Thread: Bowl or Face?

Bowl loading and lathering for me.
Allows good control of the amount of soap and the amount of moisture.
Some soaps/creams that I could not get to lather well on my face, like Cremo, work much better in a bowl.

Face lathering, only; for both soaps and creams. I don't like extra steps -- not before, not during, not after, and I hate wasting product.

I use a White Dog pottery scuttle for all my creams. Soaps, I load the brush and go directly to my face.

Face lathering all the way. The scuttle just sits on the shelf mostly.
I AM lazy, as you all know!

Face all the way. I never saw the utility in bowl lathering.

I'm still using my Dirty Bird scuttle. It's relatively cold for much of the year here and it's nice to have the warm lather. Plus it's part of the shaving process for me now.
I went for the grid pattern on the inside of the bowl and I wonder how much it affects the lathering (i.e. if I'd be shocked if I tried a normal bowl). We've got hard water here.

Ooo yeah, the grid pattern works fairly well for using a shaving stick in the bowl, although the spinny-pattern that DB also does would probably also work quite well.

Soap face, cream bowl. I put hot water on soap and wipe up the later. Cream, a forefinger of cream on a badger and mix in bowl.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Face lathering all the way. The scuttle just sits on the shelf mostly.
I AM lazy, as you all know!

Well if that scuttle just sits on the shelf, have you ever considered parting with it? I may have something (I think) of value that I'm willing to trade for it. Got lots of old stuff....

Mainly bowl or scuttle use. I use a marble spice mortar heated with hot water, or an ordinary bowl floating in the lavabo. I find that this is a part of the shaving ceremonial like there is a tea ceremony in Japan.

I load the brush, start a bowl lather, face lather; wander around for a couple minutes, while making the bowl lather perfect, rub the first face lather in,
Hot rinse it off and apply the perfected bowl lather and shave. Apply more if needed.
Why not, I have all day!
~Richard