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    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

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    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

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

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

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    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!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Siguy View Post
    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.
    Its not dissapating just drying

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    Quote Originally Posted by ecormier View Post
    Siguy, I think I'm pretty safe saying that there's already lots of glycerin in Conks soap
    Says so on the product.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chapman View Post
    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
    Cheers mate will have a go at that ...

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    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

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