Looking for a soap that lathers like a cream..

[kskwerl]

I feel that soaps give a better slickness and glide but I have a hard time getting a nice thick yogurt-like lather out of them. Are there any that easily lather like a cream?

Thanks,
Erich

[djh]

If you can make great lather from a cream but struggle with a soap, you may find that your problem lies in loading too little soap onto your brush. I would suggest that you try a good quality soap stick (Palmolive, Speick, Wilkinson Sword, D R Harris etc) as this is a very efficient way to apply soap to your face.
Otherwise; Tabac, D R Harris, Art Of Shaving and Czech&Speake are all highly thought of.

Reading through some of this epic thread may also help.

[Predict]

If you haven't already try soaking the puck for a few minutes to soften it up before loading your brush.

[SliceOfLife]

Speick stick, Wilk Sword stick, Dr Harris, Martin de Candre, Klar Kabinett, Tabac

[ricardo9505]

i agree, maybe not loading enough. i find that keeping all my soaps in individual tupperwarecontainers helps. they stay moist and load easily. I have D.R. Harris, razorock and arko. and qcs . no issues getting great lather.

[nav]

The above suggestions are all spot-on, along with the advice.

One puck of soap I found to lather more like cream than a soap is eShave. I had the lavendar and mandarin and both of them produced the thick, yoghurt lather that creams produce. Due to this reason, I sold the eShave as I prefer soap lather.

[kskwerl]

If you can make great lather from a cream but struggle with a soap, you may find that your problem lies in loading too little soap onto your brush. I would suggest that you try a good quality soap stick (Palmolive, Speick, Wilkinson Sword, D R Harris etc) as this is a very efficient way to apply soap to your face.
Otherwise; Tabac, D R Harris, Art Of Shaving and Czech&Speake are all highly thought of.

Reading through some of this epic thread may also help.

If you haven't already try soaking the puck for a few minutes to soften it up before loading your brush.

Speick stick, Wilk Sword stick, Dr Harris, Martin de Candre, Klar Kabinett, Tabac

i agree, maybe not loading enough. i find that keeping all my soaps in individual tupperwarecontainers helps. they stay moist and load easily. I have D.R. Harris, razorock and arko. and qcs . no issues getting great lather.

Big thanks to you all, I ordered the Spieck sahve stick and will try it tonight when I get home!

[CharlieFoxtrot]

The best of both worlds- RazoRock.

[kskwerl]

The best of both worlds- RazoRock.

I have an alumbloc by them by that's it, I'd be interested in trying their soaps

[Acmemfg]

Cella or Muhle Sea Buckthorn. Lather so "yogurt-y" I'm surprised the US Dept. of Agriculture doesn't inspect the products

[kskwerl]

Cella or Muhle Sea Buckthorn. Lather so "yogurt-y" I'm surprised the US Dept. of Agriculture doesn't inspect the products

LOL! That's funny you said Cella, I actually ordered that with the Spieck stick.

Does Cella only have one flavor? Almond?

[attime6]

Arko will give you an amazing lather with minimal effort.

[Acmemfg]

Yep just one wonderful almond-y scent. Why mess with excellence?

[JetsMets#1fan]

I feel that soaps give a better slickness and glide but I have a hard time getting a nice thick yogurt-like lather out of them. Are there any that easily lather like a cream?

Thanks,
Erich

Pre de Provence...

It's an amazing soap, good protection, slick, lathers like a champ and smells good!

[Charlie NJ]

I feel that soaps give a better slickness and glide but I have a hard time getting a nice thick yogurt-like lather out of them. Are there any that easily lather like a cream?

Thanks,
Erich

Do you face lather or use a bowl? I like to face lather, I just seem to get a better lather.

[TheLegalRazor]

Try RazoRock. It's a hybird between a soap and cream.

[mdevine]

You probably would be best suited with a soft soap like Cella or Razorock XXX. For a hard soap, MdC should fit the bill.

[MilkyLee]

Klar Kabinett

[takeshi]

I feel that soaps give a better slickness and glide but I have a hard time getting a nice thick yogurt-like lather out of them. Are there any that easily lather like a cream?

Technique's probably the issue rather than the soap. Have you read the lathering guide linked in the sticky at the top of this subforum?

As stated earlier in this thread, insufficient loading is a common problem. If you can learn to tell when your brush is properly loaded (don't rely on swirls or time) then you're probably good to go. If you don't load enough you'll never be able to build proper lather with a soap. After loading there is still the matter of actually adding water and building the lather but that's not too difficult to pick up IMO.

[Galengwath]

I agree with much of what has been said already. Plenty of soaps will make a nice rich, creamy lather if lathered correctly. The simple fact is that the method of achieving such a lather changes depending on the type of product. Particularly in the case of switching from a cream to a soap. The amount of product needed compared to what you're actually using is much more difficult to assess with soap than it is with cream. Definately try loading more soap, but another possibility is that you haven't added enough water. I find that sometimes when my soap lather is to bubbly and not creamy enough, a little more water evens things out and results in a nice lather.