Thread: Dryness with Uberlather??

So today I made my first uber lather. AOS cream, glycerin and some Williams soap. I mixed it up nice and all that jazz. I got it to what I thought was a nice creamy lather. Wet my face and got it nice and covered.

A little while later (5 - 10 min.) I notice it starts to dry up. Especially in a couple areas where it was put on thinner. This is quite frustrating. I still take quite a while to shave. At least an hour. I blame my coarse full beard, and square jaw line with a big chin. Plus it's only my 4th shave. I shave about every 5 days or so. I'm definitely getting better at the difficult areas though.

My wife thinks I put too much water. I think I put too little. I do shake the brush out before mixing, and then sometimes add just a dab more if needed. So which is it? Maybe I should shake less out? Or maybe its because I take so damn long for one pass. If that's why, then I can live with that. I just dab the brush in hot water and its good for a little while longer.

Other question is, does adding glycerin require me to add more water usually? I've normally been adding like 6 drops of glycerin to my cream. I'm using CO Bigelow usually. My AOS is just a sample.

Thanks so much for any help! *Bro fist*