{"id":710,"date":"2025-03-29T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T23:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/?p=710"},"modified":"2025-03-29T16:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T23:58:11","slug":"barbershop-showdown-sweet-16-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/barbershop-showdown-sweet-16-set\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfc6 BARBERSHOP SHOWDOWN SWEET 16 SET! \ud83c\udfc6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alright, troopers! We\u2019ve battled through the <strong>First Round<\/strong>, and now the <strong>Sweet 16<\/strong> of the <strong>Shavetrooper\u2019s Barbershop Showdown<\/strong> is locked in! The sets that earned a <strong>First Round Bye<\/strong> are stepping into the arena, ready to defend their status against the 8 soaps that YOU selected to advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tournament started with <strong>24 of my favorite Barbershop scents<\/strong> from my <strong>Grooming Garrison<\/strong>, and now we\u2019re down to the best of the best. Only one will emerge as the ultimate <strong>Barbershop Champion!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how the matchups break down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Sweet 16 Showdowns:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>Stirling Soap Co Barbershop<\/strong> vs <strong>345 Soap Co Fresh Cut Fade<\/strong><br \/>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>Bricktown Grooming Lafayette<\/strong> vs <strong>Lockhart&#8217;s Authentic Barbershop<\/strong><br \/>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>HAGS Barberwood<\/strong> vs <strong>Chiseled Face Ghost Town Barber<\/strong><br \/>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>PAA Good Vibrations<\/strong> vs <strong>The Cajun Blade Bon Temps Barbershop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>PAA CaD<\/strong> vs <strong>Razor Emporium Heritage<\/strong><br \/>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>Ariana &amp; Evans Barbiere Sofisticato<\/strong> vs <strong>Noble Otter BarrBarr<\/strong><br \/>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>Barrister &amp; Mann Seville<\/strong> vs <strong>Van Yulay El Barbero de SeVilla<\/strong><br \/>\u2694\ufe0f <strong>PAA Hotel Cecil<\/strong> vs <strong>Adopted Acres Homestead Barbershop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been an epic showdown so far, and I truly appreciate everyone who has voted and joined in on the fun. The <strong>competition is fierce<\/strong>, and every vote <strong>counts<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your favorite Barbershop scent isn\u2019t here, <strong>don\u2019t worry!<\/strong> Next year, I\u2019ll be taking submissions and expanding the battlefield, so more legendary scents can compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Sweet 16 voting is LIVE NOW<\/strong> in <strong>My Story on Instagram (<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shavetrooper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@shavetrooper<\/a>)<\/strong>, so head over and <strong>make your voice heard!<\/strong> Who will advance to the <strong>Elite 8<\/strong>? Only YOU decide!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/barbershop-sweet16-1-800x578.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713\"\/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, troopers! We\u2019ve battled through the First Round, and now the Sweet 16 of the Shavetrooper\u2019s Barbershop Showdown is locked in! The sets that earned a First Round Bye are stepping into the arena, ready to defend their status against the 8 soaps that YOU selected to advance. This tournament started with 24 of my &#8230; <a title=\"\ud83c\udfc6 BARBERSHOP SHOWDOWN SWEET 16 SET! \ud83c\udfc6\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/barbershop-showdown-sweet-16-set\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\ud83c\udfc6 BARBERSHOP SHOWDOWN SWEET 16 SET! \ud83c\udfc6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tournament"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":716,"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions\/716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shavetrooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}