The lazy man's uberlather

I was reading the uberlather thread and thought it seemed like a great idea. I decided to try a (mildly) different angle and soaked a soap cake in water until cloudy, and then used my badger brush to soak up the water + soap mixture. I whipped up some Taylor of Old Bond Street cream (sandalwood) with a shot of glycerin and lathered up. I have to say the combo is a life changer. I haven't done the traditional uberlather so I can't compare my version to it. I will say though for the sheer convenience/lazy factor of it you can't beat it. To add to the beauty, I acquired a Genco Easy Aces some months back that had never been used. I gave it a few passes on my Naniwa 12k and it was awesome. I would love to hear some opinions of the uberlather users and dare I say a comparison as well.


EDIT - I added a brief step by step for those wanting some visuals.
The start up -

• Mug with glycerin soap
• Seperate soap mug/dish
• Glycerin
• Brush already soaked in hot water

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Fill the mug of soap up with some water, an inch or two high depending on the depth of the mug

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Once the water is foggy, shake out the water from your brush and drop it in here. It will soak up a good amount of liquid depending on the type of brush you are using, as well as how much water you shook out from the initial hot water soak.

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Once your brush is soaked with the soapy water solution, give the bowl/mug that you will be using your shave cream with a few swipes to break up the shaving cream. Add a shot of glycerin and start working the shaving cream.

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The result is a really nice lather with great body. It is slick without being slippery and it holds on your face really well. In my experience, this doesn't bubble and get foamy like the traditional uberlather. In using the Taylor of Old Bond Street shaving cream, the shaving cream when frothed up doesn't creep out of the bowl and get everywhere.


For this shave, I reapplied the shaving cream no less than four times on my whole face (the hairy parts, at least) and even touched up a spot or two. There is still a ton of useable shaving cream and it still has great body and feel to it. If you need a little more liquid, just dip your brush into the soapy water and that will get you back in action.
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Of course, feel free to add or skip steps and find out what works for you. I have somewhat sensitive skin and this works great for me.

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I do something similar, I use a Pyrex bowl, wet the puck with hot water, 6 to 8 drops of glycerin, use a brush with a little backbone. Work the puck in the bowl, then leave it open to dry a day or two, as is with left over cream in it.

I skip the working of the soap puck entirely and just use the soapy water. I know it's not a lot of work to do some passes on the soap puck but being able to leave the brush to soak while I do other things is a nice perk ;)

When u work the puck in the bowl do u just fill the brush bristles with soap then remove the puck of soap from the bowl and work the lather from what's on our brush?? I usually soak my soaps with my brush in the scuttle dump the water And lather with the soap buck in the scuttle the entire time.. but I'm noticing with the mamma bear soap I'm using. a lot of soap

The puck stays in the bowl, watch how much water you put in it.

Figured I would give a brief walk through on how I do it.

The start up -

• Mug with glycerin soap
• Seperate soap mug/dish
• Glycerin
• Brush already soaked in hot water

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Fill the mug of soap up with some water, an inch or two high depending on the depth of the mug

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Once the water is foggy, shake out the water from your brush and drop it in here. It will soak up a good amount of liquid depending on the type of brush you are using, as well as how much water you shook out from the initial hot water soak.

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Once your brush is soaked with the soapy water solution, give the bowl/mug that you will be using your shave cream with a few swipes to break up the shaving cream. Add a shot of glycerin and start working the shaving cream.

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The result is a really nice lather with great body. It is slick without being slippery and it holds on your face really well. In my experience, this doesn't bubble and get foamy like the traditional uberlather. In using the Taylor of Old Bond Street shaving cream, the shaving cream when frothed up doesn't creep out of the bowl and get everywhere.


For this shave, I reapplied the shaving cream no less than four times on my whole face (the hairy parts, at least) and even touched up a spot or two. There is still a ton of useable shaving cream and it still has great body and feel to it. If you need a little more liquid, just dip your brush into the soapy water and that will get you back in action.
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Of course, feel free to add or skip steps and find out what works for you. I have somewhat sensitive skin and this works great for me.

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Cheers