I'm still a little new to soaps. After about two years in, I decided it would be worth my while to give them a shot. I knew going in that lathering soaps would be more difficult than lathering creams, but after much experimentation and research, I am still having trouble.
Whenever I watch the tutorial videos, the instructor seems to bring the brush out of a soak, shake it out once or twice, go to the puck for around a minute, then go to a bowl and within about another minute, have pristine lather. Though whenever I follow the exact same steps, I am only met with sudsy, bubbly proto lather that is more reminiscent of dish soap suds than shave lather.
Let me back up. I AM able to achieve desirable lather with soaps I have tried, but only if I start with a bone dry brush, then SLOWLY add water drop by drop. This usually takes my lather time to between 5 and 10 minutes. If I try to just soak my brush, shake it out once, then load and lather, I can get nothing but unusable "wet" lather with huge bubbles every time.
What am I doing wrong? It can't be hard water, because I'm able to get my nice lather after some time and effort, but not nearly as seamlessly as in the videos. It always looks so easy. Shake out the brush, load for a minute, then lather. Presto. Why not for me?
I've tried a CH2 in Super, an EJ Silvertip, a Commodore X2 in Best, and an Omega 1460, with MWF, Mike's, and EJ soaps. All have similarly inconsistent results.
I suspect that what the fellas in the videos make look so easy and mindless is actually more intricate than initially meets the eye. I also realize that each different soap requires slightly different technique. My problem is that, whenever I try to follow the instructions to the T, I am met with drastically different results. Any tips for me? Thanks in advance!
Whenever I watch the tutorial videos, the instructor seems to bring the brush out of a soak, shake it out once or twice, go to the puck for around a minute, then go to a bowl and within about another minute, have pristine lather. Though whenever I follow the exact same steps, I am only met with sudsy, bubbly proto lather that is more reminiscent of dish soap suds than shave lather.
Let me back up. I AM able to achieve desirable lather with soaps I have tried, but only if I start with a bone dry brush, then SLOWLY add water drop by drop. This usually takes my lather time to between 5 and 10 minutes. If I try to just soak my brush, shake it out once, then load and lather, I can get nothing but unusable "wet" lather with huge bubbles every time.
What am I doing wrong? It can't be hard water, because I'm able to get my nice lather after some time and effort, but not nearly as seamlessly as in the videos. It always looks so easy. Shake out the brush, load for a minute, then lather. Presto. Why not for me?
I've tried a CH2 in Super, an EJ Silvertip, a Commodore X2 in Best, and an Omega 1460, with MWF, Mike's, and EJ soaps. All have similarly inconsistent results.
I suspect that what the fellas in the videos make look so easy and mindless is actually more intricate than initially meets the eye. I also realize that each different soap requires slightly different technique. My problem is that, whenever I try to follow the instructions to the T, I am met with drastically different results. Any tips for me? Thanks in advance!
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