Thread: Foaming at the mouth (a.k.a.-Face lathering)

Last night I went for a quicky shave, no shower, no prep, just a splash of hot water and away I went. So I went without the bowl swirling, and rich lather building portion of the shave and just loaded up the brush (Arlington) and twiddled it around on my face, and cut down my whiskers. Not bad....

So, tonight I decide to skip the bowl (scuttle, actually) again. Loaded up my modded Shavemac with the trusty Tabac and face lathered yet again. It was interesting to say the least. Whereas I'm used to building a nice thick merangue(sp??) and then applying it to my face, my attempt at face lathering yielded a denser lather that really clung to my face, like mayo on a nice deli sandwich, instead of the lighter whipped cream consistancy I usually get from the bowl. Really, great coverage, nice and slick too.

Usually the application of the bowl whipped lather leaves peaks and valleys, some places thicker, others thinner, and you sort of have to chase the lather around your face (or I do anyhow). With my fledgling attempts at face lathering I got a nice, super dense application of lather. It could have perhaps done with a touch more water, but I'll have to work on that.

Any other face lathering gents out there with tips and suggestions?

One of my regrets is that the lather gets cold on the brush much faster than a scuttle full of suds...