my face was dry yesterday and i've got both lanolin and glycerin sitting around now, but am not having consistent results making lathers with them. i've found that proraso soap seems not to benefit from both, but may benefit from just lanolin, not sure yet. but i've found that my T&H sampler creams benefit from a combination of both and make excellent lathers with them most of the time, with a couple failures. i did find another use though. it was night and i was going to go to bed soon and my face was dry, so i warmed up my lanolin bottle in hot water and then rubbed a couple drops all over my face. let it sit there all sticky for about 5 minutes, then washed with a mild face soap. repeated this process with gylcerin, which was less sticky but felt quite warm on my face, like it was undergoing an exothermic reaction on my skin. also let that sit there for 5 minutes. then washed again with the mild soap. my face was NOT dry after that.