Thread: Lather always dries out...Help!

Originally Posted by 32t

1/2 inch lather and 1/16 inch hair.... Does that make sense?

No, sorry. Are you saying that the lather should be a half inch thickness on my face? I've never gotten it to be that thick. After I "paint" it on, it's pretty thin, almost transparent.

Just spent a long time practicing building lather. On second look at honedright's method, I found that it is very similar to what I've been doing, minus the oil. I added water a little bit at a time. When I thought that it was hydrated enough, I lathered my face. After a minute, the lather is drying out every time. I rinsed my face clean, added a little more water and relathered each time until the lather was runny and transparent and bubbly on my face. At no point did it not dry out on me after about a minute. I have no problem "refreshing" the lather after I finish the first side of my face, it's just that by the end of my shave, I will relather under my nose and my chin, and by the time I'm done with the chin (less than a minute), under the nose is already almost dry. Do you guys add water to your lather to maintain its hydration during the shave or between passes?