Ron R
I survived a lathey foreman
I often use other folks reviews of soap or cream for lather qualities when buying soaps and just take the plunge and buy. Most shave soaps have adequate slickness but lately I have been leaving a small amount of lather pushed in the corner of my bowl to test slickness. After done shaving I wet my hands and take a smear of lather from the bowl and wash my hands to see how good the slickness is present with my lather just mixed. It is surprizing how accurate my hands process the glide or slickness of the lather.
I have been doing this to most of my soaps lately and a few that seem to be above the others in my shave soap lot. Some folks mix their soaps differently so the final lather is what your usually happy with visually but my kind method just simplifies this a little easier IMO. It is amazing how by hands rubbing one another together with present lather tells you how good the slickness is present.
A couple of my soaps & creams that stand out above the rest so far is Speick Stick(tallow) & Gillette Pure cream consistently from my normal mixed lather.
My previous method was to use a wet fingers on a shaved area of my face to feel & rejuvenate residual slickness to test how much slickness was present in that shaved area.
Just curious type learning still on improving my ways and buying habits. How do you test slickness of lather?
I have been doing this to most of my soaps lately and a few that seem to be above the others in my shave soap lot. Some folks mix their soaps differently so the final lather is what your usually happy with visually but my kind method just simplifies this a little easier IMO. It is amazing how by hands rubbing one another together with present lather tells you how good the slickness is present.
A couple of my soaps & creams that stand out above the rest so far is Speick Stick(tallow) & Gillette Pure cream consistently from my normal mixed lather.
My previous method was to use a wet fingers on a shaved area of my face to feel & rejuvenate residual slickness to test how much slickness was present in that shaved area.
Just curious type learning still on improving my ways and buying habits. How do you test slickness of lather?