Day 17 — Sweetest Day

Saturday, Oct 17 · Sponsor: Ariana & Evans

Today's Theme: Sweetest Day

Celebrate this Hallmark Holiday with a sugary sweet gourmand

Product must be a sugary sweet gourmand. Products inspired by sweet, desserts, etc. are good candidates for this theme.

★ Special Challenge: Plant Something

Today's Daily Challenge is the Special Challenge.

In theory, Wetshaving should be greener than standard shaving, as we're not throwing away plastic razors (never mind our hoarding of soaps...) For today - make it even greener by planting something. Take a SOTD picture with the thing you planted and tell us what it is. If you can't plant something, feel free to use a houseplant. If you still can't do that, go to a park and enjoy something someone else planted and take a picture of that. Our favorite photo wins a prize.

Prize: $25 Maggard Razors Gift Card

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Ariana & Evans

Ariana & Evans is a Connecticut family business led by Peter Charkalis, his wife Evelyn, and their daughter Thalia — the brand's name draws on Thalia's middle name, Ariana, and Peter's given name, Evans. Peter began as a wet shaving hobbyist, formulating soaps at home and sharing them through his "Shaving with Charky" YouTube channel. After losing a seventeen-year job during the 2020 pandemic, the family went all-in, releasing their Kaizen soap base just weeks later. They're known for a range of proprietary bases — Kaizen, Ultima, and Legacy — and for bold, original house fragrances designed to suit everyone, regardless of age or gender.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — AQI Awareness Day: Use a soap that raises the Air Quality Index in your shave den with its smoke scent

We've had record AQI readings all over the globe this year - celebrate (?) this by using a product with a prominent note of smoke.

Challenge — Brushless? More like Joyless: Lather your soap without the use of a brush. You can use your hands, you can use a sock, you can use your foot… But don't use a brush of any kind

Share your shave of the day for Saturday!

Post any deals and new product announcements here or list anything you would like to sell! A few ground rules:

1. Only post an item once. If it doesn't move then take it to the bazaar.
2. No auctioning. You must include a list price.

The mods are not responsible for your transactions. Caveat Emptor! We suggest you only deal with established members of the community. It is strongly recommend not to use PayPal Friends & Family to avoid fees. This is against their terms and leaves you with no buyer protection.

Welcome to another weekly reading session.
I just started chapter 10 in Eye of the World from the Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan. Everything is starting to make sense now and, I hate to say it, but kind of glad I read the prequel. The story wouldn’t have made any sense had I not know the previous details. So nice having a reading buddy.

Listening to The Human Machine…..

What ya’ll reading and listening to…

Happy Friday!

What's new, shave nerds?

Welcome to this week's sidebar submission contest!

The rules for the contest are as follows:

1) Do not submit pictures of people who have not consented to have their picture posted online. Winning images will be featured on Reddit and may be reposted on other social media platforms. If someone posts an image of you without your consent, please report it so the mods can deal with it in a timely fashion.

1) Users should submit only one (1) image of your choice to be voted on to be the sidebar for the week. Images must consist of anything related to wet shaving - razors, brushes, SOTD images, etc. In the event multiple images from a user are submitted, only the first image, or the image in the top level comment, will count.

1) Image must be Original Content (Not just some picture you found on the internet). Images taken by another photographer are allowed as long as: a. You have the photographer's permission. b. The image is connected to you in some meaningful way: e.g. It's a image of hardware you commissioned, taken by the maker, or the image is of something you made, taken by the purchaser, etc. c. We're not looking to have to verify images, so please use the honor system.

1) All properly submitted images will be entered into the Voting Thread. The Submission thread will be active for ~24 hours and will end Saturday. The vote thread will be active for 24 hrs from Saturday through Sunday. This thread is only a submission thread. Please do not hold discussion in the vote thread.

1) In the event of a tie, the bot will consult RNGesus to break the tie.

1) Submissions MUST be uploaded to imgur. Any other hosting site will be disqualified and not included in the voting thread.

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1) While not required, it is suggested you submit square images in order to avoid unintended cropping.

Please feel free to respond with a comment to your entry with any background/description/detail about your entry, including gear used.

Note: The bot strongly prefers direct image links. If your link doesn't end with .jpg, there's a 50-50 chance the bot's going to choke trying to update the banner on Sunday.

May the best submission win! Good luck to all!

Day 16 — Dictionary Day

Friday, Oct 16 · Sponsor: Above The Tie

Today's Theme: Dictionary Day

Use a Literary-themed Soap

Product must be literary-themed in some way.

Today's Challenge: Marketing Support

Create a poster or advertisement for your shaving soap set-up today. But do not, under any circumstances use AI. If you use AI, you will be DQ'ed for the day.

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Above The Tie

Above the Tie crafts heritage safety razors engineered for a superior shave and built to be passed down for generations, with the timeless elegance of a bygone era. Founded in 2011 and later run by Matthew and Mariah Cole, the brand joined the Blackland family of shaving brands in 2024 and is now run by the Blackland team — with its razors, like the flagship Windsor and the S1 Slant, still machined from solid metal in the USA.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — Sweetest Day: Celebrate this Hallmark Holiday with a sugary sweet gourmand

Product must be a sugary sweet gourmand. Products inspired by sweet, desserts, etc. are good candidates for this theme.

★ Special Challenge — Plant Something: In theory, Wetshaving should be greener than standard shaving, as we're not throwing away plastic razors (never mind our hoarding of soaps...) For today - make it even greener by planting something. Take a SOTD picture with the thing you planted and tell us what it is. If you can't plant something, feel free to use a houseplant. If you still can't do that, go to a park and enjoy something someone else planted and take a picture of that. Our favorite photo wins a prize.

Prize: $25 Maggard Razors Gift Card

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!

Share your shave of the day for Friday!

Day 15 — Leathursday

Thursday, Oct 15 · Sponsor: Hearth and Altar

Today's Theme: Leathursday

Prominently Leather Soap

Product must prominently feature the scent of Leather.

Today's Challenge: Soak up the Sun

Shave outside, under the sunshine (or rain, or clouds, or stars). There must be NO man-made covering/awning/roof over your head.

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Hearth and Altar

Hearth and Altar was created by husband-and-wife team Sarah and Will as a way to blend craftsmanship, ritual, and story into something you can hold in your hands. What began as a shared creative pursuit became a passion for small-batch soapmaking. Their tallow-based shave soaps and aftershaves are themed on Greek mythology — scents that range from the shadowed mystery of the Underworld to the golden radiance of Olympus, with names like Forged Oud, High Olympus Fougère, and Shadows & Sandalwood — meant to turn an everyday shave into a quiet, intentional ritual.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — Dictionary Day: Use a Literary-themed Soap

Product must be literary-themed in some way.

Challenge — Marketing Support: Create a poster or advertisement for your shaving soap set-up today. But do not, under any circumstances use AI. If you use AI, you will be DQ'ed for the day.

Share your shave of the day for Thursday!

In the theme of my minimal effort Lather Games, I’m a day or two late posting this PIF, ensuring I don’t score any challenge points for doing this. But forward it must be paid, especially considering I just won a different PIF. I’m paying forward a used set of Moon Soaps Astoria that I think I got from wyze. CONUS recommended because the splash has alcohol, if you’re international you can enter if you’re willing to forego the splash and split shipping. And if you’re short on karma but participating in Lather Games let me know and I’ll override.

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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!

This is a thread to share those new purchases you're excited to show off, the shave-related projects you've been working on, or just some neat thing from your shave den.

Show everyone what you got!

Day 14 — Accountabilibuddies!

Wednesday, Oct 14 · Sponsor: Kodiak Shaving Co

Today's Theme: Accountabilibuddies!

Use the same product as another participant

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

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!

Today's Challenge: Community Day

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.

★ Sponsor Spotlight: Kodiak Shaving Co

Kodiak Shaving Co is a traditional wet shaving shop run by Connor, an active member of the r/Wetshaving community who posts as u/coco_for_cocoapuffs. Built to make classic shaving more accessible and affordable, Kodiak curates the essentials — double-edge and artist-club blades, razors, prep, and aftershave — and bundles them into starter kits and a mix-and-match blade sampler to welcome newcomers into the "wet shaving family."

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — Leathursday: Prominently Leather Soap

Product must prominently feature the scent of Leather.

Challenge — Soak up the Sun: Shave outside, under the sunshine (or rain, or clouds, or stars). There must be NO man-made covering/awning/roof over your head.

Share your Shave of the Day

Welcome to the second, only kinda slightly longer, episode of the Lather Games! On this episode we take a look at how close the competition is, discuss whether OnionMiasma hates women's sports without him there to defend himself, and direct any and all blame for bad shaves during the games away from Prius.

And make sure to tune into our very special new segment: Merikus' NextGen Stats Powered By Anthropic Brought to You by Gillette (Official Sponsor: Harry's Razors) with betting odds sponsored by DraftKings!

Episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3oPu2y9hGi0y3LnUSvC9cU?si=bw375-BJScymVVIN_5CUZg
RSS here: https://anchor.fm/s/e4d74788/podcast/rss

Closed Beta spots are filled — thanks everyone!

Delta-V and I never clicked. I’d rather send a full jar off to someone who’ll actually enjoy it than leave it orbiting my den forever.

The payload:

• 1 full jar of Declaration Grooming Delta-V
• A couple of aftershave samples as booster rockets

Scent specs, straight from DG:

A clean year-round scent with Pear, Apricot, Ozone, Musk, Palo Santo, Bamboo, Green Tea, and a touch of outer space.

Launch rules:

• CONUS only
• 100 karma minimum
• 24-hour countdown
• To enter, comment LatherBot in on its own line

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T-minus 24 hours. Good luck 🚀

Barrister and Mann Bay Rum. Lathered once, scooped twice, cracked and sniffed thrice, probably. You want it, I no longer do. I'll send it to ya if you're CONUS (alch splash) and don't mind covering shipping :)

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Day 13 — Blind Date

Tuesday, Oct 13 · Sponsor: House of Mammoth

Today's Theme: Blind Date

Shave with an unlabeled smush you got from another player. Try to describe the scent and guess the base

Product must be a trade/gift from another 2026 Lather Games contestant. Shave with the unlabeled smush, and explain to the judges what the scent smells like, how the base performs, and your general thoughts.

Use the username of the person you got it from as the brand for the day. e.g.: "Priusaurus - Blind Date"

Caveat: For this theme a "2026 Lather Games contestant" is defined as somebody who has participated in at least once this month PRIOR TO TODAY.

Today's Challenge: Golden Pineapple

Tell us about your idea for a fragrance that does not yet exist and why it should be nominated for the Oscar of Independent Perfumery.

★ Sponsor Spotlight: House of Mammoth

House of Mammoth was founded in 2018 by Benjamin Esposito — u/mammothben on r/Wetshaving — a New York perfumer who composes every one of the brand's fragrances himself. The company makes luxury wet shaving soaps, aftershaves, and standalone fragrances, and from the start has raised awareness and funds to fight human trafficking, supporting organizations like Restore NYC and Love146. Its fragrance Voices won the Artisan category at the 2023 Art and Olfaction Awards. In 2025, House of Mammoth became the new steward of the beloved Seaforth! brand, which relaunches under its care in 2026.

Coming Tomorrow

Theme — Accountabilibuddies!: Use the same product as another participant

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

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!

Challenge — Community Day: 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.

Post any deals and new product announcements here!

All it took was an unexpected Lathergames challenge to finally get around to a PIF. Well, more like a kick in the pants.

How about it? It's Thanksgiving here in Canada. Who likes soap from a soapmaker that no longer makes soap? Declaration Grooming's descriptions were often hard to really get a picture of what the soap smelled like; I struggled to really pick out any of the notes because it's very blended together. It smells like a cologne-like scent. Actually today I realized that Seaforth Black Watch and Gratiot League Square smell fairly similar.

Scooped about 2 dozen times. Coming from Canada. If you write me a poem (no AI please) to convince me to chip in for the shipping.

**But wait, there's more!**

If you act now, I'll throw in this tenderly restored Gillette triangle hole Gold Tech! Complete with hollow ball-end handle. Tried and tested. Eligible for the $REVENANT tag if the Lathergames high command bring back tags to future games.

Secret bonus extra goodies may also be included.

Soap and razor in question: [photos](https://imgur.com/a/nWV5BZA).

**Requirements:** You must have posted a SOTD on October 1st or 2nd of this year's Lathergames. Using the GeoBot so choose a *city, country* and the Bot will decide who is closest to whatever city it chooses.

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