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    Anyone who hasn't tried KMF should give it a go. 11 ounces for less than $5. It has a pump dispenser and one pump is the perfect amount. My favorite is Vanilla Earth but they also have Fragrance Free. Kiss My Face Frangrance Free Moisture Shave -- 11 fl oz - www.Vitacost.com I use KMF in an uberlather [Soap, Cream and Glycerin] but it is good used by itself.

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    You should give Palmolive a go the shave sticks are very cheap & can be whipped up on the face to give a good creamy lather.The Palmolive cream is good to.
    Have you tried using a shave oil as a base before you apply the lather .This can help with dry skins & in hard water areas.Paul

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    I'm surprised you've had trouble with Mama Bear's soaps. Her soaps are fantastic IMO. It's likely that you weren't loading enough soap onto your brush.

    Try this to create some good lather with her soap. First, start soaking your brush in warm water, and put a couple tsp of warm water on top of your soap while you are preparing everything else. Next, remove your brush from the water and squeeze and gently shake your brush dry and then try loading up by swirling, plunging and twisting around on the soap for 30 seconds. When you think you've loaded enough soap, go back at it for another 10-15 seconds and load even more. Then, take the brush straight to your face and start swirling it around. After you swirl a bit, dip your bristles in some warm water (not too much, maybe dip 1/8" deep), and go back to your face and swirl again. Repeat dipping your bristles and swirling on your face until you start to get some good lather forming, and it starts to glisten. Then, you're ready to go!

    I have hard water too and this works for me. If you really want to see if hard water is your problem, though, you can purchase some distilled water at the grocery store, heat up a couple cups in the microwave (not too hot!!) and try soaking your brush and dipping your bristles in that to see if you notice a difference. Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pjrage View Post
    I'm surprised you've had trouble with Mama Bear's soaps. Her soaps are fantastic IMO. It's likely that you weren't loading enough soap onto your brush.

    Try this to create some good lather with her soap. First, start soaking your brush in warm water, and put a couple tsp of warm water on top of your soap while you are preparing everything else. Next, remove your brush from the water and squeeze and gently shake your brush dry and then try loading up by swirling, plunging and twisting around on the soap for 30 seconds. When you think you've loaded enough soap, go back at it for another 10-15 seconds and load even more. Then, take the brush straight to your face and start swirling it around. After you swirl a bit, dip your bristles in some warm water (not too much, maybe dip 1/8" deep), and go back to your face and swirl again. Repeat dipping your bristles and swirling on your face until you start to get some good lather forming, and it starts to glisten. Then, you're ready to go!

    I have hard water too and this works for me. If you really want to see if hard water is your problem, though, you can purchase some distilled water at the grocery store, heat up a couple cups in the microwave (not too hot!!) and try soaking your brush and dipping your bristles in that to see if you notice a difference. Good luck!
    Yeah I don't think I loaded it properly. I'll try that.

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    Hard water solution is hotter water

    Least ways that is what I have found with my Chip-a-Tooth well water...
    That being said Honey Bee Sues soaps are probably the best I have found for non-Uberlather with my water..
    Cream wise the KMF mentioned above is a stellar performer in the hard water dept too....

    And after using Alraz's atom bomb soap the last few days by itself, I was pretty impressed with the lather it produced with my water and very, very, gentle on the face.... I have not finished testing his soap yet but I am liking what I see so far...

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    You can always start to identify where the problem is, the water or the mix, by buying a bottle of distilled water for a buck or so per gallon and using that to make your lather. Do it the same way you are using the hard water and observe your results. You may like it enough to stay with the distilled stuff. It shold last quite a while if you use it by the teaspoon full. It's cheaper than trying a bunch of soaps to come up with the same results.
    “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)

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    Try VDH glycercin soap. I got mine for $2 at Walgreen's and it performs as well as anything I have tried. Not much of a scent, though.

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    I've tried spieck and musgo real recently and the musgo real seems to be the best for me out of the creams that I have tried in a tube. Works better than tobs rose, too. About the same price as proraso, maybe a little cheaper.

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    at the prison where i work we supply the inmates with amerfresh shave cream it has a very high glycerin content. i dont know if you can buy it anywhere but i could send you a tube if you are interested

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    Add more water.

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