How to palm lather MWF soap

[Leon]

Hi gents,

Lately I've been using my palm to lather some of my soaps and after seeing the great guide du212 posted about how to lather MWF using the bowl, I decided taking my camera with me in tonight's shave and take some pictures while I'm palm lathering MWF.
I only have two hands, so bear with me about the photos quality, OK?
OK, let's start:

1. The gear you'll need

1. One puck of MWF (well, dohh...)
2. One good medium sized broken-in boar brush. I find the Semogue 1305 perfect for the job
3. One bowl Access to tap water

2. Preparing the stuff

Fill the bowl with tap water. The water must not be hot nor warm. Room temperature is ideal.
Drown the puck of MWF in the bowl. Put the brush in there too, but leave the handle above water level (so you don't have to complain later about chipped wood).



After a few minutes, remove the water from the bowl. Shake the brush for excess water and place the puck in the palm of your hand.



3. Loading

Start swirling with the tips of the brush on the surface of the puck of soap.



After one and a half minutes, the brush should be well loaded with soap.

4. Lathering

Now this stage is where normally one would place the brush in the face and start building the lather. I can do that, but I think I can "sense" better how's the lather is developing if I keep it in the palm of my hand. Besides, if I lather in the bowl, there's always some wasted lather that remains there, unlike palm lathering where I apply the lather directly in my face.
The palm skin is one of the most sensitive areas in the body, so it will tell you how does the lather is doing, after adding a drop of water.
Notice how the lather is faint and dry on the first picture.



Each 15 seconds, I'll add 3 drops of water and continue swirling.

...

3 drops more

...

and some more. Notice how using this technique, MWF can process several drops of water easily without becoming too thin, airy or bubbly.



OK, I think where done.

5. Finish

Now, I can feel the lather in the palm of my hand has being moist and soft, but at the same time, strong and tight, just what we're aiming for.
The lather is ready to "work" now. This is what it looks like when I pass the loaded brush in my arm:



Enjoy!