Thread: gssixgun uberlather.....

I tried this today...all i can say is that it was the best shave ever, i had absolutely no irritation...super super comfortable.
I followed the steps that gssixgun has posted in several threads.
I loaded the brush with soap(cake) then in a warm bowl i added 4 drops of glycerin and a pea size(maybe little more) of shaving cream...and went to town lathering this thing.
Right away i noticed a different lather...it was thicker,shinnier and had a viscosity to it that i think was the responsable of this great shave...it felt like a mix of skinfood and lather all at once..wich if you tink of it ... is what it is...
Now...i bought this bottle of glycerin at whole foods for $4, i coudnt help but notice that they also sell almond oil...castor oil...avocado oil....anybody experimented with anything else besides glycerin?
Anyway...thanks gssixgun!!!!! great great discovery and i nominate you to the srp discovery awards for best invention of the year!!!!!

Sounds like I'm going to have to try this out sometime.. where do they normally sell glycerin at? Guess I'll check next time I go to Sam's Club.

I remember seeing it at any decent health food store, i bought mine at whole foods wich i believe is achain that is all over america.
It was a blue bottle for $4 that i think is gonna last a year with daily use.

I appreciate the kudos but honestly I can't take credit where credit is not due.... I learned about Superlather and Uberlather over at B&B the only thing I can take credit for is designating between the two.... A Superlather being no Glycerin in the mix I have tried a couple of the essential oils in the lather so far just Lavender and Dragons blood but the results where not as good as the Glycerin....I bet the olive oil and the avocado oil might be interresting...

Sakes alive does glycerin dry out and even burn my face if I put too many drops in the lather. Has anyone else had this problem? I know it's hygroscopic and maybe it just kicked the drying action into overdrive, but the first time I tried adding glycerin to my lather I swear I had to keep dousing my cheeks with water because my cheeks felt like my eyes would if I got some sort of chemical in them.

Chris L

? Wasn't nitro-glycerin was it?
You can garggle glycerin, singers use it !
Shouldn't burn anything..........

Hmmmmm....Glycerin!
Unique idea. I'll have to try it...Tho is IT THAT MUCH BETTER than your BEST SOAPS?CREAMS?

Originally Posted by Chrisl

Sakes alive does glycerin dry out and even burn my face if I put too many drops in the lather. Has anyone else had this problem? I know it's hygroscopic and maybe it just kicked the drying action into overdrive, but the first time I tried adding glycerin to my lather I swear I had to keep dousing my cheeks with water because my cheeks felt like my eyes would if I got some sort of chemical in them.

Chris L

I don't know about the burning part, but I have found it seems to make the lather dry faster, and my skin. I tried it a few times with soaps that contained little to no glycerin at all.

I fail to see what adding glycerin does, especially adding it to a glycerin soap, there is a reason why glycerin soaps only have so much in them.

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

I don't know about the burning part, but I have found it seems to make the lather dry faster, and my skin. I tried it a few times with soaps that contained little to no glycerin at all.

I fail to see what adding glycerin does, especially adding it to a glycerin soap, there is a reason why glycerin soaps only have so much in them.

Sorry guys, now that I think of it, it was probably putting glycerin in a bottle of alcohol based witch hazel to use as an after shave that was the culprit. I thought it would add additional moisturizing qualities and instead it was like splashing gasoline on my face. I was also adding glycerin to lather at that time, so I really should try just the glycerin and lather thing and see if that works for me.

Chris L

I bought a small bottle of glycerin and tried it today for the first time, although my uberlather mix hasn't one of the 3 ingridients - soap - I don't have one at this time.
So I put some cream on the bowl and added some drops of glycerin and mixed it up. The result is slightly different than adding just warm water to the cream - it's thicker and slimier. I smeared it on the stubble and here we go!
The cream might have lasted longer this way, I guess, because of the gliceryn effect. Overall it was worth the try and from now on I'll add some drops in my cream.

Thanks Glen.

By the way, am I the only one who does this uberlather variation - cream only?