Originally Posted by
Razorfeld
Let me add to the debate. One additional fact about lather making that we tend to overlook, other than it's different in different parts of the country, is the time of year. I'm an uber-lather geek and I get very unhappy when suddenly, on a morning, the lather does not go together as it has. Then comes the ah! moment. The season is changing and the ambient temperature and humidity level are changing. Maybe not radically, but it doesn't take much to change the way a lather reacts. My uber-lather went to hell last Spring till I realized I had to make adjustments. I did, and I am remembering to watch the lather quality as Fall deepens.