Thread: Getting the hang of it

Sounds like you are on the right track. Here is something I found while experimenting with soaps and creams. I went to wal-mart and bought a violet pot. This is a pot with two parts to it - a bottom bowl and an insert. The insert is part pourus which over time allows the water in the bottom part to seep into the plant. Not a problem in this case. The inside is a bit rough but doesn't interfere with the action of my silvertip brush. When I get ready to shower I fill the bottom bowl with hot water about half way and fill the insert also and cover with a 6" flat rubber drain stopper. When I am done with my shower I dump the water out of both units and refil the bottom again and place the insert on top with about 1/2 tsp of hot water. While I am getting my towels and razor ready I soak the brush. When I am ready to shave I place a snurdle of truefitt and hill unscented cream in the bowl and take my brush and gently squeeze the water out of it. I then grab the brush at the hair base with all 5 fingers and rub it into my wool-fat soap for about 15-20 seconds or until I see a lather building on the brush. I then take the brush and start mixing the soap with the cream until I have a nice lather in the bowl. From that point on I have hot lather whenever I need it. You can tell if the lather has enough moisture when you try to rinse it off the blade. If the lather doesn't totally rinse off easily it is to dry. To moisten it up a little just get the hot water running until it is hot and turn the flow down to a very small stream and pass the bottom of the brush through it once. Then work the lather up again and test it. I find the mixing of the soap and cream very confortable and the warm lather is definately a plus.

When I am finished shaving I don't wash the soap down the drain either. What's the point in that? I squeeze the soap out of the brush back into the soap bowl and use it next shave. At the cost of these soaps and creams it seems silly to just throw it away when you can reuse it.

Ray