Thread: trouble creating lather

I am having trouble creating lather to the consistency of whip cream. I have been doing it daily for (im not sure) maybe a couple weeks to a month. Granted only within the past week i have had ridges in my bowl in attempt to help create the lather.

I have watched numerous videos on create lather. Everytime they have the consistency of whip cream. I think i only once got it decent, but have not been able to redo it.

I have tried to create it on my face and in a bowl. I think i have better results when doing it on my face for some reason. But i like the bowl (keeping it warm throughout numerous passes). I spend at least half my time shaving attempting to create the lather properly.

I feel like the brush is loaded properly. The brustles stick together when i am done. While whipping: Just when it looks too dry, i drip a couple drops on the brush, redo that a couple times, and before i know it, it is too wet, with bubbles in it. Then i apply more soap to even it out.....and then it gets too dry. I must admit, people that create proper lather within a minute or two have acquired a great skill. I thought the ridges within the bowl might help, but even after creating ridges, i seem to still struggle.

Also i have noticed that not one person in a youtube video has to re-apply cream to their face within one pass. I seem to have to do it 4 times. Otherwise the soap dissipates. I think it is too wet at that point. So if i try to dry it out by adding more soap, it gets too dry again.

But i feel like i go in circles, too wet, then too dry. I can tell the shave is better when the lather is better. I just seem to have trouble hitting that dead center sweet spot of lather.

Is there something that seems obvious i am doing wrong?