Lather? (pics included)

[michiganlover]

There's the problem; you can't build decent lather in a cup - x10 if you're trying to make lather in the same cup the soap is already in. You need room to whip it around. Load the brush on the soap, in fact, overload it. Then move to a bowl or your face, and add water slowly.

+1

I think you have found the root cause of his issues. You need an adequate sized container to allow the brush room to work. A cup sized vessel is 100% too small. And lathering on the soap is an absolutely horrible way of making lather in my opinion.

-Locate a bowl that is fairly deep, and has gently slopping sides. A rice bowl, or large cereal bowl should work fine.

-Shake the brush out 3-4 times, and give it a good squeeze. You want to start out with a fairly dry brush.

-Load the brush on the soap for at least 1 minute.

-Take the loaded brush to your bowl, and begin to generate lather. Add water in small amounts 3-4 times, while you build the lather.

-Good lather should take about a minute to two to generate. It should have the consistency of yogurt, not cool whip. (cool whip like lather is way too dry)

 

[Jim]

I think the men have this sorted out well.
Distilled water, more soap and ditching the mug. Your lather is not horrible to start, I am confidant you will see some good results with these changes. Down the road you may want to try a soap upgrade.

Keep us informed.

 

[valmara1971]

I think the men have this sorted out well.
Distilled water, more soap and ditching the mug. Your lather is not horrible to start, I am confidant you will see some good results with these changes. Down the road you may want to try a soap upgrade.

Keep us informed.

Yes go get some tabac, not only will your lather improve, women will swoon at your feet and huge ammounts of money will arrive at your front door.

 

[Bear]

There's the problem; you can't build decent lather in a cup - x10 if you're trying to make lather in the same cup the soap is already in. You need room to whip it around. Load the brush on the soap, in fact, overload it. Then move to a bowl or your face, and add water slowly.

What he said ^

 

[srv524]

+1

I think you have found the root cause of his issues. You need an adequate sized container to allow the brush room to work. A cup sized vessel is 100% too small. And lathering on the soap is an absolutely horrible way of making lather in my opinion.

-Locate a bowl that is fairly deep, and has gently slopping sides. A rice bowl, or large cereal bowl should work fine.

-Shake the brush out 3-4 times, and give it a good squeeze. You want to start out with a fairly dry brush.

-Load the brush on the soap for at least 1 minute.

-Take the loaded brush to your bowl, and begin to generate lather. Add water in small amounts 3-4 times, while you build the lather.

-Good lather should take about a minute to two to generate. It should have the consistency of yogurt, not cool whip. (cool whip like lather is way too dry)

Early on I used to build soap on the brush then move to a bowl (like last night), but it wasn't working out for me. I believe the problem may be not enough soap and not enough water. What I had last night was more like bubble bath suds lol...well maybe a tad bit thicker but still. I load the brush with soap for 20-30 secs then move to the bowl, but I will try loading it for 1 min or more and then move to the bowl.

 

[srv524]

Yes go get some tabac, not only will your lather improve, women will swoon at your feet and huge ammounts of money will arrive at your front door.

Great, I need help with these student loans...