Thread: Synthetic Brush

I have a Body Shop Synthetic. It's my first and only brush so I don't know if a badger or boar really is that much better.

I think it gets the job done. I wish it was a little softer and made lather quicker, but it's not worthless and I'm in no hurry to buy something else.

I have the Body Shop's synthetic brush and actually quite like it. Apparently I'm in a minority with that. I love it's soft soft tips (far softer than either of my silvertip brushes) and its stiffness. It works equally well with soaps (both tallow and non-tallow based), creams, and uberlathers. I found mine especially good with TGQ soaps which I'd always struggled to load and lather properly with my silvertip brush. I've also found it easier to face lather with, as it's smaller and stiffer and doesn't feel like slapping a hot wet soggy mop across my face when I use it in that fashion, unlike my two silvertips.

The trick with synthetic brushes is to not treat them like a natural brush - they behave completely differently so should be treated differently. They hold less water or lather, so your lather-making regimen is different - you shake them out less, and press less hard when using them - just use the tips. I suggest you buy the body shop brush, give it a go, and if you don't like it throw it away or sell it on - it's cheap enough you can afford to do that.

Mark , I also have the body shop synthetic and agree with Mosley , its a good brush and well worth a try , true it dont hold a lotta water but just like Mosley said you adjust your regime to suit it , mine cost me $20 AU and if I ever wear it out I will get another , just like the parker plenty frown on it but we know better