So with the whole uber lather thing and having a little bottle of glycerin by my shaving gear I thought I'd try just adding some glycerin alone to some cream when I built my lather. So I added a few drops of glycerin to the bottom of my scuttle, put a small bit of cream on the brush and built the lather in the scuttle. I lather on the face too, but build it in the scuttle ... well it worked out quite well. I found the glycerin tends to keep the lather from drying out, it retains more of its moisture far longer. I did this originally with some TGQ cream and after noticing how long it lived in the scuttle without evaporating or drying out I thought I would try it with some Truefitt & Hill. It seems T&H cream has always had a tendency to dry out on me and flake off, little white flakes floating through the air and having to re-lather got annoying . So with some glycerin the T&H cream didn't dry up and flake off , I still noticed it tends to lose its moisture a bit faster than some of my other creams though.

Overall the glycerin helps the glide a little I think and definately helps the cream retain its moisture and not dry out so fast. I've found it helpful and instead of building uberlather I've been getting really good lather with just my creams and a little glycerin. I've done this so far with TGQ, CF and T&H creams and I think it helps a lot to prevent the lather from drying up.