Thread: First try at face lathering

Ok, I've been at the wetshaving game for 3 years. The whole time, I was a bowl latherer. I began to think, "what if I could get rid of these bowls on my counter?". So I loaded up my Semougue 830 for 15 seconds with Petal Pushers Fancies. As I swirled the brush around my face, the lather exploded and the face lathering aided in the preparation of my beard. I don't know if I'm a face lathering convert, but I'm leaning heavily in that direction.

Yea, sure simplifies things doesn't it.

Bob

I face lather when I am in a hurry.

I use my mugs / bowls / scuttles when I have the time.

Because nothing beats lather from a warm scuttle on a cold morning!

I just started doing some face lathering with La Toja and Arko sticks. It is so easy I feel I'm cheating! Still like to do the hot scuttle/uberlather thing when I have more time though.
Rob

Yea, it is just another way to lather just like using a bowl and is a personal preference. Personally I don't care if the lather is warm or for all the extra jiggery pokery with using a scuttle even when it is -30C outside. Just depends what you want to do and either are effective ways to lather.

Bob

I've tried face lathering on and off over the years, it works but I find it's actually more work and takes more time to get the perfect lather. I always find myself going back to bowl lathering - I can't seem to stop using my scuttles

To each their own...

Nothing wrong with face lathering, it is more product dependent as some just dont seam to take to face lathering.

You dont have to do on the face you could simply use the palm of the hand.

It can get a bit crowded with all the paraphernalia i dont use scuttles or shaving mugs and just today not even hot water.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I've tried face lathering on and off over the years, it works but I find it's actually more work and takes more time to get the perfect lather. I always find myself going back to bowl lathering - I can't seem to stop using my scuttles

To each their own...

Agree, as my father always put it " I have no problem stopping, my problem is I cannot stop starting again."

Originally Posted by KindestCutOfAll

I face lather when I am in a hurry.

I use my mugs / bowls / scuttles when I have the time.

Because nothing beats lather from a warm scuttle on a cold morning!

Bingo: I will use the whole 9 yards when I am use the straight, but cut back to 5 yards when time or frame of mind does not allow me which I will then use a DE. The scuttle " makes my day " as most times I need to lather up several times to get to the hard spots and you are right as one touch with a cold brush just puts a damper on the experience.

In my opinion, there are soaps/creams giving their best with bowl lathering, others with face lathering. Not all the soaps/creams are the same.