Thread: Pairing Brushes

Does any pair soaps/creams with brushes?

I've read comments that certain brushes work better with certain soaps. for example a stiffer brush/or one with more backbone works better with hard soaps. I've not personally done any experiments with this though as i only use about 2 brushes and just use the one i'm in the mood for.

Nope, I use whatever brush I feel like with whatever soap/cream I feel like using.

Bob

it seems to make sense a soft cream would prefer a soft brush but for me I use whatever.

it reminds me of someone who is afraid to drive a larger vehicle. If you have a license you can drive anything in reason (or should be able to) and likewise if you know how to use a brush you can lather anything with any brush.

Of course if you be a ham handed shaver well....

I have one brush and eight different soaps. That's all folks!

Originally Posted by BobH

Nope, I use whatever brush I feel like with whatever soap/cream I feel like using.

Bob

This is what I do, as well. I'll modify my lathering technique if I ever encounter any obstacles, but during these past seven years of shaving 'properly', I have never had any significant issues with using any brush with any soap or cream.

Originally Posted by alschepis

Does any pair soaps/creams with brushes?

Yes, but it is not a conscious selection.

I have about a dozen brushes in rotation and find that I instinctively reach for the softer ones more often should I use a cream, and the ones with more backbone more often when I use triple-milled soaps, although all of them are perfectly capable to cover the whole range from cream, to Italian semi-soft soaps, to hard soaps.

It is just rare that I would find myself using the softest brush on the hardest soap, or the stiffest brush with a cream.


B.

Yes, for me, there's one brush that works particularly well with creams - the Plisson size 8 High Mountain White.

The Plisson HMW brushes are in an alternate Universe as far as I'm concerned...good backbone, and tips so utterly soft the brush literally causes shivers and goosebumps occasionally when I use it. One of those, "must have" brushes IMO, and I prefer my brushes extraordinarily scritchy the majority of the time.

It does work fine with hard pucks and croaps, but the Plisson HMW with a soap like Castle Forbes Lavender, nothing like it in the world.....

I too have favorite brushes for particular soaps/creams.
Part of the fun!

You can make any brush work with any soap but a soft brush for soft soaps and a more firmer brush for harder soaps works best for me.
My favorite soaps are on the softer side and my favorite brushes are as well.
A warm shower is a good prep and lessens the need for substantial firm brush exfoliation.
Also a softer brush will "give up the soap" easier for the third or fourth pass.
My current favorite brush is the Yaqi 24mm synthetic