Thread: Help With Hard Soap Lather

great thread i have had the same problems with the same soap as well . thanks for the advice on the thread ill try this tonight .
Disburden and pjrage ill try your method to night i use to to face lathering all the time but started using a bowl . i get great results with creams but i find it hard with hard soap so ill give the face lathering with soaps a go!
again some great advice on SRP thnks all.

Originally Posted by stan0045

great thread i have had the same problems with the same soap as well . thanks for the advice on the thread ill try this tonight .
Disburden and pjrage ill try your method to night i use to to face lathering all the time but started using a bowl . i get great results with creams but i find it hard with hard soap so ill give the face lathering with soaps a go!
again some great advice on SRP thnks all.

I find when using soaps lathering on your face is just better at prepping your beard. Especially if you rub the lather into your face with your finger tips after lathering on your beard.

Not enough water

Thanks to all who have posted their ideas!

I am using a Merkur silver tip badger brush. While in the shower, I let my brush soak in the sink filled with hot water. After getting out, I tap the towel to my face (I'll try to skip this after reading some responses), empty the sink, squeeze the brush once then flick it hard twice in the bathtub. I run a little warm water over the soap, then pour it out and begin to swirl the brush on the surface.

What I've realized after watching the videos here and reading the responses, is that I for one was not spending enough time swirling the brush to form the lather. I didn't like that all the soap was bubbling over the edges of the bowl (I subsequently made myself believe I had the right consistency which was wrong); when I put the brush to my face, I wasn't spending anywhere near the time the example showed (this is where I can spend the time working the lather since I don't have a mug or second bowl). The amount of water could have been the second problem (on one or two occasions, it felt really dry) . I definitely see a difference in what the guy in the video produced and what I was getting.

I'm going to give all these pointers a try and I'm sure I'll see better results. Thanks again for the advice!