Thread: Glycerin ON soap

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to (or has an opinion about) add glycerin directly on the soap when making lather? I want to try this because I'm really not interested in using a bunch of different vessels just to make my lather, and my soap is already in a bowl/mug.

I've got super hard water, and so I have issues getting a decently moist and slick lather when I don't go with my ultimate combo: L'Occitane Cade soap and Nivea shave cream. I'm hoping adding glycerin to the mix will help here. The other soap/cream combo I've been trying is MWF (grated and pressed into a mug) with Kiss My Face or Spiek. Neither one performed all that well when I tried it.

My method for lathering is to load the brush with soap, put some dabs of cream all around my face (saw a barber do this once) and face lather away for about a minute or two. I figure if I add the glycerin to the top of the soap before this, it'll get into the brush and onto my face.

i have used glycerine on top of the puck of soap when making lather.... it worked good enough for me....

now i take and put it on top of the puck and then nuke them in the microwave for ~15secs... then give it a good stir with a swizzle stick or toothpick and let it cool back off....

seems to work better for me....

I've tried that with a puck of Williams I had in a mug, I addded a few drops of glycerin, then a squirt of kiss my face, it worked ok.
Mugso Real works great with MWF and a few drops of Glycerin, Glen calls is "Lanolin Overload" They work really well together, and you wind up with a ton of lather, and it's really moisturising.

You should try using a bowl (any bowl, doesn't have to be a scuttle) to mix your lather in and see if you get better results. Pre load your brush with your shave soap, Then add your glycerin and shave cream of choice to a bowl, or other large vessel. I've found that a using a large bowl, helps the lather building process, at least it did for me, YMMV.

Originally Posted by zib

I've tried that with a puck of Williams I had in a mug, I addded a few drops of glycerin, then a squirt of kiss my face, it worked ok.
Mugso Real works great with MWF and a few drops of Glycerin, Glen calls is "Lanolin Overload" They work really well together, and you wind up with a ton of lather, and it's really moisturising.

You should try using a bowl (any bowl, doesn't have to be a scuttle) to mix your lather in and see if you get better results. Pre load your brush with your shave soap, Then add your glycerin and shave cream of choice to a bowl, or other large vessel. I've found that a using a large bowl, helps the lather building process, at least it did for me, YMMV.

Interestingly enough I found a smaller bowl works better for lathering for me, YMMV. I bought one of those german wunder-keramik scuttles and thought it does a great job of keeping my lather warm it is harder for me to create the lather then when I used a simple glass cup.

I am a semi-face latherer, and use Williams every day or so. I got some Glycirine suppositories a while back in a 4 pack. I like them as it is a perfect dropper. 4 drops on the puck and all is better. Cheap, and easy. Also good for travel. ....get it on......Tom

Do a search in the Forums for "uberlather".

It's lather + glycerin.

And do a search for "astroglide", which has glycerin as one of its major components.

Charles

All suitable ways of going about it. Glycerin is awesome! I find the best way to be squirting a bit into the bowl after the brush is loaded, but before the lather is produced.
Got a cheap soap dispenser at Walmart and it works great:



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