As the title says, it can get a bit confusing especially for beginners. I don't like to see how terms like face lathering and bowl/scuttle lathering get muddled up. Yes, I am a bit anal retentive in that respect. You are doing one or the other.
In face lathering you load the brush with shave soap/cream, and actually make the lather you will shave with on your face. In bowl/scuttle lathering you load the brush with shave soap/cream, make the lather you will shave with in a bowl/scuttle and apply that lather to your face.
I am sure there are other terms that get conflated too.
Bob the cranky old bugger
In face lathering you load the brush with shave soap/cream, and actually make the lather you will shave with on your face. In bowl/scuttle lathering you load the brush with shave soap/cream, make the lather you will shave with in a bowl/scuttle and apply that lather to your face.
I am sure there are other terms that get conflated too.
Bob the cranky old bugger