Trouble keeping my face wet during shaving.

There is NO rule that says your lather, after only one application, must remain moist and shaveable throughout an entire shave, and there is NO shame in relathering areas that are drying out. I think some people figure that with a nice brush and a good soap you will get some magical lather that never dries out. This is simply not the case. Often technique is blamed for lather drying out; sometimes this is true, especially if your lather is gone within a couple minutes. Usually environmental factors are at play - dry air, water quality etc. If you find your lather is drying up on certain areas of the face just take the 10 seconds and "freshen" it up a bit and you're good to go.

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Originally Posted by SneeveeBee

I use a bowl, with Col. Conk Bay Rum soap. As for the brush its a pure, not super or anything like that, just getting the baseline materials for now. And as for the hard water goes, Im in Iraq right now so I should say the water is pretty harsh.

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I use Col. Conk as well, with a pure badger brush (not best or super). My first few "lathers" were runny, and would dry up on my skin. I dialed back the water big time, now Col. Conk lathers up rich and creamy, and stays on my face without drying up. Here's my routine:

Note, I use Col Conk puck in a the bottom of a mug. I lather up on top of the puck in this mug (I don't use a separate lather bowl)

1) Put my brush in a different mug (without the puck) in really hot water
2) Put about 1 teaspoon of hot water on top of the Col Conk puck in the lather mug
3) Take a shower
4) Strop
5) Take out the brush, and *squeeze* all of the water out of it (but I don't shake it out)
6) Work the brush into the puck really good, then start to whip it up. In a few minutes I have a good amount of rich creamy later
7) After the first pass, rinse face in hot water
8) Dribble just a bit of hot water on the brush (warms up the lather), and whip up just a bit more lather for the next pass

Happy shaving,

Chief

Thanks for all the great tips. I took everything in, and tried some things on my last shave. Still a little aprehenive about doing my neck with the razor. Not quite there yet, dont think Ive got the technique for that area yet. I started to lather in sections today, but even that seemed to dry out. So I scratched that lather and tried again. I think Ive almost got the lather where I want it. Whipped cream consistency like some of you said. Worked like a charm. But I know the drill, practice practice practice.

There is going to be an access issue here I suspect, but I wonder if a bit of glycerin might help as well?

Try using a little more water when you're making the lather and relather whenever you need to.

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