Thread: Art of Shaving cream

I recently purchased the art of shaving lavender shaving cream. The lady who sold it showed me how to lather it by putting a dab of cream in the wet badger and starting a lather in her palm.

My question today is can I lather it in a bowl and how?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Why not?? Just replace her hand with your bowl. I'd think, unless you brought her home that be your only option at this point.

you can but the old master barbers and some of us still lather in our hand...minimizes air bubbles and helps you control the consistancy of the lather...also when traveling`or shaving at home you dont have the clutter of a bowl on the counter plus you dont have to carry in luggage...

AOS Lavender builds a great lather in a bowl. I've just about quit using a bowl, instead preferring to lather directly on my face. AOS gets a bit of a bad rap. Some of their products are overpriced, but their shaving creams are great.

RT

I reread your post and realized I didn't explain the how part. Its really pretty self evident but since you asked I'll explain it.

I heat my bowl up for atleast a minute by dunking it in the hot sink water prior to my shave. The key is to get the water mixture correct. I lift up the bowl and drain all the water out. I then add an almond size squirt of cream and knock out any excessive water in the brush. I then swirl away in the bowl. I will dip the brush back into the sink water if I think I need more water. Dip only the tips of the bristles because some good cream is in the brush. With practice you should just be able to let the brush fully drain and begin swirling. One or two knocks on the sink with the brush should knock out excessive water. The key is to get the mixture right (without adding a lot of cream). Cream is expensive stuff so go easy on it. Adding lots of water forces you to add lots of cream. You'll end up with enough cream for 30 passes if your not careful.

You should have cream in under 30 seconds.

Here is a little beginner tip. If you get too much water into the mixture hold the brush upside down (bristles skyward) and wrap your thumb and index finger around the brush and squeeze like your strangling the bristles.

The water will run downward while the cream moves upward. Then return to swirling.