Hi everyone!! I just joined, your forum is great. I got into DE shaving during lockdown and have been enjoying it but have an issue that I would like some help with.
I am bowl lathering and when I finish a pass I wet my hand and wipe my face of soap and hair-bits. My issue is that when I then relather it is runny and watery as hell. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? Am I supposed to be face-lathering until the water and lather are all incorporated again?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. It is probably something stupid I am doing wrong lol.
Thanks!!! Ian
You can only have so much water on your face, if it is diluting your next brush of lather would suggest that your lather in your bowl has too much water in it.Hi everyone!! I just joined, your forum is great. I got into DE shaving during lockdown and have been enjoying it but have an issue that I would like some help with.
I am bowl lathering and when I finish a pass I wet my hand and wipe my face of soap and hair-bits. My issue is that when I then relather it is runny and watery as hell. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong? Am I supposed to be face-lathering until the water and lather are all incorporated again?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. It is probably something stupid I am doing wrong lol.
Thanks!!! Ian
I am just painting it on yes!! I think I sortof thought if I was making the lather in a bowl I didn't need to face-lather AT ALL. But maybe I should a little bit?Always scrub the lather into your face. How to you apply it now, just paint it on?
How's it going Ian? Welcome to the forum my friend.
Seems like you are over hydrating your lather by adding too much water. I'd say add your water a few drops at a time. The advised consistency for lather is like whipped cream or like yoghurt.
If you ever have the chance to post up a picture here or even better in the SOTD section of the forum you'd get some great pointers.
Thanks for replying so fast guys. You might be right. I find it pretty hard to gauge if I am under or over hydrating lather in the bowl to be honest.You can only have so much water on your face, if it is diluting your next brush of lather would suggest that your lather in your bowl has too much water in it.
If you don't think this is the case then just dry your face with a flannel before re lathering. See how this goes .
Paul.
Thanks for replying so fast guys. You might be right. I find it pretty hard to gauge if I am under or over hydrating lather in the bowl to be honest.
Drying my face a bit would definitely help!!! I was a bit hesitant to do this though after watching so many of those Sharpologist videos where he stresses how wet your face should be haha.
Thanks, I will.I don't think you need to dry your face in between passes. I've never done that before. I believe it is right to have a wet face when you are putting on the lather for the 2nd pass, but it seems like your lather might be a touch over hydrated.
Post up a picture of your lather the next time.
Thanks, I will.
It looks meringuey and nice to me in the bowl, it just sortof liquefies when it hits my wet face? I will def try less water in my lather tomorrow
Hi there Ian @Ian5
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It does sound like over-hydration, try to get the bowl lather whipped up with little or no bubbles, if it begins to dissipate worked it on the face to try to thicken it up again.
Welcome to TSR.
My response would be the same as Donnie Arko. I splash my face with some water between passes but still leaving some soapy slipperiness while I assess how much stubble is still there and exactly where. Then I paint it on and reassess the consistency. If too wet I'd face lather or until I was happy to start the next pass. If the amount of water on my face were enough to kill the lather on the brush I would question if the bowl were overhydrated. Except I generally face lather from the get go these days. Good luck
This is a great idea. I think what donnie arko said about my brush being too wet might be right too. Te bristles are super clumped together on second and third passes, which actually makes any sortof scrubbing motion quite hard to do.Welcome to TSR, Iain.
I agree with everyone else here - over-hydration. As @Omer has suggested, maybe try reducing the water content of the lather in your bowl and then use the water on your face to hydrate to the correct level.
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