Thread: Finally success with face lather and soap...beginners might want to read

after about a year of shaving with a straight, i have always had trouble with face lathering, especially with soaps. bowl lathering was always easy to get mounds of lather, however whenever i tried to face lather i could never get it fluffy and it lacked cushion. UNTIL NOW. the only change i made was accidental, after wetting my brush, i stood the brush up on its end for a minute, while i went to feed the cat, then gently shook out the brush and BOOM the lather was exploding from the brush before i even got it on my face (i was using cella). i had so much lather i didnt even know what to do with it all. i think standing the brush on end saturated the badger hair deep to its roots, which allowed more water retention and thus, the lather was magnificent.

a small victory, but man it felt good to finally start to master a good face lather....

happy shaving