Thread: Making lather: Mama Bears Soap

I've been using Mama Bear's soaps for a couple years and have continued to learn and refine how much water to add. YMMV, but I typically put a "brush full" of water on the soap puck to soak. When I am ready to make lather, I pour the soak water into my bowl then load the brush. When I start to swirl the loaded brush in the water in the bowl, if it doesn't immediately make BB size bubbles around the brush, I know I will need to add more water. As I continue to swirl, lather builds on the side of the bowl. Another sign of too dry is the sides of the bowl stays clean and all the lather stays in the brush. If the lather holds peaks easily, it is too dry. I've found MB's needs to be a little wetter at the beginning or it we be too dry at the end.

For me, too wet (and I used to use it this way all the time) is the lather runs down the blade. I typically add a little water between passes, but the lather stays thick enough to build up on the blade without running.

Shave on!