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I usually add water by dipping the tips of my brush into a bowl of water about 10 mm. How do you add water?
I add a bit of water in the middle of the brush while holding it bristles up. I then continue facelathering.
I usually add water by dipping the tips of my brush into a bowl of water about 10 mm. How do you add water?
I've been away for a while but a recent trip to Quebec City and Montreal made me think of this thread and found your comments about Palmolive and La Toja and hard water. Here in Alberta, we have some of the hardest water in Canada. Run off from the Rockies, it can be a little softer in the spring but for the most part it is super hard. For the past year or so La Toja has been my go to travel stick because I love the scent and container and the performance is pretty good in all water conditions although I do find the glide is not as good as some other soaps, even in Vancouver with the super soft water out there.
On my recent trip to QC and Montreal though, I decided to change things up and take a Palmolive stick. Palmolive is one of my favorite sticks, even here in the land of hard water. I have always had good luck with it and I do like the scent as well. But using Palmolive in Quebec was a revelation, the lather was simply amazing! It was really good in Montreal, but in Quebec City it was incredible. I could easily have managed six passes and I barely felt the razor touch my face it was so dense! I will definately be bringing Palmolive out to Vancouver next time I go.
I tried the La Toja stick today and once again I find this soap to be just average at best. I know a lot of guys here on B&B love it but I just cannot see why. The only thing that is outstanding about this soap IMO is the scent. It does have a really nice scent to it but I'm afraid I won't be buying it again.
I agree. I find it a bit hard and does not feel that nice going on my face. I guess I prefer a softer shave stick.
I'm currently 3017'ing a stick of Arko pressed into an OS mug. Next will be a stick of Palmolive pressed in a soap tub. I'll be doing the same with Lea, La Toja, Speick, and Valobra sticks. I kind of like this method better. some days, it felt like the stick was going to rip the whiskers out, other days I couldn't seem to load soap, then there were the days where I would end up with too much soap. And to make it worse, I didn't change application technique. since adopting this 'use the stick as a puck' method, Arko and Palmolive have both been consistently great every shave.I've tried a few sticks in the past 24 months and always cut them in chunks and press into a soap dish.
It worked well with LaToja and recently Valobra. Both gave excellent performance when lathered like a normal soap.