Thread: first uberlather

my first attempts at uberlather following the video posted on this site turned out awesome. am wondering what makes such the difference, is it the glycerin? i noticed you can use very little cream and only 2 drops of glycerin and about a tablespoon of the soap water and 15 seconds of loading the soap is more then enough. over-flows my mug with lather within seconds.

it is certainly impressive how it forms and i enjoy the preparation but how does it compare longer term to using a quality soap alone? it is still hard for me to quantify qualities of lather like cushion, etc.

uberlather really makes for good lather. keep practicing and you'll get it. what soap / cream did you use?

Just what happens when you listen to experts. :-). Wooops, saw another question. Uberlather should be smoother than other lather, but soap only can have exceptional glide.

Uber- Schmoober. You don't need a crutch to make great lather if you have quality soap.

spendur is right, you shouldn't need that, BUT. ......

I found that really cool to try. I'm an e-cig user, make my own juice, so I have plenty of glycerin around, both poly and vege. I tried the vege, just a few drops on top of my Omega cake, then used the brush to blend it up.

Friggin works!! All I can say, is. It works!!!

Amazing, you learn something new everyday... Wow... Cool beans man.

Glycerin is a key ingredient in most water-based "personal lubricants" (Astroglide, etc). It's _really_ slippery, and has higher film strength than soapy water.

So instead of sliding against your skin, the edge of the blade floats on a thin film of glycerin.

I suspect that perfect pure-soap lather, and perfect technique, could do just as well. But the glycerin can hide many sins.

Charles

I am using a Jack Black soap and a avena shave cream since i figured both could probably use the help of the other. I am thinking for a very high quality soap perhaps the soap alone is good enough though and I have noticed that while it gives an impressive foam in the cup the uber-lather does not give the same glide as the soap alone.

I ordered a bunch of quality soaps and creams so it would be nice to see how better products perform together or alone.

Today I used TOBS Sandalwood cream, SRD soap sadalwood and 5 gtts glycerin. Love it! also fun to mix things together like almond cream and lime soap etc. Interesting scents and wow does it make awesome shave lather!
I seem to be addicted to Uberlather!!
I must have UAD

I used to make uberlather all the time. Then I got Mama Bears soap and I was impressed... then I bought one of Al's bombs. It's uberlather on roids without having to use 3 things. I still mix up a batch from time to time for my wife's legs but that's the only use I have for it these days.
(I dont have anything against it, I just don't often make it for myself these days, I feel like its a big treat for the wife to get it. And maybe for me when her legs are silky smooth)

As an Uberlather Junkie, I always recommend the same recipe as the best I have found to date...

Mitchell's Wool Fat soap + Musgo Real cream + 5 drops of Glycerin = "Lanolin Overload Uberlather" wait till you feel the conditioning number it does to your face after the shave

Some other notables

TOBS Lavender Soap + Castle Forbes Lavender cream + 5 drops = "Country Garden Uberlather"

SRD Bulgarian Rose soap + H Salter Wild Rose Cream + 5 drops = "Cracklin Rose' Uberlather"

Velobra Almond soft soap + Proraso Red + 5 drops = "Mambo Italiano Uberlather"

Velobra Menthol soft soap + Proraso Green + 5 drops = "Mambo Menthol Uberlather"

HBS Almond soap + C&E Sweet Almond Oil cream (if yer lucky to have it) + 5 drops = "Almondine Uberlather"


Yes I have stupid names for many of them Enjoy