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For the past couple of weeks I've been trying to face lather with soaps and generally only getting mediocre results.
I tried my Grapefruit & Menthol OSP for the first time today. I dug some out and smeared it in the bottom of my shaving bowl before adding a few drops of water. It was mostly "dissolved" with a bit of finger squishing help before I loaded it onto my pre-soaked Omega boar. When I tried to face lather I got virtually nothing? (This method has been successful for me with TSF soap) I then loaded some more soap on the brush directly from the tub and put in a lot of effort to create a lather, adding a few drops of water a couple of times.
I applied the lather to my face but it was quite thin. I then did my usual cheat and added a few drops of glycerin and a squirt of shave cream (Boots cool cologne)
With some more effort and a few more drops of water this produced a superb lather which resulted in my best 3 pass shave for months.
Do you think I just didn't use enough soap to start?
I tried my Grapefruit & Menthol OSP for the first time today. I dug some out and smeared it in the bottom of my shaving bowl before adding a few drops of water. It was mostly "dissolved" with a bit of finger squishing help before I loaded it onto my pre-soaked Omega boar. When I tried to face lather I got virtually nothing? (This method has been successful for me with TSF soap) I then loaded some more soap on the brush directly from the tub and put in a lot of effort to create a lather, adding a few drops of water a couple of times.
I applied the lather to my face but it was quite thin. I then did my usual cheat and added a few drops of glycerin and a squirt of shave cream (Boots cool cologne)
With some more effort and a few more drops of water this produced a superb lather which resulted in my best 3 pass shave for months.
Do you think I just didn't use enough soap to start?