I ended up with a tube of Cremo...and I don't have to explain that here in the safe place.

And I've been using it as a pre-shave just to use it up.
Massage it on the wet face with wet hands for 30 seconds - then load the brush, then soak the face with a wet washcloth for 30 seconds and face lather.

In a few days I'm going to find out what happens when I run out..

Don't have plans to replace it - and as to the slick thing, remeber most of the world still does not know what they are missing when it comes to how nice shaving can be...so I'm sure this Cremo is some improvement when compared to canned goo...