For me, I like to scuttle lather my creams, face lather Cella (for best performance), face lather Stirling, and scuttle lather my Tabac soap(unorthodox way of scuttle lathering, as I load the brush hard and squeeze the brush into the scuttle). Then I fine tune the lather from there. Tabac can be finicky. I guess it all depends on the soap or cream.
Face, bowl, mug