I found the cream to be pretty good and didn't feel the urge to super-lather it.
I bought the Norex Travel brush from a department store here in France. The lack of information about the brush and even the brand itself is strange but it seems like a good quality brush - 58e reduced to 40e. But I tracked it down, top left-hand corner of the page - Blaireau De Voyage:
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