Okay, normally I start my lather building with a "dry" brush, meaning I give it a good squeeze and few flicks. Cream is then added to the brush, I press the cream into the brush a bit (i.e., I don't just wipe the cream off on the tips of the brush). Now I start swirling the brush around the bowl, add a few drops of water, repeat until lather is the consistency I want. This is all fine and dandy, but I think this method is leaving me with lather that is drier than I probably want/need.
So, the other day I started the lather building process with a wet brush. After soaking the brush during my shower I simply lifted it out of the bowl and let it "drain" until the constant stream of water stopped, no squeezing, no flicking. Again, I added cream brush, same as before ... then to the bowl ... BOOM ... an explosion of large bubbled lather, literally frothing over the sides of the bowl. Stir, stir, stir, whip, whip, whip. After a minute or so without adding any more water I had a very nice meringue consistency with very, very small bubbles. Cool.
I really like the results of starting with a wet brush, but if the brush was too wet then I could see the lather being really thin and undesirable. I am posting this to see what others do. With my old technique, was I started with too dry of a brush. Maybe I need to try somewhere in the middle? Both methods resulted in good shaves, so I can't say that one method was/is superior to the other. Any thoughts?
So, the other day I started the lather building process with a wet brush. After soaking the brush during my shower I simply lifted it out of the bowl and let it "drain" until the constant stream of water stopped, no squeezing, no flicking. Again, I added cream brush, same as before ... then to the bowl ... BOOM ... an explosion of large bubbled lather, literally frothing over the sides of the bowl. Stir, stir, stir, whip, whip, whip. After a minute or so without adding any more water I had a very nice meringue consistency with very, very small bubbles. Cool.
I really like the results of starting with a wet brush, but if the brush was too wet then I could see the lather being really thin and undesirable. I am posting this to see what others do. With my old technique, was I started with too dry of a brush. Maybe I need to try somewhere in the middle? Both methods resulted in good shaves, so I can't say that one method was/is superior to the other. Any thoughts?