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Very good, nice bit of word play.I tend to load with a slightly dampened brush without blooming the soap - it's certainly soft enough for this. I also don't take note of how long I load for. Soaps are cheap in the grand scheme of things so loading heavy isn't an issue in my opinion. Then dial in the water drop-by-drop (well, little-by-little really) as they're thirsty soaps and work it! I've not had anything short of substantial lather via this methods.
As for face lathering, I tend to load heavy, apply as a paste to a dampened face and then start dialling in the water as above. Again, they're thirsty so bear that in mind but it also works fine for me and has done using both a Body Shop synthetic brush as well as a Razorock 24mm synthetic.
Hope this helps!
Edit: I've also given this a go with a brand new Citra Royale and it worked sublimely for me. (Sorry...)
I gather from that you live in a hard water area, if I loaded for 1 minute I would have enough lather to shave my whole body.Seems you are not loading enough soap on the brush. I usually load for 1 minute on all my soaps to get a good lather but it can vary on different soaps. I have not used Mitchell's Wool Fat so cannot compare it.
I haven't had issues with collapsing but I have noticed with some of my P&B soaps when I go to load that the load is very thick and gloopy like a syrup and I don't build lather so much as a paste. I think when I received my soaps it may have spoiled in transit hence the issues but I drown it in water as I build and I get a good film on my face.
For you though I would recommend perhaps loading a bit longer, try it out and try different amounts of water, it's all trial and error until you lock
Is your soap from an old batch or one of the new batches that have been cured for 10 weeks? I know there was issues with some soaps having an ammonia smell and starting with these batches all the soaps now cure for 10 weeks.
I tend to load with a slightly dampened brush without blooming the soap - it's certainly soft enough for this. I also don't take note of how long I load for. Soaps are cheap in the grand scheme of things so loading heavy isn't an issue in my opinion. Then dial in the water drop-by-drop (well, little-by-little really) as they're thirsty soaps and work it! I've not had anything short of substantial lather via this methods.
As for face lathering, I tend to load heavy, apply as a paste to a dampened face and then start dialling in the water as above. Again, they're thirsty so bear that in mind but it also works fine for me and has done using both a Body Shop synthetic brush as well as a Razorock 24mm synthetic.
Hope this helps!
Edit: I've also given this a go with a brand new Citra Royale and it worked sublimely for me. (Sorry...)
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