What am I doing wrong?

[JMT]

I used to use only soaps, recently I bought a couple creams and also received some samples so I have been using just cream for the past couple weeks. Today I tried to use a soap, It's like I forgot how to use it. I got a really thin (lots of bubbles) lather. So I tried again with less water. This was a little better but not much. Have I become spoiled by how thick the l;ather is with creams or is there somehting I am doing wrong?

I let the brush soak.
Then I lift it out of the water to let the H2O drain out and give the brush one good flick, then I spin the brush around on the soap.
I then move to a stainless steel bowl and lather.

Today I used St Charles Soap and also tried with Proraso.

Any suggestions would help.

[roughrider]

Increase the amount of swirls you do on the cake of soap. I've noticed that I get a much thicker lather when I do 20-30 swirls or more.

[JMT]

Increase the amount of swirls you do on the cake of soap. I've noticed that I get a much thicker lather when I do 20-30 swirls or more.

Sometimes the solution is so obvious it's hard to see. I definitely need to do more swirls.

Thanks

[roughrider]

Let us know if it does the trick for you.

[Scotto]

Go to town on that soap until you get good lather going, then hit the bowl.