Been straight shaving for a few months now and wet shaving for almost a year. Lately I'm using Mama Bear Soaps pretty much exclusively. Love the lather I'm getting but I did notice something.

Typically I will splash my face with water inbetween passes just before I relather. However with the Mama Bear Soaps I'm finding that when I do the quality of the shave seems to go down with each pass. First lathering (which is after a splash of water then some pre-shave oil) goes great, nice thick, slick lather. Splash some water and lather for the second pass but the lather starts to seem a bit thin with larger bubbles. Splash some more water and lather for the 3rd pass and the lather seems even thinner. However if I don't splash water between passes then the shave goes much better.

With this observation I ask: Do you splash your face with water inbetween passes?

Thanks,

Charlie