Thread: Need help, DR Harris cream problem

It has been a while since I used a cream so I just did to make sure what I was saying actually worked. Took my cheapest cream, Kaloderma @ $3.00 a tube at Safeways, with my cheapest boar brush, Omega 1006, and lathered up a storm using the technique I mentioned. There really must be something wrong with that DR Harris cream of yours if the combo I just used worked really well.

You know the more I try the higher end soaps and creams the more I appreciate just how good lower end stuff like Kaloderma, Arko and Palmolive really are.

Bob

Originally Posted by kwlfca

I thought it unlikely that there were fakes of the creams, but I thought I'd ask just to cover all my bases. What's IINM stand for?

Since I tried to lather it a few different ways (face, bowl, more water, less water), and still find that the performance and lather to be disappointing, do you think that I just got a bad tube of it?

IINM = If I'm not mistaken. If that's not a known abbreviation I'll take full credit for it's creation

Yes, it is possible that you got a bad batch. Best to wait for the vendor's response.....

http://stores.ebay.ca/Shavetools
Is this the same as the Shavetools vendor on here on SRP?

Interesting. I have the Windsor in a squeeze tube and just love the stuff. Like you said, it has a sticker label on it like yours does. Ya, could be a bad batch, who knows. I bowl lather and it works fine for me.

Originally Posted by BobH

OK, you did face lather but did you use a brush that was too wet to start with by not shaking the brush out first? The brush should not be dripping water at the start but just be really damp. That should allow you to spread the cream on your face and get a bit of lather going. Then you add just a tiny amount of water and keep building. Repeating till you get the lather you want. There are many ways to face lather but this works for me. Some soaps and creams are just a bit different and you may need to adjust your technique for some reason. After varying your technique many different ways and it still does not lather well you might just have a bum tube. Really strange since it is the only cream you are having trouble with. Dunno what else to tell ya.

Bob

I did pretty much that after my bowl lathering didn't work. I squeezed out the excess water, put some of the cream on the brush and then lathered on my face. This was the only way that I was actually able to get any lather out of it. It kind of dried out quickly so I dipped the tip, ever so slightly so that I didn't get too much, of my brush in a bowl of hot water that I keep handy, and then tried to refresh.

I even just tried again (just the way that you said) and I get thin layer lather that's consistency is too dry and turns to snow within seconds, and when I add even a tiny (and I mean tiny!) amount of water to the lather, it just kind of washes it away instead of building it up like it should.

Originally Posted by BobH

It has been a while since I used a cream so I just did to make sure what I was saying actually worked. Took my cheapest cream, Kaloderma @ $3.00 a tube at Safeways, with my cheapest boar brush, Omega 1006, and lathered up a storm using the technique I mentioned. There really must be something wrong with that DR Harris cream of yours if the combo I just used worked really well.

You know the more I try the higher end soaps and creams the more I appreciate just how good lower end stuff like Kaloderma, Arko and Palmolive really are.

Bob

Just realized that I meant to quote this post lol

Well, you gave it a good try so there just might be something wrong with the cream. Let us know when you get it resolved with the vendor, good luck.

Bob

Still waiting to hear back from the seller, but, I'm going to guess that they won't do anything based on their return policy of "unopened, unused items only".

I just bought a little bottle of glycerin to see if I could try the uber lather thing, which is something I've, for some reason, never tried.
I've read that people use a few drops, which sounds good...except mine comes in a bottle lol I'll have to find something to use as a "dropper".
I'll try making an uber lather and see how it goes.
I can't wait until my lather bowl is ready...having one made at a local pottery shop, should be ready at the end of the month. Was cheaper than having one shipped. Right now I have a little plastic bowl that I scored the bottom with the add texture...it works, but not great.