Thread: Watery, Thick, or just right and how do you get there?

Do you like your creams watery, thick, or somewhere in between and how do you get them that way? I'm thinking of ditching the water into the brush routine (since I can't see water in the brush anyway) and putting some water into the bowl instead. I can easily see a measured amount of water and can learn what works best for each cream (I have a large variety). Whatch guys think ???? ...... and how do you do it?

Not sure how too well it would work without a wet brush, but maybe worth a shot. As for me, I just pay attention with the first few swirls. If there's too much water, I can tell right away and I'll pour it out before I make white soup. If not enough water, then you can always add a few drops as many times as you need. The thing that gets me is switching creams from day to day. They're all different consistencies. The Castle Forbes are very thick in the tub and need a bit more water and swirling to get them going. Taylors and T & H seem a little thinner, and Trumper's somewhere in between. Then there's incinsistencies between the same tubs with different batches. THEN they're all a bit thinner in the tubes than the same cream in a tub! One more curveball, if you have more than one brush, that's makes getting the "hang" of it even more challenging. I just accept the fact that I cannot "nail" it every single time and just watch the first couple swirls. Either that or stick to soaps. D.R. Harris and T & H soaps rival any cream out there for my nickel anyway.

Jeff

I think a better approach is to soak the brush and remove the excess and then subsequently add water as you need to. A dry brush isn't going to hold the lather at all IMO.

Practice, practice, practice. I do soak my brushes in hot water before starting in on the cream/soap du jour. You do get a feel on how much water to leave in the brush for each product once you've played around with them a while. Different brushes will introduce yet another variable, FWIW.



Wayne

I just saturate the brush and let the loose water drain off and start swirling. each soap is different so to try and get the lather the same across all soaps is impossible and unnecessary. You don't need 3 inches of lather on your face just enough to lubricate and set up the hairs. Go with the soap that gives you the lather you prefer. My favorites are haslinger and trumpers.

In my experience, the creams need less water, the soaps need a little more to get the same type of consistency between them.