Thread: 5th Shave - Lather. What am I doing wrong?

Originally Posted by Dan

For those of you who use a traditional mug; do you build the lather in the mug itself (where the soap cake lives) or in a seperate bowl? I try to build in the mug but I've noticed there's not really must whisking room and the lather seems to form on the bottom meaning I have to flip the soap to get at it. I think next time I'll take another bowl up with me (my mum is going to love this!) and coat my brush with soap and then transfer to the empty bowl. How do you boys do it? I know, Bonedog, that you build on your face. The only thing that puts me off that is the prospect of whisking on my face and making irritating the skin or even flicking soap into my eye.

I used to build as much as possible in the soap bowl and then the rest on my face but since reading the guide to making uberlather I've been building lather in a separate mug - pretty much as Lilith described. Makes for a much better and longer lasting lather.

Barney