Thread: Can soap run out quicker?

In m experience, a puck of soap lasts for AGES compared to a cream. But I can't understand why the salesman told me they don't last as long as creams. Was he confused or are some soaps faster than others?

He may have just been mistaken on how to use the soaps. I learned last night that I was using my soap entirely wrong, and it wasn't lasting very long at all- not even two months. Using my new method, I'm sure it would last for at least 6 months!

EDIT: 6 months easy...maybe a year

what were you doing that chewed through soap so fast, what do you do know?

I had my soap in the mug, got a little water in and started churning with the brush and just dipped from that. That's how my grandpa did it, and it never occurred to me that his technique might be off. I read a guide on B&B (I think) that really really helped.

In a nutshell, you put just enough hot water in the mug to get the soap wet, swirl it around to get the soap in the brush and set it aside. Grab a bowl, put some hot water in, and whip the hell out of it with the brush. If there isn't enough lather, get a little more water. Whip whip whip whip until you've got enough lather for a neighborhood.

By doing it in the mug, I was just constantly taking soap off the puck and never really getting a good lather. It was thick, but just not optimal. With this method, you're barely removing any soap, and the lather is fantastic.

Exactly what I do, again, from the same tutorial. Really fantastic lather, isn't it!

Definitely! It's so much more satisfying to see a bowl full of that lather and just dip it in. I don't feel like I'm using too much because there's a TON of it, and it just feels nice. I'm sure I would've figured it out on my own, but I can't think of anything else when I'm concentrating really hard on not slicing my fat chin off.

For people who visit this and are wondering the link here it is:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21136

And for everyone's benefit - it does seem to me and few others that you actually may get better results if you lather on the face. Lather won't look as glamorous, but it will perform better (as opposed to whipping drop-dead gorgeous lather in the bowl and just applying to face)

Cheers
Ivo

Can you elaborate on that? I could probably figure it out, but being told is so much easier

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

Can you elaborate on that? I could probably figure it out, but being told is so much easier

Instead of whisking it up in the mug or bowl, you would take the loaded brush to your already moist and wet face and build up the lather directly on your face. This way you are not having to take it from the bowl/mug and apply it to the face. It is already done.