Face Lathering With Cream = Cold!

**jgjoneslaw** · 11-09-2009, 11:21 AM

I've been face lathering with Col. Conk the last couple weeks but this week I'm using my TOBS lavender since I have the Prairie Creations Old Spice and a puck of Tabac coming soon so I figure I should get in the cream now since I probably won't be using anything but soaps for awhile! Anyway, I dried my brush and swirled directly on the tub and got a fine lather and good shave but the cream really made my brush cold for the first pass. Is there a way I'm not thinking of to make the first pass warmer with the cream without using a bowl? Should I try and add more water to the brush before going to my face? Thanks.

**DavidMGunther** · 11-09-2009, 11:22 AM

Maybe try putting the cream container in hot water for a bit before opening it and putting it on....

**jsrdrnr** · 11-09-2009, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by DavidMGunther

Maybe try putting the cream container in hot water for a bit before opening it and putting it on....

Just what I was gonna say. I soak my container while I bath. It really helps.

**jgjoneslaw** · 11-09-2009, 11:37 AM

Great Idea! Thanks!

**Luc** · 11-09-2009, 11:48 AM

+1 Face lathering rocks!

**dpmtherrien** · 11-09-2009, 05:31 PM

Face lathering is fine, but between passes you could leave your brush sitting in a scuttle, and at least it would keep things warm.

**john parker** · 11-09-2009, 05:38 PM

Not sure I understand the "cold" part. I soak a bowl with the brush in it in hot water. Then, either after I shower or at least wash my face, I empty the bowl and shake/squeeze the brush. I apply a dab of cream to the tip of the brush with a cheese knife, rub the tip around in the bowl just a second to distribute the cream in the brush, moisten my face, then face lather. Not cold. If I need more water to aid in lathering, I quickly run the tip of the brush under the hot water tape and resume. I don't think I would really like to start with a cold, dry brush. Perhaps I don't fully understand your procedure.

**82R100** · 11-09-2009, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by john parker

Not sure I understand the "cold" part. I soak a bowl with the brush in it in hot water. Then, either after I shower or at least wash my face, I empty the bowl and shake/squeeze the brush. I apply a dab of cream to the tip of the brush with a cheese knife, rub the tip around in the bowl just a second to distribute the cream in the brush, moisten my face, then face lather. Not cold. If I need more water to aid in lathering, I quickly run the tip of the brush under the hot water tape and resume. I don't think I would really like to start with a cold, dry brush. Perhaps I don't fully understand your procedure.

So you're using your brush soaking bowl to warm your cream after you've put it on the brush.

The OP is swirling his presoaked (and squeezed) brush on a tub of cold cream and finding it cold when it reaches his face. I think that's what I'm reading.

- Chris

**SiBurning** · 11-09-2009, 06:35 PM

I either dip the end of the freshly creamed brush in hot water or toss it into the scuttle to warm before lathering. Typically, I leave a preliminary watery pseudo-lather on my face while stropping and then working the puck of soap, so I have a few seconds to rinse my face before relathering.

**john parker** · 11-09-2009, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by 82R100

So you're using your brush soaking bowl to warm your cream after you've put it on the brush.

The OP is swirling his presoaked (and squeezed) brush on a tub of cold cream and finding it cold when it reaches his face. I think that's what I'm reading.

- Chris

Okay, think I got it! The OP doesn't want to use a bowl for anything. Can only say I am happy to use the bowl to end up with warm cream to lather. At home on the farm in the old days, I ran the brush under hot water, put on a dab of cream from a tube (wish I could remember what kind it was!), then went to work. My bowl sort of stands in for a brush scuttle to help keep it warm.

**ptirmal** · 11-09-2009, 08:04 PM

I'm more of a soap guy but when i use creams I let them sit submerged in a sink full of hot water. A scuttle also helps me keep everything nice and toasty!

**Tzar** · 11-09-2009, 08:26 PM

I face lather and simply use a brush scuttle to keep my brush warm between passes.

**jgjoneslaw** · 11-10-2009, 05:56 AM

I plan on getting a brush scuttle but my problem is I end up with a cold first lather because I take my squeezed brush to the cold cream and swirl and then go directly to my face. I think submerging the cream in hot water before this initial swirl should help me out.

**Tzar** · 11-10-2009, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by jgjoneslaw

I plan on getting a brush scuttle but my problem is I end up with a cold first lather because I take my squeezed brush to the cold cream and swirl and then go directly to my face. I think submerging the cream in hot water before this initial swirl should help me out.

OK, I understand now. Yeah, it's also true for me, my first pass is not as warm as my others but I can't say its cold either since my brush is soaking in the sink with hot tap water while I shower. If you soak your brush for a few minutes in hot water and you also put your cream bowl in hot water, that should solve the problem.

**StillShaving** · 11-10-2009, 05:41 PM

I try to keep the brush relatively dry when loading the soap, so that I can dip the tips in hot/warm water before starting to face lather. A little more difficult to execute properly, but does avoid the cold lather problem.

**jgjoneslaw** · 11-10-2009, 06:36 PM

Hmm that's maybe worth a try. What I've been doing is having a very try brush when I load either soap or cream so that when I first take the brush to my face I am basically just spreading out the soap or cream almost like a shave stick and then dipping the bristles and building the lather on my face from there. I could skip that I suppose and add more water to the brush from the get go.