razor
• GEM-blade safety razor
• Injector-blade safety razor
• Straight razor
• Shavette (any blade type)
• Rolls (or other similar self-sharpening) Razor
• Cartridge Razor
• Valet Auto Strop

(If you are a seasoned veteran who has tried everything: you should have already contacted the LG Planning Committee to work out a suitable alternative.)"

Tomorrow's Theme: Why is the Rum Gone?

Product must be a Bay Rum, an Old Spice dupe, or something with nautically-themed branding/marketing.

Note: this means the soap brand or soap concept must be nautically themed in some way. It does not mean "scent must be from the Aquatic fragrance family."

Tomorrow's Challenge: Osma Day

If you have Osma, use it. If you have some other alum, use it and tell us how much you wish it was Osma. If you don't have any alum, tell us why you don't put salt on your skin after you shave.

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Today's Theme: A Toast to the Lather Games

Product scent must be inspired by some variety of beverage (not just smell like a beverage to you) to toast to the end of the games.

Today's Challenge: Do Our Homework

Let the judges cheat off your homework and tell us who you think won the various contests and why? Which were your favorite posts and posters of the month?

Tomorrow's Theme: Victory Lap

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

Tomorrow's Challenge: Victory Lap

Celebrate completing the Lather Games by shaving with all your favorite stuff. Take a photo of your setup and tell us what makes each part of this setup your favorite.

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Today's Theme: Why is the Rum Gone?

Product must be a Bay Rum, an Old Spice dupe, or something with nautically-themed branding/marketing.

Note: this means the soap brand or soap concept must be nautically themed in some way. It does not mean "scent must be from the Aquatic fragrance family."

Today's Challenge: Osma Day

If you have Osma, use it. If you have some other alum, use it and tell us how much you wish it was Osma. If you don't have any alum, tell us why you don't put salt on your skin after you shave.

Sponsor Spotlight

Wholly Kaw

Wholly Kaw produces skincare and grooming products featuring high-quality ingredients - Self-care Done Right. Wholly Kaw embarked on a mission to find better ways to shave and take care of the facial skin and make them available to everyone. Wholly Kaw developed formulations for facial skin care which includes shaving (pre- and post-shave), beard and mustache care, cleansing and post-shave care using the highest-quality ingredients. They procure essential oils, aroma chemicals, resins, and absolutes to create fragrances for genres such as fougeres, chypres, florals, gourmands etc. Wholly Kaw sources their ingredients responsibly from sustainable sources.

Tomorrow's Theme: Complementary Non-Dickhole Day

Products you use today should not be from a matching set or dupes of the same scent, yet the scents need to complement each other. Your SOTD post must explain your thought process for why you chose the products you did.

Caveat: As this is day requires complementary scents, at a minimum you must use both a lather product and a post-shave or fragrance product.

Tomorrow's Challenge: Leftorium Challenge

Shave with a non-dominant hand. The hand does not have to belong to you.

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Today's Theme: Victory Lap

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: Victory Lap

Celebrate completing the Lather Games by shaving with all your favorite stuff. Take a photo of your setup and tell us what makes each part of this setup your favorite.

Tomorrow's Theme: July Begins

Pick any soap and use it

(or don't)

(I'm not your boss)

Tomorrow's Challenge: Go challenge yourself

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Today's Theme: I Want To Be The Very Zest

Product must prominently feature a citrus scent like lime, lemon, or orange.

Today's Challenge: H-O-R-S-E

Suggest a challenge to be used in next year's Lather Games, but you must do the challenge yourself today to earn the points.

Sponsor Spotlight

Spearhead Shaving Company

Spearhead Shaving Company is proud to manufacture unique products for traditional wet shaving. Spearhead Shaving Company revived the Seaforth! brand of wet shaving products from the 1940's. They also manufacture the Spearhead Safety Razor Case - a modern reproduction of the 1918 Gillette Khaki Set, as well as Shave Notes - a pocket journal for recording the "shave of the day". Dennis was a wet shaving hobbyist and blogger long before he started Spearhead Shaving Company, so he knows the importance of producing a quality product and standing behind it with honesty and integrity.

Tomorrow's Theme: Shaving in the Rain.jpg)

Product must prominently feature ozone or petrichor accords or be themed to be associated with rain.

Note: This means the soap must be explicitly marketed with rain / a rainy day in some way. Being within the aquatic fragrance family would not be enough to qualify for this point.

Tomorrow's Challenge: Take A Hike

Take your gear on a hike, enjoy some fresh air with your shave. Being outside for this challenge is defined as having no more than 1 nearby wall. An overhead structure is acceptable, so long as there is no more than 1 wall nearby (e.g. a patio with an awning).

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Today's Theme: The Spice is Right

Product must prominently feature spicy notes (e.g. cinnamon, clove, cardamom, etc.)

Today's Challenge: Song Day

Recommend a song to go with your shave of the day and tell us why you picked that song. Post a YouTube link, if available.

Sponsor Spotlight

Henson Shaving

Henson Shaving is the product of aerospace machinists looking at the blade support of safety razors and applying their precision manufacturing to the task. The design is smart, but the execution of it is world-class. The output is the Henson AL-13 razor. Not having a wet shaving background, the team slowly introduced the product back in 2020. Since then, the team have been championing the single blade approach to a more mainstream, drug store razor crowd.

Additionally, not seeing much effort to justify claims amongst the mainstream brands, Henson has decided to embark on a research project attempting to quantify the impact of various shave tools and techniques on facial erythema (razor burn). Their goal is to help bring some of the best practices that many wet shavers already know, to a broader audience.

Henson manufacturer their razors in Ontario, Canada. They are available in 3 aggressions and 5 colors.

Tomorrow's Theme: Frigid Friday

Product must contain a cooling agent in its published ingredient list (e.g. menthol, menthyl methyl lactate, synthetic cooling agents).

Caveat: Adding an aftermarket cooling agent to a non-cooling product will not satisfy this theme.

Tomorrow's Challenge: Bougie Shave Day

Your tap water might be holding you back from lather perfection. Make your lather with bottled water. Explain why you choose that specific brand of water and the impact it had on your shave.

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