How do you face lather?

[joost]

I am curious in which way you guys face lather most of the time.

Most of the time I use a shaving stick.

Sorry for the inconvenience. It was my intention to add a poll to this thread, but I can not find the poll creation page. Any help is appreciated.

[Azza]

Soak brush. Shake out most of the water. Put cream in brush. Swirl on face. Dip tips of brush in water if required.

For soaps. Soak brush. Don't shake out water. Start swirling on puck. 30 secs or until stuff in brush looks like cream. Swirl on face.

- Aaron

[Codfish]

Method #2

Soak brush. Shake out most of the water. Spread almond-sized amount of cream onto face. Swirl with brush. Dip tips of brush in water if required.

Codfish

[Klopstick]

I am curious in which way you guys face lather most of the time.
Most of the time I use a shaving stick.

For a shaving stick -

1. Wet brush, let drain a bit (you don't want too much water at first)
2. Wet face
3. Rub shave stick on face until you have enough soap (varies by soap type) I generally put the soap along the line under my jaw, not up on my cheeks, because my cheeks don't like too much brush scrub.
4. Use the brush to pick up soap from the face and begin making the lather.
5. Add small amounts of water to the brush and continue building lather until it's right. You may need to add a little water a few times as the lather builds.
6. Put warm towel on face (Kyles prep).
7. Re-lather face with lather that's in the brush.
8. Shave.

[Absolute Mustard]

For a shaving stick -

1. Wet brush, let drain a bit (you don't want too much water at first)
2. Wet face
3. Rub shave stick on face until you have enough soap (varies by soap type) I generally put the soap along the line under my jaw, not up on my cheeks, because my cheeks don't like too much brush scrub.
4. Use the brush to pick up soap from the face and begin making the lather.
5. Add small amounts of water to the brush and continue building lather until it's right. You may need to add a little water a few times as the lather builds.
6. Put warm towel on face (Kyles prep).
7. Re-lather face with lather that's in the brush.
8. Shave.

Holy, and 30 min later you are ready to shave

[Absolute Mustard]

Soak brush. Shake out most of the water. Put cream in brush. Swirl on face. Dip tips of brush in water if required.

For soaps. Soak brush. Don't shake out water. Start swirling on puck. 30 secs or until stuff in brush looks like cream. Swirl on face.

- Aaron

This is the way I like it as well

Simple

[jsj_297]

This is the way I like it as well

Simple

+2...........but sometimes I enjoy the extra hot water in the brush for my first lather, so i dont let all the water out of the brush, sometimes, its a product waster for sure, but feels wonderful, with the hot lather...lol

[Perkus]

Soak brush. Shake out most of the water. Put cream in brush. Swirl on face. Dip tips of brush in water if required.

For soaps. Soak brush. Don't shake out water. Start swirling on puck. 30 secs or until stuff in brush looks like cream. Swirl on face.

- Aaron

+1

Just like I'd put it.

[Jim1968]

Soak brush. Shake out most of the water. Put cream in brush. Swirl on face. Dip tips of brush in water if required.

For soaps. Soak brush. Don't shake out water. Start swirling on puck. 30 secs or until stuff in brush looks like cream. Swirl on face.

- Aaron

This method works great.

[mandoman]

Soak brush. Shake out most of the water. Put cream in brush. Swirl on face. Dip tips of brush in water if required.

For soaps. Soak brush. Don't shake out water. Start swirling on puck. 30 secs or until stuff in brush looks like cream. Swirl on face.

- Aaron

+ 1

[_JP_]

I'm a little different than others when it comes to face lathering soaps. I'll shake most of the water out of the brush so that it doesn't wind up running down my neck as I work up the lather. Then I load the brush with soap and start spreading it on the beard. If there isn't enough soap, then I return the brush to the puck for more. As I work up the lather I'll add water and soap as needed. Usually when I'm done shaving the base of the knot is still free of soap.

[DFrancis]

I'm a little different than others when it comes to face lathering soaps. I'll shake most of the water out of the brush so that it doesn't wind up running down my neck as I work up the lather. Then I load the brush with soap and start spreading it on the beard. If there isn't enough soap, then I return the brush to the puck for more. As I work up the lather I'll add water and soap as needed. Usually when I'm done shaving the base of the knot is still free of soap.

This is more along the lines of what I do. I find if I am using a badger brush I shake the water out, after a soak even after shaking the brush is still wet enough to start with, you can always add more water. I do less of a shake with a boar brush as it does not hold water the same way.

[BillC]

I'm a little different than others when it comes to face lathering soaps. I'll shake most of the water out of the brush so that it doesn't wind up running down my neck as I work up the lather. Then I load the brush with soap and start spreading it on the beard. If there isn't enough soap, then I return the brush to the puck for more. As I work up the lather I'll add water and soap as needed. Usually when I'm done shaving the base of the knot is still free of soap.

This sounds like me except I'm usually pretty aggressive about loading a lot of soap on the brush. I spread the soap across my face, then add some water to the brush and start creating the lather. Very rarely have to add more soap for three passes but usually add water two or three times until the lather is right for the first pass.

[Klopstick]

Holy, and 30 min later you are ready to shave

Not really, it's very fast. Faster than a bowl lather. 60-90 seconds to get to the hot towel part. Wetting the brush and wetting the face take about as long to say as to do. Shave stick on the face? 10 sec (maybe!) The rest is lather building. No need to dawdle. Besides, I'm doing that while the hotpot is heating the water for the towel. Kyle's towel is 3 min if I'm feeling lazy, 2 if not. Wipe off face with towel and paint lather on face in about 10 seconds flat. 4 passes and it's all over in 15 minutes or so. But I've been doing this a while.

For soap in a bowl, 30 sec swirl with pre-dampened brush (not sopping, one shake) and apply to wet face. Add water as needed. Same story. 90 seconds to towel.

[binowatch]

Face wet from shower, brush already soaked-apply film of cream to face, shake out brush and lather. Add water by dipping brush as needed. If alot of cream is left on hand after applying to face I will lather the brush a bit on that hand so use that cream also. With stick same but just rub stick directly on face. For soaps, load soap on brush then face lather. For super-lather, just apply cream same way, soap same way then lather.

[GFlanagan3]

I am usually not afraid of it so I can take it on and face up to any fears I might have by looking either in the bowl or at it covering my face in the mirror....OHHHH you mean... yea what he said above....in all seriousness about the only time I face lather is on trips with a shave stick.

[diphy]

All of the above techniquez will work great. Like someone mentioned earlier, it easier to add water to the brush, than having too much and stuff going down your neck. I find a shave stick or cream a lot easier too use. Am starting to experiment with soaps, a little more work, but equally good results. Watch videos in the forum they are awesome.

[Born2bwire]

Soak brush. Shake out most of the water. Put cream in brush. Swirl on face. Dip tips of brush in water if required.

For soaps. Soak brush. Don't shake out water. Start swirling on puck. 30 secs or until stuff in brush looks like cream. Swirl on face.

- Aaron

I squeeze the water out of the brush for soaps. Otherwise I start making lather as I try to load the brush before the brush has enough soap.

[Compaq]

Here's my steps:

• soak brush and soap
• load brush (some kind of boar) on soap for 10-20 seconds (until there's some real lather on the soap
• lather up on face, adding water as I find necessary

all this = SHAVELICIOUS

[roncardin]

I shave in the shower, I dip my badger brush tips into my cream tub ( just a slight dip, no scooping). I am right handed so I start to swirl the left side first then move to the right side. By the time I finish my first full face lather the brush is totally lathered up and ready for a second application. I then shave with the grain. I re-apply a full lather and then shave against the grain, I lather up yet another full face and then a final pass from the ears in, this is when I get to hit the beard under my chin from side to side as this is my problem area. My beard under the chin seems to grow to the left ( not up or down) so that side to side action mows them down.