Originally Posted by
PaulKidd
IMHO....There may be another variable which needs to be considered, besides temperature,
which may affect skin condition: the quality/purity of the water.
When we lived in Tonga, all of our water was captured rainwater, stored in tanks. It was very
"soft" and not treated in any way. All of my shaving soaps and creams produced excellent
lather, and I had no skin irritation problems, regardless of temperature.
Here in California, we now have "city" water: drawn from a river, highly mineralized, heavily
chlorinated, and distributed through iron pipes. Now it's difficult to make a decent lather, using
the same products and brushes that I used in Tonga; and skin irritation is a problem, no matter
what water temperature I use. Same skin, same products, same brushes, same razors, same
temperature ranges, but entirely different results.
Its gotta be the water.