Lather Drying on my face during shave...

Morning. I have an issue.
I am wondering if I am not getting enough water into my lather as it keeps drying on my face mid shave. I'm using a Col Conk Bay rum Puck. At first i though it was my face so I have added a Musgo oil soap prep before applying the lather but it still dries really fast. Is this normal?
I fill my bowl with Hot water from the tap ( its pretty hot) And let the brush sit in it for a couple of minutes then empty it and shake the excess of the brush but i am thinking i should leave more water in the bowl. Is this ok?
Ant feedback would be appreciated thanks

you could try:
1) use more water. If it thins too much, use more soap and more water
2) splash some water on your face before lathering
3) lather your face in sections

Pipes,

Just to clarify, when you say "drying", you are not talking about the lather dissapating into soapy bubbles and disappearing from your face. Is that correct?

If the soap is simply just drying, not dissapating, here's one option to increase your emulsification levels. You can add a few drops of USP glycerin(at any pharma/box store) to your bowl then whip up the lather.

This won't treat the problem of creating the right balance in your lather without glycerin, but it WILL give you a huge advantage in the lather's hydration levels.

Siguy, I think I'm pretty safe saying that there's already lots of glycerin in Conks soap

I'll take you word for it. Never tried Conks. Still, adding more wouldn't hurt, in my experience. Right, e?

Does it take you a long time to shave? That could be an issue if you lather up the whole face but don't get to one side for a little while. That was one of my biggest problems when I started out.

If you are whipping up your lather in a bowl it's easy to just keep adding a little water at a time until you feel the lather is wet enough. If you aren't adding any water at all while you are making the lather other than the water that is left on your brush when you start you'll definitely want to keep adding water to ensure it is wet enough.

One thing that helped me was something I read on a thread similar to this one. One of the veteran members said if it's to dry add more water and then when you think that is enough add even more and then when you think that is enough add even MORE water :) basically what he was saying is it takes a lot more water than you think to get a good wet lather.

I would say practice making up lather so wet that it runs off your face so that then you know how much water that took to reach that consistency that is way too wet and then work backwards from there 'til you find the consistency you want!

Sam

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Originally Posted by Siguy

Pipes,

Just to clarify, when you say "drying", you are not talking about the lather dissapating into soapy bubbles and disappearing from your face. Is that correct?

If the soap is simply just drying, not dissapating, here's one option to increase your emulsification levels. You can add a few drops of USP glycerin(at any pharma/box store) to your bowl then whip up the lather.

This won't treat the problem of creating the right balance in your lather without glycerin, but it WILL give you a huge advantage in the lather's hydration levels.

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Its not dissapating just drying

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Originally Posted by ecormier

Siguy, I think I'm pretty safe saying that there's already lots of glycerin in Conks soap

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Says so on the product.

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Originally Posted by chapman

Does it take you a long time to shave? That could be an issue if you lather up the whole face but don't get to one side for a little while. That was one of my biggest problems when I started out.

If you are whipping up your lather in a bowl it's easy to just keep adding a little water at a time until you feel the lather is wet enough. If you aren't adding any water at all while you are making the lather other than the water that is left on your brush when you start you'll definitely want to keep adding water to ensure it is wet enough.

One thing that helped me was something I read on a thread similar to this one. One of the veteran members said if it's to dry add more water and then when you think that is enough add even more and then when you think that is enough add even MORE water :) basically what he was saying is it takes a lot more water than you think to get a good wet lather.

I would say practice making up lather so wet that it runs off your face so that then you know how much water that took to reach that consistency that is way too wet and then work backwards from there 'til you find the consistency you want!

Sam

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Cheers mate will have a go at that ...

You could just rub a little water on your partially shaved face. Then re lather on your face with the brush. That will remoisten everything

Michael

Google glycerin soap tutorial part 1 and part 2. I have exactly the same problem. Going to try this next time. Main points: more soap loaded on (and in) brush, more water, and more agitation(whip it up for a long time).

I'll second lathering your face in sections. Or, lather the whole thing then rinse and relather as necessary. My upper lip and chin always get a rinse and relather; that ensures those extra-tough barbs get one extra softening soak before the blade hits.

Ditto lathering in sections. There is an added bonus to this. It make skin stretching soooo much easier.

Relathering has been my only defense against shaving cream drying on my face.
For me its because of 1. Im a noob and take a long time to finish a shave. 2. The humidity right now in the North East is very dry. 3. I May or not have enough water in my soap glycerine based or not. For me its mostly number 1. I even tried the famous " Uber Lather" method and its still dries up. So keep on lathering!