I'm new to both wet shaving and soap making, but nonetheless decided to give shave soap a go. I like the results a lot, but I don't really have anything to compare it to... I've only used some cheap "natural" stuff since my first shave with Dr. Harris, and I didn't really know what I was doing then.

It works way better than the cheap soap I have, but that's not saying much. The lather reminds me of cool whip and it just doesn't go away--there's still some sitting atop my toe that fell ~20 minutes ago when I lathered up.

Here's a picture of the lather on my face (sorry I didn't get one of the soap on the brush, maybe tomorrow):

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So, I know it's hardly enough to say definitively, but how does that lather look?

If you're interested, the recipe was 70% veg stearic acid, 15% palm, and 15% coconut with soapcalc's lye/water amounts (38%).