Okay, I just received four lovely smelling creams from CarrieM...or is it Olive Oyl?;) I want to know how to use them. I have used soaps and nothing but soaps since I began so creams are foreign to me. Can anyone help.
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Okay, I just received four lovely smelling creams from CarrieM...or is it Olive Oyl?;) I want to know how to use them. I have used soaps and nothing but soaps since I began so creams are foreign to me. Can anyone help.
Hell, I'm not even certain I want to know what a snurdle is. It sounds like something that ne'er do well gssixgun would come up with.;)
OK, first thing is DON'T PANIC!!
Creams are a different breed to soaps, no doubt about it.
First, you will need a spatula - just a general garden variety spatula will do. You will also need a caulking gun, two thumb tacks and high speed vibratory polishing wheel.
Take a liberal amount of cream and spread it over your face with the spatula. Do not be parsimonious with the cream - the more the better.
Make sure you thoroughly seal all facial orifices with the caulking gun - this is vitally important with creams as the carbon dioxide exuded from nostrils, mouth, and, in your case, ears will degrade the fine balance. To enable breathing after caulking your orifices, insert the thumb tacks into each nostril (carefully) to produce two tiny breathing slits.
Now you are all ready. Plug in the polisher and really work that cream into the face. Really, really work it. Cream loves being buffed into the pores.
Once you have gotten to this stage, please take a photo and post it back here..... :D
James.
onkay, I have mby ndose holes sealeda. Cand you describa the rest of the process fromba this point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
:rofl2::roflmao:roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by JMS
You really need to be inverted at this point. As you require at least one free hand to shave, perhaps using a Backswing or a climbing harness will be the best method.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMS
Oh mby Ghod! You were just havink mbe onde werent you? I amb so embarrasseda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Ok, this post has just made my day!
Fappin' hilarious..! :rofl2::rofl2::roflmao:roflmao
Wouldn't a picture be JUST GREAT!
:)
OMG you guys are too much. :roflmao
Seriously, Take an almond size dollop of the cream, put it in the bottom of a bowl and put of few drops of warm water on top of it. Prep your brush, Will need to be fairly wet, but not dripping. A best badger seems to work best on this cream and start whipping the heck out of it, adding water as needed. Keep whipping it until it makes peaks that will stand up on the end of the brush.
Good luck with this :)
Thanks all..I needed the laugh today. I used cream for the first time in a long while today...makes for a nice change now and then!
Epic thread, thanks for the laughs. :rofl2:
BTW a snurdle is a glob of undissoved cream in the bottom of the bowl, May need to use hotter water :)
A snurdle is just the right-size dip of cream needed to whip into a lather.It's about an almond size as CarrieM says.Since you will need to transfer a snurdle of cream to your lather bowl,some of us made a little dipper out of a stainless-steel butter knife.(one your SWMBO won't miss)Or you can use your finger or any other appendage to dip with.Personally,I don't need much of an excuse to go to the workshop and fiddle with a new shaving-related item.Here's mine and a filched photo of Glen's.(hope he doesn't mind)He had the idea first as far as I know.
Carrie's creams also lather well directly on the face :tu
I use creams pretty much like I use soaps. If the cream comes in a tube, I squirt a small amount either into my mug or on the brush. If it comes in a tub, a just load the brush. Create lather, put on face, shave, done.
Honestly, this is not rocket science, it's not even chemical engineering.
HA !!!!! great thread....
And yes Mark ya un-couth SOB ya need a "Snudle Dipper" all of us upper crust gentlemen have them LOL....
I just use a Popsicle stick. I guess us country folks don't know what to do with a snurdler LMAO
Just to pass time I copied the word "snurdle" into various online dictionaries and not one came up with a hit on this word.It is apparently a made-up word by us shave-nuts and the only hit I got was a glossary definition on another forum:Quote:
Snurdle An almond sized dollop of shave cream. Often described as the "ideal" amount of shaving cream prior to creating lather. A snurdle may be applied directly into the breach of the brush or into the vessel used for creating the lather. Many spoon or blunt knife like objects are used for measuring out a snurdle such as a butter knife, ice cream sample spoon or a finger.
Some of us poor Texans just use the sample spoon from Baskin Robbins. If you have some older (dried up) cream and break it, you know it's time to go get another scoop. But not without tasting something first! ;)
excellent thread... good info and great laughs..thanks :)
My C&E Almond cream doesn't taste so good....:soapbox:Quote:
Originally Posted by T-Ram
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Originally Posted by CarrieM
The only thing I will add is on the water start with less give the brush a shake and then start you will see the cream start to form well more cream then add small amounts of hot water and keep building to you get the consistency you want you can go for a rich creamy lather to a foamy lather what ever your preference. the biggest mistake I see people make is to much water and never really get the full benefit of a cream. A lot of people build lather to resemble foam out of a can. Try less water an develop a nice cream I think you will surprised at the shave you get. You can always add you can not take away.
By the way funny as hell lmao:beer2:
+1 Great thread, all! Thanks!
Jeff
I like to use soaps, now I'm thinking of creams
I'm looking to get the shave of my dreams.
There remains a question, one last hurdle
What in the heck is a "snurdle"?
I looked high and low, I was getting kind of hectic
Then I realized a dollup is english, a "snurdle" is metric!
:)
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Originally Posted by Seraphim
LMAO.............
Well i was missing since my computer broke down and just got back on line today and i have to say thank you to the moderator for a good old hearty laugh .. when i started to read about the spatula etc the thought jumped into my mind "smart ass" but as i read on i realised it was fun and tongue in cheek and the further i read the more i laughed well done good buddy for giving us all a happier day and i am sure the recipient took it in good part and had a good laugh also .. have a good day all George Ireland
+1 with Don. I have found that my brush needs to be slightly less water-filled to get a nice lather from a cream (for example one or two shakes for a soap = 3 shakes for a shaving cream), and of course add water for your desired consistency. If your brush is holding too much water you'll ruin your lather pretty quickly. But as usual YMMV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don
As for a "snurdle".. I use one of those decorative mini spoons, of which my wife has many, and scoop out an amount of cream between the size of a pea and an almond.