Ok quick question for all you cream latherers! How much lather would you expect to get from a small blob of cream. I have so far used Ingram, Palmolive, TOBS Almond, BS Maca Root and a couple of E Jagger samples with varying success. I lather in a cereal size bowl and am wondering how much lather you should get when throroughly mixed?
It depends on how much cream you put in your bowl. I always err on the the side of excess - no point in being tight with it. Other factors contribute but quantity is your starting point.
also depends on how long you keep swirling. IMO, a lather can be over-whipped, leaving too much air in it, which results in less slickness and protection from the blade. No use in producing a mountain o' lather, stop swirling when you have enough for all your passes.
I generally make do with a chick pea-size blob of cream. This gives me enough lather within the brush to do 3 passes, and enough additional lather in the bowl to do one or two touchups. Most of the lather-making takes place within the brush; while the lather in the bowl can be airy if you're careless, the lather in the brush is only airy if you use too much water.
It's easier to 'fix' a lather that has too much cream in it than not enough, so overdoing it isn't the end of the world, you can simply add more water.