Quote Originally Posted by hiigaran View Post
Alrighty, so while I wait for the forest to grow back, I'm going to shift to the topic of the lather, or the shaving cream/gel/thing you slap on your face. Is there any particular type I should be aware of? Currently, I have this old can of gillette stuff. It's some blue gel. Not much of an idea beyond that about it, honestly. I just smear it all over my face and hope for the best. Anything else that could be used/used more effectively?
I like to use what we call an überlather it a mixture of shaving soap, glycerin, shaving cream and water that has set on the soap for a few min. But in particular I like anything tallow based when it comes to soaps and creams. The brand that I am using now for cream is Queen Charlotte which is tallow based. For soap I am using colonels conk which is a glycerin based soap. But when I get done with it I'm going to buy a brand called green mountain which is a tallow based soap. But really many soaps/creams that are tallow or glycerine based would be good. However some are better than others