The soap or the brush

[Nishy]

Mad isn't it how differently these products interact with our individual skin? Little wonder a consensus can never be reached and we just say YMMV

Yep a two headed snake, limits cohesion but introduces personality

Nice teasing addition with the Yardley!

 

[Grishnak]

Hold those badgers upside down and add a little water to the collar.

Added a little water, no change so I added more.
The brush didnt seem to change, but now I have a wet shirt..........

 

[Nishy]

Added a little water, no change so I added more.
The brush didnt seem to change, but now I have a wet shirt..........

Try it shirtless which brush are you using?

 

[Grishnak]

Try it shirtless which brush are you using?

A Mühle synthetic and being silly, sorry Nishy I couldn’t resist.

 

[Batch300]

My guess is the razor

My synthetics seem to lather quicker. Could be the holiday routine is different and thus not as good.

 

[halvor]

You lucky sod. For being away in Tenerife, yes, but that's not the main point here: my shaves while away are pretty consistently poorer than home ones, wherever and for whichever reason. Never tried the soap nor the brush in question though.

 

[celestino]

It is, most likely, the method of how you are loading the soap. I always find rubbing a puck or shave-stick on your face to be the most efficient way to lather.

 

[R181]

It is probably a combination of the soap and brush. The Speick is excellent and the synthetic brush is very efficient at making lather. Without a good lather the best razor/blade combination is on the back foot. Never underestimate the value of a good lather.

Over the years I have found that for me a shave stick and either a synthetic or boar brush produce the best results for me while traveling. A small shave stick like the Speick or Palmolive ones combined with an Omega Bambino, Simpsons Classic 1 synthetic or Muhle travel synthetic shave brush make for a nice compact travel kit and tons of excellent lather. At least that has been the case for me.

Bob

 

[Wayne]

Is it the soap or the brush? What about the water?

I don’t want to drag this thread down a ‘hard water’ hole but I’ve found shaving in different parts of the country has an effect on my lather. Nothing else had changed apart from my location….just saying.

BTW I hope you're having a nice holiday.

Fab mate thanks

 

[Grishnak]

How about a bit of ocean lather, shouldn’t need softening.
That’ll catch the ladies eyes and you can shave off your dangly plaited beard.

BTW your eyeliner looks spot on.........I thought that took practice............Oh!

 

[Wayne]

How about a bit of ocean lather, shouldn’t need softening.
That’ll catch the ladies eyes and you can shave off your dangly plaited beard.

BTW your eyeliner looks spot on.........I thought that took practice............Oh!

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Years and years of practice in that eye make up.

 

[Grishnak]

Years and years of practice in that eye make up.

Incidentally, you were on TV last night and will be again this weekend..........well, that Depp fellow doing an impression of you.

 

[Grishnak]

I wonder if anyone has tried making a lather with sea water, certainly has a lot of minerals.

 

[Dr Watson]

I wonder if anyone has tried making a lather with sea water, certainly has a lot of minerals.

I recall @halvor saying he did just that... Or was it shaving in sea water with a brushless cream? I dont remember.

 

[halvor]

I wonder if anyone has tried making a lather with sea water, certainly has a lot of minerals.

I shaved in the sea once, with Cremo and a disposable razor. Not a bad shave, but I used the cream brushless (and the water was rather chilly, an astringent in itself). Wouldn’t the salt potentially be a lather breaker, though?